Bike trip to Vancouver Island from Orcas Island
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27 miles
Start: Camp Orkila, Orcas Island
End: Island View Campground, Vancouver Island
Cost of Camping: $25
Trail Notes: Sections of the trail are difficult to follow through residential areas. Watch carefully for the Lochside street signs and trail signs. About 5 miles south of Sidney (roughly), at Mt. something crossroad make sure to re-find the trail near the Esso station & pedestrian overpass across the highway. The signs for the trail are confusing and appear to point you onto the highway, which you do not want. Going through customs is very easy by bike.
High Points: Seeing Orcas Island from Vancouver Island
23 miles
Start: Island View Campground, Vancouver Island
End: Thetis Lake Campground, Vancouver Island
Cost of Camping: $18 for a tiny hiker/biker camp site surrounded by RVs
Trail Notes: Sinage of trail is generally better while weaving through the sprawl around Victoria.
High Points: Saanich Historical Artifact Society
12 miles
Start: Thetis Lake Campground, Vancouver Island
End: Sam's apartment in Victoria, Vancouver Island
Cost of Camping: N/A
Trail Notes: Cars in Victoria are generally considerate to bikers. The Abkhazi Gardens give you a dollar off admission for showing up on a bike (or by bus or foot).
High Points: Abkhazi Gardens, Beacon Hill Park
35 miles
Start: Sam's apartment in Victoria, Vancouver Island
End: Camp Orkila, Orcas Island
Trail Notes: Rails-to-Trails bike trails are awesome for covering mileage quickly. Customs are again easy via bike, however you go through checkpoints in both Canada and the US. We arrived about 30 minutes early for the ferry, and we would have been fine if we arrived a little later.
High Points: Seeing a house being moved up from Seattle while on the ferry, which we had seen on the news earlier that morning; riding down hills on Orcas.
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