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Ride 3 - What a corker!

Ride 3 - 10 March 2019
Distance 19.3 miles (Distance to Date 40.6 miles)
Time 2:06 (Time to Date 4:43)

So apparently green bikes are like buses!

Having spent a nice morning with my family in Beacon Hill Park, the plan was simple.  My wife would head home in the car and I'd jump on a green bike and bag some miles!  

Eventually found one!


The assumption that I'd find a green bike easily near downtown Victoria was a bad one.  We see the bikes all around town, but when you need one they're pretty hard to come by!  The plan was to start at the park, so you'll see the first bit of my ride was just getting to the start line........  on reflection, riding east at the start would have been a much better idea!

Imagine my frustration when a few minutes into the ride I came across this!

That's right, FOUR!
The ride itself was great.  Weather was good, roads were flat and the route was a lot easier to make ground on than all the previous 'no exit' cul de sacs of Gordon Head.  The only problem was all the cool stuff I saw; it meant stopping all the time to take photos!


Strait of Juan de Fuca

Points of Interest......

Beacon Lodge Lighthouse (48.40998, -123.36907)

The Cote family installed this replica of the Beacon Hill Lighthouse in front of the Beacon Lodge.  There is a plaque with more information on the family and their contributions to the community.


Beacon Hill Lighthouse (replica)



Moss Rock Park (48.4121, -123.34653)



What a gem!  At the top of a hill in Fairfield is a park with a huge mass of rock with moss on it.  Go figure!

The park is secluded, quiet and has stunning panorama views of Fairfield and the Juan de Fuca Strait.  Well worth the detour.





Blue Line (48.40679, -123.34848)

 On stretches of Dallas Rd there is a single Blue Line.  This remains from the 1994 Commonwealth Games.......25yrs on, I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest maybe someone used the wrong tin of paint?



Children's Tree (48.40875, -123.34775)

 Only in James Bay would you find this sort of thing, right?  Wrong, it's in Fairfield.

Dream Catcher (48.40919, -123.34426)

I've ridden past this tree more times than I care to remember, but never noticed this before.  The slower pace of exploring on a rental bike means my eyes are open to a whole lot more!





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Terry Fox (48.40933, -123.36904)
I had planned to avoid pointing out the well known 'touristy' sites of Victoria.  Nothing political, they're just easy to find information on.  However Terry Fox is a Canadian legend, so I'll make an exception.  You can find his statue at Mile 0; the planned finishing point of his famous monumental Marathon of Hope.



A few other pics as I took so many...............
Kites at Clover Point
Dallas Rd

Canada's Tallest Totem Pole (so tall, I had to turn the camera to a funny angle)

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