Tag: adventure

Here’s what happened over the course of 4177km: Number of flat tires: 0 Number of tires replaced: 1 Number of chains: 2 Number of broken chains: 0 Number of nights indoors: 16 (8 in motels) Number of times I was asked if I was retired: too many. Number of people who saw my bike and… Continue reading Some Fun Facts of My Trip…

August 5th I think the hardest part of my journey across the country was when I cycled passed the Terry Fox Memorial on the eastern outskirts of Thunder Bay. I visited the memorial two years ago when my son and I were on a road trip to Saskatchewan. It’s a beautiful and powerful testament to… Continue reading From each a story

July 29th  It was raining hard when I woke up this morning. I checked the weather forecast and immediately curled up in the fetal position wishing the day away. I was 227 km north of Sault Ste. Marie. It’s 12 hours later and I’m 66km east of the Soo. I had an amazing ride and… Continue reading So Many Things!

July 23rd  I’m having a tough go at it. Northern Ontario is ruthless, relentless, and wrothful. GOOGLE IS A TOOL And I don’t mean that nicely. The stretch from Fort Frances to Thunder Bay was incredibly tough and stressful. It was really hard to plan a day around access to drinking water. Google listed service… Continue reading Broken But Unbowed

July 8th – 100th Meridian I had a grumpy morning. Some of my stuff was stolen from the campground last night. And some punk messed with my bike during the night. They clearly know nothing about bikes. But that didn’t stop them from loosening my back pannier rack. Luckily they were thwarted by their own… Continue reading Grumpy Pants & the 100th Meridian

June 24 – Saskatchewan! I made it to Saskatchewan today! The road I came in on did not have a provincial marker…but it was quite obvious at which point I had crossed the border. June 25 – Memory Lane Today was a wonderful day off the bike. I spent my day in Eatonia with my former… Continue reading In Saskatchewan & Memory Lane

There has been a lot of climbing these past few days. So much climbing. And there has been a lot of descending. Very inefficient. I think travel in B.C. would be much more efficient if they took a page from Saskatchewan’s playbook and made the roads flat! And straight. It wouldn’t take that much dynamite,… Continue reading My last mountain pass

I have a lot of good people in my life…people that are incredibly important to me. And sometimes it is easy to lose sight of that in the hustle and bustle of life. After I finished with my conference related activities today I grabbed my front wheel and my mascot and met friends and colleagues… Continue reading Recognizing Importance

I’ve had a few it-just-hit-me-what-I’m-doing moments this past week. Unsurprisingly the biggest ones have happened today. Like when I collected all of my gear on the sidewalk in front of my apartment building this morning. Although delayed, the flight to Vancouver was smooth and uneventful. I’m cycling across Canada…which is incredibly dangerous…and the thing I… Continue reading It begins…