The Gals

The Gals

Welcome to our blog!


We are three young women embarking on a cross Canada cycling trip! We will be starting May 5th from Victoria, B.C, making our way

East to St John’s, Newfoundland, spanning over >7000km. We are planning to stay mostly in campsites, but will indulge now and then in a roof over our heads (be it a hotel/motel/holiday inn, friends/family, or couchsurfing/warm showers). We will be carrying all our gear on our bikes, including tents and camping equipment.


This is by faaaar our biggest cycling adventure yet, and, after a LOT of planning and practice, we are so excited to get rolling!


Feel free to contact us with any questions or comments, and please check out our fundraising pages along the side bar!


Thank you!


Claire, Julie & Nina

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Day 0: (May 4) Vancouver to Victoria 77km



We left Claire's sister Aleah's house in downtown Vancouver early in the morning. On our first day it was raining! It was a great excuse to break out all of our rain gear. We biked to the ferry terminal in Tsawassen for the first half of the day. There were well displayed bike paths and bike lanes leading to the ferry. We took a shuttle bus for cyclists through the George Massey Tunnel en route to the terminal. We were waiting for a while for the shuttle, so we took the opportunity to cook our first meal with our stove. On the ferry, we kept our bikes down in the dungeon with the cars. Once arriving at the Swartz Bay ferry terminal on Vancouver Island we took the Lochside Regional Trail all the way to Victoria. It was a beautiful bike path! We stayed with Hayley's cousin Susan in Victoria for the night.





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