2 Day Solo-Cycling to Banff -100 Miles Through Prairie and Rocky Mountain

Did a two day solo trip out to Banff, where I had the chance to cycle though grasslands and mountains. This was my first over-night bike packing trip that I did in preperation for a three week trip
I had coming up (and the vlog for that one will be out soon too)!

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So I’m cycling to bamp I’m heading out nice and early because there’s a storm coming later so let’s hit the road 8 miles in and I had to take a PE break we’re on the bo River pathway right now which is part of the Great Trail I am on my way to Highway 1 which is kind of going to be the scary part because I’m not used to biking on the highway but I

Obviously need to start getting used to that um there’s a smaller Highway called Highway 1A that I thought about taking because it’s usually less busy but it is a very windy Highway with a lot of blind Corners it also has a really small shoulder and I thought that that would

Be more dangerous if anything so I’m going to be biking on the regular degular Highway that was a good pee break and I’m ready to go can’t forget This lot of stairs man hey good news and bad news good news is I’m so close to the highway I can literally see it right there bad news is it took me an extra hour and a half than I planned to get out of the city cuz

Google Maps kept leading me in circles and changing my route to the other Highway and then I was on a bike path on the way to this highway and the bike path was under construction and I had to carry my bike up literally 10 flights upstairs which was so stupid 20 m later

And we’re finally leaving the city that’s 40K 40 km later and we’re finally leaving the city but the weather’s still good we’re chugging along I can literally smell the highway from here so we’re good to go so this is not Highway 1 that over there that’s Highway 1 Google Maps

Although I don’t trust it so much anymore says I can ride this route for a while so we’ll see this route is supposed to cross the highway eventually so we see at that point if I want to get on or stay on the chill side hey

There there’s a sign that says do not approach or feed the horses so I’m keeping my distance but they’re so cute bye sweetie have a good day you guys bye guys I’m taking a little sunscreen break there’s a deer over There 50k down and a lot more to go home we’ve made it to a truck stop there’s a gas station over there I’m breaking for lunch I still have a long way to go but I’m feeling okay today’s menu we have some peanuts I um have a little Filipino

Cupcake some cheese strings some boiled eggs maybe a yogurt have some fruit in here too I brought a lot and a ton of water I’m on jail number two we’ve done about 40 miles so far which I’m guessing is around 70 or 80 km based on my location it looks like I have about 60 more km to go getting [Applause] there I’ve been flying down a hill for like 10 minutes and it is the most

Beautiful thing I was struggling for so many hours because it was uphill for so long now all of a sudden I’m just flying and the mountains came into view this is beautiful It’s great news 45 km into cmore there were a few points back there where I was going through it and I was tired and it was hot and the highway was scary and thinking about how much distance I had left to cover I just wanted to stop but

I got myself to keep going because in my head I was like listen whether I’m biking or whether I’m sitting on the side of the highway the time is going to pass regardless so I might as well be cycling and it works I’m here I’m literally 45 km away which is not even

That far I’m stoked I’m stoked I’m just reapplying sunscreen and then I’m hitting the road now I could be mistaken but I’m pretty sure that flat looking mountain over there the one of the really sheer flat face is [Applause] thees our narrator finds herself in a ditch because the shoulder of the

Highway seems to have all but disappeared they’re doing construction along a portion of the highway and just completely demol the shoulder for some reason um but I think it’s coming back up soon but I’ve been walking my bike for a minute now it’s hot God Speed I’m exhausted and I’m going to go in the water cuz it’s hot I’m also running a little low on water but I have water purification tablets so I think I’m going to stock up a little bit here it’s pretty this is the nice thing about

Biking is that you get to see all the little things that like people in cars don’t really get to stop like that even when I wasn’t stopping I saw like a lot of gophers with cool wildlife and [Applause] birds sorry Dog’s Out ow this is nice nice

Woo I’m getting out it’s cold it’s glacier water that’s nice very refreshing [Applause] [Applause] oh I got nerds I got my two favorite beverages rain and Eon I’m at Dead Man’s Flats so I don’t I think there’s like 13 km left or something something like that

Which doesn’t sound half bad it’s been a long day really in I had no idea how this was going to go but I think despite um all the minor setbacks it went pretty well I’m almost there and I’m so happy to be biking the BAM tomorrow let’s [Applause] go

Woo see that I don’t know if you can see that but that’s the cam more sign wo that’s right y’all that’s what I’m talking about see that we’re damn close we’re damn near this is so exciting don’t mind these glasses these they jet glasses from the gas

Station and they kind of suck like everything’s blurry but it’s a sunny day Y’all we’re almost there y’all I actually have no idea how far is left but it’s not that far wo you understand got you didn’t know that I was dangerous got us I bet you didn’t know that I was dangerous danger wo the nice thing about being on the

Highway is that you can yell as loud as you want and nobody can hear you woo woohooo woo I don’t have a good yell woo was I went so fast I’m zooming I feel very proud of myself not to to my own horn but I feel kind of

Sick like I really did that I’m not even at bamp yet but it’s like so close these are ones right there those are the three sisters that’s what they’re called um train tracks pathway over the bridge and it’s going to take you over and then so straight after the bridge sorry

I do you’ll see okay amazing I’m going to my friend Molly’s house for the night hey partner unev what’s up buddy get this on film can you believe it no don’t hug me I’m literally so sweaty I can’t believe you did that side Hug Girl

Me either oh my God was it hard yeah okay we’ll talk about in a second let me tell them okay guys listen here that is huge feet not only is there like 4500 me of elevation gain what a badass but you just like killed that I

Can’t believe you did that it took like a lot longer than expected but we made it oh my God I can’t believe you did Here this one I got the camper play Max just Like Sh Ch that’s a good head Northeast then turn left turn left toward Fourth Street then turn right onto Fourth Street We’re on our last leg between camore and B and this is going to be a bit classier of a ride because we actually have a pavee trail it’s called The Legacy Trail it’s about 25k we’ve already done like three so far before starting so it’ll be

Closer to 30 at least by the end of the day um but it’s going to be nice I’m not going to be on the highway I’m going to be on a proper Trail and it’s probably going to take like an hour hour and a half and then we made it we’re almost in

Bam I’m actually pretty relieved to be almost done I haven’t slept much in the past 2 days and I’m starting to feel late and then Molly and her boyfriend Zayn are meeting me in b is A This streams I Want it’s super blue though okay wa let me put this away no like this like only girls see she’ll be the model look like you’re are standing here or down here that’s the picture not true I’ve got every photo always posted has been taken by to look

Up look up they can’t be we’re doing it let me just see it before we end the day it’s all forehead I take my hair down no it’s cute D but I meant like I me like here not like you liter can I take a photo of you the best

Of the can you take off your hat okay so you got to do it like this don’t like look up like look straight but then like look up you know what I’m saying oh it’s raining okay let’s um I made it to B by the way what is this Photo and you can figure this out open it up when you are able to see you can adjust is it recording oh hi it’s recording love you Jenna that’s all you’re my best friend and I’m proud of you you’re such a little beast being such a queen a fit

Queen okay that’s all bye don’t see and I you Carry I can think a little clear enough light me up if you were putting me out open it up when you were able to see you could have changed be someone like me I You