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| Francine at the end of our second ride. Galbraith trails in Bellingham were in primo conditions thanks to recent rain. |
Today is the opening of the Whistler Bike Park, and originally we were going to purchase the 3Ride Ticket and visit the bike Park on our Cross Country bikes. But, last night, we realized that this weekend, May 18-21 is Victoria Day Weekend for Canadians. We worried about crossing the border late on a Friday, due to the 3 day weekend extra Canadian people at the border. So, we opted for a quick cruise on all the Green easy Lost Lake trails with Rick. We have never rode the entire Tin Pants Trail (usually hit the blue trails). Rode Tin Pants to its end and picked up Donkey Puncher to the Elephant Bridge. Crossed that bridge and made a right onto Molly Hogan, finishing at Lost Lake. Once there, we made our way to the base of Whistler, to check out the Bike Park opening scene at the base. We got there about 5 minutes before 10am, and it looks like they started loading around 9:45am or even earlier. The line at that point was minimal, and people were streaming down the hill. We were only there for a few minutes before rushing back to our cars to make the trek back home. When we got closer to the boarder, the signs listed the Peach Arch with 80 minutes, Truck Crossing 70 minutes, and Sumas at 20 minutes. So, we bypasses the first two crossings and headed to Sumas. We actually crossed at Aldergrove, where there was only about a 5 minute wait. Rick went thru a few minutes behind us, and said they opened even more lanes as he went thru. We need to make note that there seemed to be a shift change around 1pm, and tons more employees seemed to come on at 1pm, as the lines at Peach Arch and Truck Crossing were down to 5 minute wait as well. Rick was up for riding, so we planned to do the Green Circle, easy trails at Galbraith. Went up Last Call to Lost Giants to Cow Belle to Lone Wolf and crossed the 2020road to continue on Green Connector. Went right onto Pony Express shortly, to a left to climb Jack and the Beanstock. At this point Rick, who hasn't been exercising at all, let alone riding his bike was ready to head back to the car. So, we descended 911. After a short descent, Kevin gave Rick his bike to ride. He was all grins. We retraced our steps to the end of Last Call, where we said good bye to Rick. 4 miles. We kept riding, and climbed Last Call to Lost Giants to Cow Belle to Lone Wolf to Green Connector. Then at Pony Express, we went left to climb Tough Love, to a left onto Kung Fu to the road. Went right to the top of Cheech & Chong's Wild Ride, which was a super fun bermy descent, just right for Francine. Continued descending on Meth Lab to Rank Advancement. Made our way back towards the parking area on Gate and Switch, to Last Call to the car. The trails were in primo shape, especially in the trees, as it rained earlier in the day. This side of Galbraith certainly had more cross country trails. We really didn't get very high, as we only rode a little over 9 miles. We really need to come back and ride more. 9.4 miles.
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| Rick at Lost Lake |
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| Short lines for opening day for those who got out of bed early. |
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