The Bernasconi's

From the Mountains – Back on the Bikes

Back in June, Wife and I headed up to Canada for some much-needed R&R. This is a post we finally decided to finish so it might be a little off seeing as the trip was 6 months ago and don't remember everything exactly as it happened. Enjoy!

After the our first day of cycling around Whistler we knew that we wanted to do it again. So we rented two bikes once again and headed for the trails. This time we wanted to be a little more daring and try some of the harder trails. Most of the trails we handled quite well, even the paths with off-angled bridges, but some proved too difficult to even start (darn tree root bumps).

To make ourselves feel better we headed back to Wife's favorite trail: Hooktender. As we rode down she easily left me in the dust. I might be able to take her on the hills but she has the courage to take the turns fast while riding downhill (even though one turn almost got her). Once I finally met her at the bottom of the hill, I decided to try a new route. Unfortunately, the route I wanted to take was closed due to construction. So as I tried to use my navigation skills to find a way back I put us on a large hill. Let's just say Wife was not to pleased and let me know it all the way up the hill.

We rode over once again to Meadow Park and relaxed in the shade as we jealously watched people play their well-behaved dogs. One dog even tried to help cool us down by shaking himself dry right next to us. After we dried off, and had relaxed enough, we got back on our bikes and headed down the trail to go back to the rental shop.

On our way back to the rental shop we had a bit of luck. Construction had just ended on a previously closed trail opening up a whole new area to explore, so we pedaled down the rocky path along the opposite side of Alta Lake. During the ride, we stopped off at a bird watching post (we did not see any birds but we did take some pictures) and then to another beach. Wife and I did not stay at the beach for long because we had to be back to the rental shop in less than an hour.

We dropped off our bikes for the last time and trekked back to our room sweaty and exhausted. After showering, we enjoyed another relaxing dinner at our lovely dinning room table. However, the wife felt a sweet itch for some ice cream, so we headed downtown and found her an ice cream stand. The two of us sat down and people-watched for a while and then once again walked back to our resort for a movie and some sleep, already eager to go up and across the mountain the next day.