Well, I’m off to Cotacachi for another visit, this time over the Christmas holidays. I’m looking forward to seeing how it is celebrated there. I am also looking forward to seeing good friends Chuck and Susan Bussey, Roger and Malena…
A few years back I started recording my rides using an app called Relive. It uses GPS tracking on your phone to record your ride which you can then edit and turn it into a video to share with friends. …
Day two of our tour started out with a visit to the Istanbul Spice Bazaar. Built in 1660, it houses over 85 shops selling all sorts of spices and Turkish Delight sweets. It was very crowded and had a lovely…
Our stay in Istanbul started with a wonderful dinner served the evening we arrived, after our introductory meeting with all the people on the tour and our guide – Ilke Duru. The food was the beginning of what we would…
Day one of our expedition to Turkiye started with over 30 hours of travel! We woke up at 3:00AM on the 30th of October to drive down to Seattle for our first flight to Paris. Traffic was easy and we…
I’ve been playing around with the structure of my website. The top menu has been removed in favour of the featured pages list at the bottom. I removed the stuff on the right side of the homepage so that the…
Back in the fall of 2019, our GWRRA District Ride Coordinator, Keiller Gowans, was working on a 4 day run down to Sisters, Oregon and back. He spent countless hours designing a route that would encompass many of the twistiest…
I went for a walk this morning to find the new supermarket in town, the San Martin Supermercado. It is a bit of a hike for me, living in the centre of town. It is kind of on the outskirts…
While on my morning walk today I came across this shop on the road coming back into town. I peeked into the window and there was a craftsman inside working on a carving. He noticed me and came to the…
It was a great morning for a walk with high overcast clouds allowing me to see the tops of the mountains unobscured. Chuck and Susan and I headed out towards the outskirts of town to locate the botanical gardens. We…