Done and done! I am glad to be finished, glad to have done it and a little sad that it's already over. We had good weather for the ride across the Avalon. The 44 hour wait to get here from North Sydney has made the finish a bit rushed. Most of us are packing tonight and then on the plane in the morning so no big closing bash.
I'll wait a few days to let it all digest before posting my closing thoughts.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
The Martimes
No need for maps in the Martimes I've got the routine figured out - Leave camp in pouring rain. Turn into the wind. Climb masive hill. Repeat until you find a horde of blood thirsty mosquitoes. Set up wet tent.
I'm waiting in North Sydney for our delayed ferry to NL. 10 hours delay so far thanks to stormy seas. The final schedule is shot to peices and it is now going to be a race to catch my flight to Ottawa. I am ready to spend a few nights in my own warm dry bed and a few days out of the saddle. In a few days I'll be glad to be done and also sad to be done.
Favre a Jet - sad day bro.
I'm waiting in North Sydney for our delayed ferry to NL. 10 hours delay so far thanks to stormy seas. The final schedule is shot to peices and it is now going to be a race to catch my flight to Ottawa. I am ready to spend a few nights in my own warm dry bed and a few days out of the saddle. In a few days I'll be glad to be done and also sad to be done.
Favre a Jet - sad day bro.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Getting there
Howdy. I entered New Brunswick a couple of days ago with a strong tail wind. Quebec was nice and hte roads better than expected. Ontario has the slight edge over Manitoba for worst roads in Canada at the moment. In a couple of days we ride through P.E.I. and shortly after that it's over.
It will be weird to go back to the complications of real life. For two months now my life has been gloriously simple: Eat. Sleep. Bike. I must admit though I am slipping from touring the country into just doing the kilometers some days - especially the long days or when the weather is not so nice.
It's been cold in NB until today when it got hot all of a sudden. Hopefully it will stay nice for tomorrow and Barry and I can get in a few hours of kayaking or something. Yes my bro is driving up to visit!
It will be weird to go back to the complications of real life. For two months now my life has been gloriously simple: Eat. Sleep. Bike. I must admit though I am slipping from touring the country into just doing the kilometers some days - especially the long days or when the weather is not so nice.
It's been cold in NB until today when it got hot all of a sudden. Hopefully it will stay nice for tomorrow and Barry and I can get in a few hours of kayaking or something. Yes my bro is driving up to visit!
Thursday, August 14, 2008
A very quick update
Hello all,
First the bad news - I left my cable in Ottawa so I will not be able to post any more pictures :(
Other than that things are going well although I must admit after all the rain we;ve had the last few weeks when it was time to get moving in the rain Monday morning the though that hey I`m home and I`ve already done a lot of riding this summer... did cross my mind. But today I get to la ville de Québec so all that is forgotten.
Some questions I`ve received:
Now that you are half way, what item(s) did you wish you had not taken?
Too much to list - I dropped off a 30 litre duffel bag of stuff i didn`t use`need at home this weekend.
And of course, what did you wish you had brought along?
Warmer clothing.
Does it get boring riding for hours each day?
Some days start out boring and stay that way others can get boring after a while and still others stay interesting all the way.
What is the first thing you plan to do when you get to the end?
Change into dry clothes and have a beer :)
Any ideas on your next adventure?
Too many. I may have to win the lotto and quit my job :)
First the bad news - I left my cable in Ottawa so I will not be able to post any more pictures :(
Other than that things are going well although I must admit after all the rain we;ve had the last few weeks when it was time to get moving in the rain Monday morning the though that hey I`m home and I`ve already done a lot of riding this summer... did cross my mind. But today I get to la ville de Québec so all that is forgotten.
Some questions I`ve received:
Now that you are half way, what item(s) did you wish you had not taken?
Too much to list - I dropped off a 30 litre duffel bag of stuff i didn`t use`need at home this weekend.
And of course, what did you wish you had brought along?
Warmer clothing.
Does it get boring riding for hours each day?
Some days start out boring and stay that way others can get boring after a while and still others stay interesting all the way.
What is the first thing you plan to do when you get to the end?
Change into dry clothes and have a beer :)
Any ideas on your next adventure?
Too many. I may have to win the lotto and quit my job :)
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Same province new month
Yeah, Ontario is really big. I am now in Alliston - about an hour drive north of the Big Smoke. We have passed the halfway point of the trip in days and KMs some time ago. From Thunder Bay to the Soo (sioux St. Marie) there were lots of KMs and lots of hills and lots of mosquitos and not much else.
Since the Soo I've just been busy -doing what I have no idea. Between the rides and the camp stuff I seem to keep pretty occupied. I did trade off a cook duty so I now don't have to cook all through the Atlantic provinces!
the interesting thing about Ontario so far is that it is so different. North of the Soo is a totally differnt world than the tourist/cottage strip we've just passed through and now that we are touching on the congested south is a whole new country again. Mercifully icecream is universal!
My weight loss is now at approximatley 20 pounds. I get to eat ice cream and bakery sweets every day! I was at a cottage in Owen sound with an original tour vet and he had a scale and a machine that measured my body fat at 14.8% with a BMI of 24.1. Although we had just eaten a huge supper so the number's may be bluzzy.
Well that's all for now. We'll be in Ottawa on the weekend so perhaps I'll see some of you then.
Cheers!
Since the Soo I've just been busy -doing what I have no idea. Between the rides and the camp stuff I seem to keep pretty occupied. I did trade off a cook duty so I now don't have to cook all through the Atlantic provinces!
the interesting thing about Ontario so far is that it is so different. North of the Soo is a totally differnt world than the tourist/cottage strip we've just passed through and now that we are touching on the congested south is a whole new country again. Mercifully icecream is universal!
My weight loss is now at approximatley 20 pounds. I get to eat ice cream and bakery sweets every day! I was at a cottage in Owen sound with an original tour vet and he had a scale and a machine that measured my body fat at 14.8% with a BMI of 24.1. Although we had just eaten a huge supper so the number's may be bluzzy.
Well that's all for now. We'll be in Ottawa on the weekend so perhaps I'll see some of you then.
Cheers!
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