Whenever I visit Vancouver, B.C., I itch for my bike. It’s a stellar cycling city, with miles of seawall trail and well-signed, interconnected neighborhood routes. But the great cycling doesn’t stop at the city’s edge, so on a recent trip, I charted a homeward path from Vancouver to Seattle that took me aboard ferries for a fun and adventurous detour: via the roads and trails of Vancouver Island’s Saanich Peninsula and Washington’s northeast Olympic Peninsula.
You can easily make a vacation on your bike with camping gear, rail and ferry transit, and a few days to explore.
Amtrak deposits you in the heart of Vancouver, just a block from the False Creek cycling trail.