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June 23 is #OlympicDay
(Judging by my #OlympicDay doodle, it’s also GPS ScatterDay!) Today – June 23 – is #OlympicDay, when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calls on people all over the world to get off the couch and get moving! To motivate people to get … Continue reading
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Tagged #OlympicDay, bicycling, bike-writing, contest, creativity, cycling, garmin, gps, gps art, IOC, Rio de Janeiro, strava, strava art, victoria bc
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100 miles of dizzying silliness
Back in 2013, about a week before the summer solstice, a fellow Tripleshotter came up with an idea so ridiculous, it was certain to become a Tripleshot tradition. “Hey,” Simon announced, “I’m thinking of celebrating the solstice by doing a century…by … Continue reading
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Tagged Beacon Hill Park, bicycle, bicycling, bike-writing, century ride, creativity, cycling, garmin, gps, strava, summer solstice, victoria bc
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A pest. For a pest.
I give you your spirit animal, Alan Cassels. Early on in my Strava-doodling days, a fellow Tripleshotter goaded me into bike-writing a seemingly harsh message across Victoria, BC. “Alan Cassels,” it said (in an elegant Cannondale-crafted script), “you suck, Mr. … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, bicycling, creativity, cycling, garmin, gps, gps art, Procyon lotor, raccoon, strava, strava art, victoria bc, wildlife
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A Thursday morning spin around Italy and Sicily
A European country recreated in a North American city. GPS doodling makes anything possible! On Wednesday mornings, I often join the Fairfield Farm Team for a ride whose route (as several Strava followers have pointed out) looks like Italy. Yes…a little. This got … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, cartography, creativity, cycling, Europe, garmin, geography, gps, gps art, Italy & Sicily, Mediterranean, strava, strava art, victoria bc
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Congratulations, Oak Bay High Class of 2015!
A Strava-art send-off for the final graduating class of the “old” Oak Bay High School Yesterday evening, I attended the graduation ceremony for the Oak Bay High School Class of 2015 – an impressive send-off for this year’s 258 seniors…my eldest son among … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, Class of 2015, creativity, cycling, garmin, gps, gps art, graduation, Oak Bay High School, strava, strava art, victoria bc
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#Now Or Never…for Canada’s TO2015 athletes
A GPS-art shout-out to Team Canada’s athletes for the 2015 Pan Am & Parapan Am Games It’s just 36 days until TO2015 – the Toronto 2015 Pan Am & Parapan Am Games. After years of sacrifice and determination in the relentless quest to compete among … Continue reading
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Tagged #NowOrNever, athletes, bicycling, Canada, creativity, cycling, garmin, gps, gps art, Pan Am Games, Parapan Am Games, strava, strava art, Team Canada, TO2015, victoria bc
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A city-sized tribute to the Wounded Warriors
A Strava-doodling Ride in Support of the Battlefield Bike Ride In a little over a week, nearly 100 Canadians will set off on an incredible, and incredibly important, seven-day cycling odyssey: the 2015 Wounded Warriors Canada Battlefield Bike Ride. The 555-kilometre journey begins at Vimy Ridge Memorial and follows … Continue reading
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Tagged Battlefield Bike Ride, bicycling, Canadian Armed Forces, creativity, cycling, garmin, gps, gps art, logo, PTSD, strava, strava art, Veteran Street, victoria bc, Wounded Warriors
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Wounded Warriors
In a little over a week, Ritchie Hughes – a fellow Tripleshot member and veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces – will leave for France to participate in the 2015 Wounded Warriors Canada Battlefield Bike Ride. The seven-day, 555-kilometre ride starts at Vimy … Continue reading
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Tagged Battlefield Bike Ride, bicycling, Canadian Armed Forces, creativity, cycling, garmin, gps, gps art, logo, strava, strava art, Veteran Street, victoria bc, Wounded Warriors, YYJ
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GPS Art for Art’s Sake
Since I started using my Garmin, my bike and a map of Victoria to make GPS doodles, I’ve generally referred to myself as a ‘Strava artist’. But ever since February, when an online observer pointed out that “it’s ‘GPS-tracking art’, not … Continue reading
Posted in gps art, tips & tricks
Tagged Andy Warhol, art, bicycling, creativity, garmin, gps, gps art, how to, inspiration, JOSM, OpenStreetMap, strava, strava art, tips & tricks, victoria bc
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Enormous hummingbird spotted in Victoria, BC
In a city where flowers are blooming pretty near year-round, it’s no surprise that you don’t have to look very hard or very long to spot a hummingbird in Victoria, BC. Most common here, I believe, is Anna’s hummingbird. Measuring around … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, Anna's Hummingbird, birds, Calypte anna, creativity, cycling, garmin, gps, gps art, hummingbird, strava, strava art, victoria bc
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Sketchbook of a GPS Artist 