We have now booked (and paid for) our train ride to Vancouver. So if nothing else we will at least be in Vancouver May 3 with our bikes. We chose the train as an "expensive" alternative to flying. We have always talked of taking a train ride west so what better time than to combine it with our Bicycle Adventure. It also means not having to "dismantle" the bikes quite as much to box them for transportation.
And oh yes, there still is that thing called "training". We are doing daily rides on our bikes using turbo-trainers since the 3 feet of snow outside is not exactly condusive to "touring" training.
Kevin.