Farewell to a Trail: Cheakamus Canyon
Fri, 27/05/11 – 12:12 | One Comment

This is a farewell to one of the enduro riding trails where I cut my dirt riding teeth. Conveniently located off Highway 99, the Cheakamus Canyon trail offered excitement, challenge and just a hint of danger. Inevitably, it’s been dumbed down as part of the Sea to Sky Trail, connecting the communities from Squamish to D’Arcy.

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Gran Turismo – Grand Canyon: Day 4 – Zion National Park, UT to Grand Canyon, AZ : 373km
Saturday, 2 Jun, 2007 – 16:49 | Comment
Gran Turismo – Grand Canyon: Day 4 – Zion National Park, UT to Grand Canyon, AZ : 373km

 We’ve left the heat of the Vermillion Canyons behind and as we begin our final approach to our destination periodic bolts of lightning streak downwards to the Arizona desert floor.  This is a storm, a …

Gran Turismo – Grand Canyon: Day 4 – West Wendover, Nevada to Zion National Park, UT : 1000km
Wednesday, 30 May, 2007 – 0:50 | Comment
Gran Turismo – Grand Canyon: Day 4 – West Wendover, Nevada to Zion National Park, UT : 1000km

It runs under the salt like electricity, but the GT1000’s tires can’t insulate me from this current.  We’re on one of North America’s temples of speed, the Bonneville Salt Flats, which, damp in spots, is …

Gran Turismo – Grand Canyon: Day 3 – Boise, ID to West Wendover, NV : 600km
Sunday, 27 May, 2007 – 0:00 | Comment
Gran Turismo – Grand Canyon: Day 3 – Boise, ID to West Wendover, NV : 600km

We’ve cut the day short and landed in West Wendover, Nevada.  I use “we” in a sweeping sense as I’ve come down ill and the GT1000 and I have been riding in the support vehicle …

Gran Turismo – Grand Canyon: Day 1 – Vancouver B.C. to Spokane, WA : 793km
Friday, 25 May, 2007 – 8:46 | Comment
Gran Turismo  – Grand Canyon: Day 1 – Vancouver B.C. to Spokane, WA : 793km

Stopping to take video of our group’s bikes as they ascend off of Diablo dam and into the Cascades along Highway 20, I’ve fallen behind. Mainly it seems because I miscounted the bikes and …