Continuing on with the month-by-month recaps, now that I’m committed to it. May was my strongest month of the year for riding. It’s also my favourite month for cycling, so this came as little surprise. The days are long, it’s not too hot yet, and it’s decidedly less busy still than the summer months. Nature is in full force and at peak vibrancy for the year. What’s not to love??
I started the month with a TCR (tall-can ride, a longstanding tradition with my slack friends) to Rice Lake, taking pals Rob and Dave to my favourite tucked-away spot. We got to watch an eagle swoop back and forth looking for their dinner. Rice Lake is always lovely, as long as there’s no loud humans nearby. We took the perfectly normal paved way in, but opted for some under-biking on what are objectively hiking trails on the way out. Blame the beer.
A couple days later, the weekend had arrived and Rob and I went for a North Van loop – up to the mid-valley lookout, followed by a traverse across to Ambleside where I showed him the lovely take-out fish n chip situation. I didn’t take a ton of photos, but it was a full and lovely afternoon on the bike.
On the Sunday was a vintage bike swap meet not too far away, so I rode over to check it out – picked up a couple things, too.
to be continued….
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