July 21: Central Valley Greenway Ride

Rain threatened all morning and occasionally fell briefly but was never a problem. At John Hendry Park (aka Trout Lake Park) a large contingent of cyclists showed up for the ride along the Central Valley Greenway. It was a ride organized by the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition in conjunction with Wheels for Change so all those hundreds of kilometres ridden joined our call for government action on climate change. Most of the ride was very nice with only a small section on a busy road. The kids joined us at Burnaby Lake for the final 10K, just in time for the big climb up to Moody Park in New Westminster. At the end point there were info booths and a couple of short speeches and some singing.


After most of the local cyclists left, our guide Arno led us out to Ladner for our final night on the road. Crossing the Alex Fraser Bridge was neat because of the view and the separate bike/ped path (though there isn’t room for two way traffic). As we arrived in Ladner we had to detour slightly for a bicycle race. Too bad we didn’t get their kilometres too. One last meeting about the following day’s schedule and most headed off to bed (except our intrepid travel blogger).