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On Friday June 16, 2023, we would like to go on a ride in Summerland. Of course as always, weather permitting.
This is the ride: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42977432
We will meet on Kelly Ave at the Summerland Middle School for parking. 9:30am should be a good starting time. You are welcome to invite other rides.
Hope to see you there and have fun. Just friends riding together.
Michael
Continuing our ongoing efforts to educate our riders about their assumption of all risks during our rides as well as our safety rules, we have attached a waiver for the Bob Perra Memorial Ride (June 3, 2023 – 10am from Lumby; meeting at Super A Fresh Mart parking lot).
If you are planning to join this ride, you must read, print, sign and BRING the waiver to the ride. We can not allow anyone without a signed waiver to ride with us.
Due to a scheduling conflict, the date for Bob’s Memorial Ride has been changed from Sunday, June 4th to Saturday, June 3rd.
The ride will start in Lumby at 10 AM . The starting point is the Super A Foods store located at 2040 Vernon Street in Lumby. There is ample parking available in the Super A Foods lot.
The Lumby to Mable Lake ride is a very scenic, rolling, out and back route of approximately 70 km in total with no major hills.
Those wishing to carpool can meet in the parking lot near the Eco Centre in Mission Creek Park (Springfield and Benvolin) at 8:45 AM.
In case of wet weather this ride may be postponed and participants will be advised through this website.
To remember our good friend and fellow Killer Bee, Bob Perra , who passed away in May, 2022, we will once again ride his favourite cycling route (Lumby to Mable Lake).
The ride will start in Lumby at 10 AM on Sunday, June 4th and will be led by Michael Malkowski, Bob’s frequent cycling partner. The starting point is the Super A Foods store located at 2040 Vernon Street in Lumby. There is ample parking available in the Super A Foods lot.
The Lumby to Mable Lake ride is a very scenic, rolling, out and back route of approximately 70 km in total with no major hills.
Those wishing to carpool can meet in the parking lot near the Eco Centre in Mission Creek Park (Springfield and Benvolin) at 8:45 AM.
In case of wet weather this ride may be postponed and participants will be advised through this website.
As requested, we are going to hike Pin Cushion Mountain (Peachland) on Saturday (Oct 29)!
It’s a short hike of about 2km to the top but it is steep so bring good shoes and/or poles.
The parking lot is off Ponderosa Drive (turn right at the next light AFTER the IGA/Petrocan shopping area on the right). Hike starts at 10am, rain or shine.
Please carpool from Starbucks on Louie Drive (the “new” Starbucks in West Kelowna) due to limited parking and for the Earth – meet there at 9:30am. If you can arrange to pick up a fellow hiker somewhere in Kelowna, even better.
We will most definitely gather at Bliss Bakery after the hike 🙂 Also, there is an option to walk around the new Goats Peak Regional Park (which is off the highway when coming back from Peachland) on the way back, if anybody wants to walk more. It has very nice views as well.
Remember: Rail Trail Tour tomorrow, Wednesday – Enjoy the last sunshine before it turns ugly! Details in the previous post …
Hike for Saturday, October 22:
The weather forecast looks questionable so the plan is to meet at the Bean Scene (Dickson) for a coffee at 9am, then decide whether it’s nice enough to hike Scenic Canyon (starting in the Greenway parking lot) or maybe just do a walk on the Rail Trail starting at the Bean Scene if it’s wet.
We will decide, caffeinated, at 9:45am where we will go! Bring a jacket!
With a forecast for 21C and sunshine for Wednesday, we are looking at ideal weather for our annual rail trail trip to Coldstream! Please join us!
We will be starting on the south end of Wood Lake in Lake Country by the tennis courts. See picture. Meet at 1 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, in the parking lot at the east end of Woodsdale Road (arrow in the pictures), just before the uphill towards Oyama that we have ridden many times.
It’s always a favourite so cancel any non-essential plans and join us 🙂 It is 26km (one way) to the pub in Coldstream for refreshments. Pace will be very leisurely. Most of us use a mountain bike or e-bike with sturdy tires but it has been done on a road bike with wider tires as well.
Many thanks to Angus and Bunny for organizing a wonderful repeat of last year’s 3 day Kootenay Group Ride (but in reverse).
It was simply epic !
Lots of smiles, lots of hills, lots of kilometers and lots of BEARS (ask Rory and Nick for details).
Congratulations to everyone who participated. More than 300 km of riding and 3500 m of climbing over 3 days is a major accomplishment!
Kudos to all the Kootenay businesses (hotels, restaurants, pubs, coffee shops) that took such good care of us during a major labour shortage. This tour wouldn’t have been as much fun without their full contribution and support!
Do it again next year? Stay tuned 🙂
Please check out the picture gallery here. More pictures will be added as they come in.
Since it’s so nice riding around the Armstrong area we’ve decided to head up there again on Sunday, August 14th. This time we will do the regular Okanagan Shuswap Century route (100 km). 70 km & 50 km routes are also available. This group ride will start at 9 AM from the Memorial Park in Armstrong.
Those wishing to carpool can meet at the Eco Centre parking lot in Mission Creek Regional Park between 7:30 and 7:45 AM.
Hope to see you there.
Despite some initial concern about rain, we were blessed with good weather on our Memorial Ride for Bob Perra. 19 riders in total participated, indicating how well Bob was liked by our cycling community. The ride, a 70 km out and back route from Lumby to Mabel Lake, was one of Bob’s favourites and was thoroughly enjoyed by all riders.
After the ride we had lunch at Alexander’s Pub in Coldstream and reminisced about fun times spent hiking and biking with Bob.
We will miss Bob’s company and think about him often on future cycling and hiking adventures. Rest in peace.
Click for the Relive of the ride
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