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USA/Canada Program
Rolling the Islands of the Salish Sea
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Photo essay: Rolling the Islands of the Salish Sea: Sydney
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San Juan Is to SYDNEY, BC. Morning to relax in the neighborhood or
take a half-day trip to Orcas, then on to Canada |
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Orcas Island road |
If
you haven't had enough bicycling in paradise, haven't had enough island hoping or you are just aching for more
bicycling, regardless, Orcas Island
is a great destinations for a morning ride. It is considered the toughest cycling
in the San Juan Islands. It is not
that the hills on the main roads are any bigger, they are just more continuous.
You are usually either going gradually up or gradually down. There is not
much that is flat for a very long distance. |
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Road winding up Mt. Constitution. |
The trophy ride of Orcas
Island is to ride to the top of Mt Constitution. In the big picture it is
not a terrible tough ride, but it is the most challenging that the San Juan
Islands have to offer. It is a rolling fifteen mile ride from the ferry
dock to the base of the mountain, then it is a six mile ride up the mountain,
generally very gentle. On a summer weekend the biggest challenge is the
traffic. |
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Some place out here we cross from the United States
to Canada |
 Back
on the boat again and zipping between more islands and across international
frontiers. The boundary between the US and Canada in this area was set in
1862 by Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, international arbitrator for the twelve year, Pig War.
Unfortunately the pig died. Fortunately, the pig was the only casualty.
For the full story join the tour, or look it up on the Internet. |
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Sydney by the Sea, British Columbia |
Sydney by the Sea, British Columbia,
is a bright, clean, small town, on the Saanich Peninsula, forty kilometers north
of Victoria. On the south side of town the are the Washington State ferry
docks. To the west of town is the primary airport (Victoria) for Vancouver
Island. To the north of town are the docks for BC Ferries. The later
being the busiest terminal of the lot. The town itself is very quiet. |
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on the boat again and zipping between more islands and across international
frontiers. The boundary between the US and Canada in this area was set in
1862 by Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, international arbitrator for the twelve year, Pig War.
Unfortunately the pig died. Fortunately, the pig was the only casualty.
For the full story join the tour, or look it up on the Internet.