Over the past four summers, Dani Comparelli has pedaled over 10,000 kilometres, along with her twin sister Alli and her father Paul. That's a modest estimate from adding up their trips around Houston, out to Jasper and down into and across the United States.

Dani has aptly titled her family's cycling adventures, "From Pine Trees to Palm Trees."

Dani's parents, Paul and Gheri Comparelli, moved to Houston from Vancouver in 1987 to open a dental clinic. Before that, Paul explains, "Gheri and I were both cyclists. Every summer we took a month off. We did lots of trans-continental trips. We kind of quit when we moved up here." Understandable when you are a busy dentist with four daughters at home.

The family chose a sport they could do together, the girls were enrolled in the Jackrabbit cross-country ski program and the family became avid skiers. Today, twins Dani and Alli train for ski-and-shoot Biathalons held in Smithers. The girls are also involved in high school soccer, volleyball and swimming. Dani wants to be a lifeguard one day.