Well what do you know, another Saanich road bike ride today. I check the weather forecasts pretty frequently before rides to try and get a sense of that I might be in for in terms of rain and wind. I tend not to put too much faith in said forecasts. Today was supposed to be rainy and windy, but in the end it wasn’t that bad. Where do the rotty pumpkins figure in? There are still some remnants of rotting pumpkins up near Martindale Road and I thought at one point that I could smell them. Could have just been me though.
GPS Data: 57.9km – 2h10m – 26.8km/h – GPS Route
A road bike ride through parts of Saanich north of Victoria, BC. Click on the map to see detailed GPS information on the Garmin website.
Swans and maybe a Canada Goose munching on stuff, perhaps rotting pumpkin, along Martindale Road.
Another cyclist heading west on Martindale Road past the seasonal lake.
Everytime I ride by this tree I think 'Joshua Tree'. That was U2 album wasn't it?
Back in downtown Victoria near the end of the ride.
Beacon Hill in downtown Victoria. Pretty soon it will be goat time at the Beacon Hill petting zoo.
What would the day be without a trip by the ocean. This is the view to the south towards Washington State.
More ocean view from Dallas Road in Victoria.
Right on Joshua Tree. Also a park somewhere in the southwestern USA.
Nice photo’s and comments. Wish we were there. DiJi
I was with group, first time cycling on Saanich road, I feel many up and down hill, it’ s very difficuet for me, I have road bike with my 105 shimano peddle. The road is narrow only one line, once car passing I cann’t get up the hill, I fall few times, also on up hill my cleaps are hard to start cleap in push up, luckly I have very experience people with me and look after me, was very nice day arrive down town harbor have lunch, on the way back vancouver we use highway, much easyer