Faced a few challenges and made incredible memories from this experience, thank you for joining me on this trip :) you can find me on instagram at: www.instagram....
This was a great video. It's nice seeing these adventures near Calgary. I hope you can do a "how to start bike packing" video soon for those of us newbies who want to get started. I might do a day trip bike around these roads this summer. Glad the algorithm recommended your videos.
I’d recommend talking to one of our local bike shops, Bike Bike up on Edmonton Trail would be my recommendation since they focus on utility bikes and touring. They’ll have some good advice, as well as good routes to try. As long as you have a bike, tent and sleeping bag, you can get started touring! Used panniers sometimes come up for sale online. MEC makes a good backpacking tent. Lots of people overthink the gear, when the best way to figure out what works is to load up and start riding. Once you’re out there, you’ll have a great time.
Omg so glad I came across your content! Very entertaining and beautiful beautiful scenery. You have guts going solo. I bet it feels extremely rewarding when you reach your destinations. Very motivational! 😊😊
I love your positive mentality. I have a similar inner dialogue when going through tough times. It was so comforting to hear the way you manage obstacles and keep yourself sane and grounded. Way to make the safer decision at the river. I'm studying to become an herbalist, and I recommend picking and eating some dandelion leaves for extra nutrients and a fresh salad! ❤
my goodness that is gorgeous .. so so good to see you doing so well Jenna! always a warm comfy feeling coming back to your channel and seeing what you’re up to 🥹
Do you know what I love besides me living where you live, you never take off your cool pink helmet even when you are off the bike! 😊 Another fun video to watch and enjoy.
Totally joined you for the entire journey. Thank-you for documenting this in your own ways and sharing with the world. Love your aura Jenna! Glad to have come across this. Sending love and respect your way.
You're so real lmao if I do long trips I always remind myself that working hard is the only way I'll be able to make it back to my car. Otherwise, when I'm home I don't feel like doing anything that might be challenging. Hurrah for trapping ourselves in unavoidable situations!
feel you. ☝️ I just cykled 12 days, 1065 km, with a very heavy loaded bike in Sweden to visit my sister a few days. I slept in the woods, fought mosquitos, wild camping in bear country etc etc.. These adventures never turns out the way you think it will.
Hi Tired! Your at the top baby! Again!! It's all downhill from here, both ways! Thanks for taking us along for your ride. It was fun and scenic. The road less traveled.
Jenna! Amazing job, I like the way you stayed calm and positive even when you got sidetracked a bit. This makes me want to hit the trails near where I live 🚵🏿♀️
Thanks for the adventure! I think you would feel better riding on the fattest knobbies that you can fit on your rims and frame, especially if you're into gravel roads. Cheers!😀
this was amazing Jenna! thanks for sharing another stellar bikepacking adventure with us! gravel is so much more stimulating & adventurous than road riding in my opinion. ++ you get to make doggo friends 🐶 hope to see more gravel adventures in the near future! 😎
Hehe Although I still love a road ride this trip has definitely made me want to get out on gravel rides more!! And you’re right the dogs are a plus 🙂↕️
Just out here waving and mooing at cows, and making friends with sweet dogs 😊💚 such beautiful scenery 😮 Another wonderful gravel bike trip journey video
You have such a relaxing style of story telling! I love it. Thanks for sharing. Feeling inspired to go after steeper terrain after seeing those hills you did!
Looks like an awesome ride. Jealous of the scenery. I would really recommend a satellite phone(if you dont already have one) like the garmin inreach mini2 or something like that. Better to have it and not need it.
Actually hilarious that you said that because I had one on me the entire time and I didn’t even think of it 😂 also if I’m honest I’ve only ever sent the pre-set messages I’m still figuring out how it works
Glad to see you back on here. You are so brave doing all this stuff on your own. Aside from the athletic prowess, I’d be afraid of the killer at the campsite. Assuming you made your sister’s graduation👍🏻
Looks like you were aiming to ride Old Porcupine's Choice Loop. Super bummer that Spray Lakes Sawmills removed the bridge over Cataract creek. Glad you stayed safe.
Amazing scenery! I'm getting back into riding for the first time since I was a kid and your adventures are inspirational. Thanks for not sugar coating it all. Looking forward to summer in Australia!
Stoopid bridge :)! I love riding in this area beacuse the views are epic. And yeah, smart call on not crossing that river, especially at this time of year when the water is still ice cold. I'm currently mapping out a ride from Edmonton to Drayton Valley. There are some campgrounds along the North Saskatchewan that I have not yet visited. Anyways, thanks for posting!
Great video! There is a lot of variety in gravel. It can take a while to work out the tires. If you are riding locally you can work it out pretty well, but if you are doing a tour things can change a lot with the surface.
A great new video and man - those views! I loooove that fresh light green in spring, where all the plants are just full of energy and screeeaaaaming to bloom. I bet that was testing when you went up a mountain and then also got headwind. But then again it could have hailed into your face, right?(happened to me some time ago - that hurt so much)
I started the video thinking that you were in Colorado, then you said kilometers and I thought 🤔 Didn't realize this was near Calgary till I recognized one of the roads hahaha. RU-vid algorithm sometimes works great! Nice ride
Hellish, cold Canada is absolutely beautiful in early summer. Good thing you didn't completely run out of food and had to ride back on empty. You should have tried jumping to grab your stuck bags hanging on the tree to get it down? It looks like you could have done that and avoided dragging the heavy wooden table back and forth all by yourself. The bridge being down made your bike trip even more crazily epic.
Haha I was worried I might break the bags or rope by doing that so I decided on the table 🤣 and I agree! Canada is gorgeous but the weather doesn’t care about your plans!
