Tour de Sidney.

 This weekend we were supposed to be doing the Tour de Victoria 2020 but it was cancelled among everything else we had signed up for before Covid. Simon's aunt and uncle in Sidney were gracious enough to still host us so we decided to go to the island anyway and do our own virtual cycling race. Here's the highlights of our Tour de Sidney

We left our truck and the ferry terminal, caught the 5pm ferry and biked onto the ferry with our packs.

We made the 6 km trek from the Swartz Bay ferry terminal to the Danielson's house before it was dark

The next day, we biked 16 km with the kids along Lochside Drive. The kids did amazing and we took breaks at Glass beach and Sannichton Bay Park

In the evening, Simon and I biked 25 km on our own. Unfortunately, when we passed Heritage Acres, I was so distracted by the abandoned train in the field that I did not see the pole in the middle of the bike path and crashed right into it. My bike stopped and I flew off. Maybe it was the adrenaline or that we don't get to bike just the two of us often, but I was able to ignore the road rash sting and we enjoyed the rest of the bike ride and the sunset.

The next day, I assessed my injuries and decided I wasn't hurting enough to skip my Sunday morning run . It was a beautiful 10 km run along the Sidney harbour while hubby and the kids slept in.

When we were not biking or running, we relaxed at the beach while the kids attempted to build homes for crabs out of shells and sand.

 After more beaching, we biked 7 km to check out the stores in downtown Sidney and got back to the ferry terminal. Amazing that we rolled in on our bikes at 2:48 and still got onto the 3:00 pm ferry. Perks of pedal powder and not having a vehicle! It was so nice to tour Sidney on a bike, definitely will be ditching the vehicle more often and coming to the island with just our bikes again. So impressed the kids enjoyed touring on our bikes as much as we did. They are already asking when our next bike trip is. We have been trying so hard since they were born for them to embrace the outdoorsy things we like, whatever we are doing...maybe it's working!!!