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October, 2008: Report in newsletter by Alex Pope [also: Photos (flickr), Map/stats/etc (Motion Based)]
A few comments about this route:
Alex Pope, October, 2008
- If we had started an hour earlier, we
could have had lunch at the Cafe in Acme which closes at 3:00pm
-- we arrived at 2:45 and they weren't seating anyone at that
time (or we could have simply not stopped for so long at the previous
controls ;).
- There is nothing open later on Sunday afternoon in Lynden. We
had to do a self-control. Options: use the border crossing as
a control, ride on Saturday, change the route to go straight over
to SR 539 as there would probably be a few places open on that
route (like the Starbucks which I occasionally ride to).
- After looking at the route on the map, it occurred to me that
it would be appropriate to have an information control on Mosquito
Lake Rd as there is a shorter route by continuing on SR 542 and
down SR 9.
- The route could be adjusted slightly to start/finish at Wendel's.
Obviously, the Senior's Hall wasn't open -- we expected that and
planned to use the Esso station (which we did) but most of us
met up at Wendel's before the start anyway.
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