2011 Trip Preparation

So in 2 sleeps I am going to embark again on another trip to Vancouver.  This time I am not as prepared as I was last year, I still have lots of logistics to arrange and physically I am don't know if I am as prepared either.  This week I have only biked once which is unfortunate but I hope I get another ride in tomorrow evening.  

One of my decisions I still have to make is which route to take this year.  Last year it took 9 days of biking to make it to Vancouver by taking highway 1 from Cochrane to Kamloops and then the Coquihalla to Hope, where I then biked along hwy 7 to Vancouver.

I have been considering biking south from Banff through Radium Hot Springs, then taking either:

1. Back to Golden (1350 km)

2. Through Creston and take the 3A up to Revelstoke (1550 km)

3. Kill myself and go over the Salmo-Crest Pass and go through Nelson and take highway 3.(1550 km).

1 and 3 both have a major pass that need to be challenged, although #3 I think is a more challenging pass and has no reprieve at the top of the pass like Rogers has.

What are your thoughts? 

Otherwise I am mostly ready.  I still have to:

• Hang the banner on my trailer (and take a photo of me with my bike/trailer) 
• Purchase a headlamp for biking in the evenings
• Pack my bag
• Take my doggy to a wonderful boarding house.
• Oh and figure out how I am going to get home from the airport when I return.
• I am sure I have forgotten half of what I need to do still.

I should mention that when I asked Stan at RunDigital to make me a banner saying "I'm biking for... Prostate Cancer" he immediately responded by saying they would make it for free.  its a great banner.

I hope to post every day like I did last year as I biked along. I am sure that there is still minimal cell coverage through BC so it will be hit n miss when I can actually post.