The following is an exerpt
from Tim and Nick's diaries
re: cycling the Trans Canada Trail.
Isn't it wonderful that we were actually doing our trail venture the same year, 2003. I was cycling during the 1st 2 weeks of Sept.
Maybe they even passed me on the trail...
Nick n Tim: "first Tressel - the Kinsol Tressel. (Vancouver Island) These large wooden structures are incredible. This one was huge, and unfortunately not in use. So we had to detour down the valley and up into a logging area to get through the valley. We did get a little lost, and had the bear incident mentioned in our last update, but aside from that was fun - and proved you can mountain bike with 15kg of load on the bike (later disproved unfortunately). We met the railway again and put in some more k's, scared to death only once by a huge black dog that jumped out onto the trail from nowhere - impersonating a bear. That night we camped wild - near a beautiful river and amongst some dense forest. Very nice after a 90km day"
They travel at least twice as fast as do I when cycling. I haven't encountered any bears yet, but several times last year did encounter bear tracks where they had either scratched for grubs in the soft gravel of Prince Edward County's Millenium Trail just west of Wellington, ON, and also down Pt. Petre way.
Bears are supposed to be non existent in The County, but not so. Many have been sighted over the years, only periodically, and thought to go back north after a walk-about.
A man from Vancouver told me bears will generally run from humans. I hope he is right. He said my biggest worry will be humanoid, not animal. True! In PEI, there is an tree that has a memorial on it for a young woman who lost her life to a man who had previously been in an ON prison.
It's very rare not to return from a cycling trip, so don't worry.
I will pay my respects to this young woman with the photo of her memorial on the Confederation Trail.
Kindest regards.
Karen
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