Tour BC: Sunshine & Whales
July 12-19, 2003

If you click on the map above it will popup as a large readable map of our trip route.

Important Notes

At the bottom of the photos on each page there’s an elevation profile for that day’s ride. If you’re interested, click to see it larger. That’s true for all the photos as well. If your browser setup isn’t allowing the popup images we’ve also posted the unedited images in a photo gallery for your convenience. Click here.

Photo Credits: Nearly all the photos were taken by Sheila. There are 3 photos taken by Charlie Buchalter (the Canadian Princess, Day 4, the hill climb, Day 6 and the river, Day 7.) Thanks Charlie!

Billed as seven days of adventure on the Sunshine Coast of beautiful British Columbia, Tour BC was scheduled as the big regional trip for the S2Cycle team this summer. Little matter that it started the day after our one-day STP. "We are fit. We can do it."

Or maybe that should be, "We're in pretty good shape. We can manage it."

Or maybe, "We are greedy. We can somehow stumble through this hell."

After weeks of planning the packing portion of this extravaganza, on Friday, July 11, we finally packed up all our gear, less the necessities for the STP, the first day of riding of Tour BC, and our toiletries. This included a cooler of vegan food for us to ensure we had enough protein for the week. We dropped it off at Patty and Ron's house in Seattle. They were also going on the tour and agreed to cart it all up for us.

Saturday we did our STP. Go to the STP page for that story. Then turn to Day 1 for the adventures of S2Cycling on Tour BC.