Went the distance: Days 72 to 76, Charlottetown, PEI to Cape Spear, NL – July 21 to 26, 2010

I have completed the journey I set out to do. I have bicycled thousands and thousands of kilometres across Canada, West to East, coast to coast. I have bicycled across an entire continent, the second largest country in the world, through all ten provinces, through intense wind, rain, snow and heat, up steep hills and mountains, then down them at incredible speeds. I biked up [...]

Going the distance: Days 63 to 71, Rivière-du-Loup, QC to Charlottetown, PEI July 13 to 21, 2010

July 13, 2010: Rivière-du-Loup, QC to St. Jacques, NB, 130 km Gerry had told me about a bicycle path that can take me from Rivière-du-Loup all the way into Edmundston, NB. The bike path used to be a railway line and has a maximum grade of 3%, thus bypassing the hilly Trans-Canada highway. It was [...]

Going the distance: Days 47 to 62, Ottawa to Riviere du Loup June 27 to July 12, 2010:

June 27 to July 4, 2010: The week in Ottawa  What a fun week in Ottawa!  All you can eat sushi, burgers, pizza, ice cream, Canada Day BBQ, steak and “a few” lattes were on the menu.  I also got to sleep in.   During the week I was able to lighten my load by [...]

Going the Distance: Days 42 to 46 (Cochrane to Ottawa, ON)

June 21, 2010: Cochrane to Kirkland Lake, 150 km Steven, from Cochrane, was right about the road conditions going South. Flat to start off with then progressing to some hills.  Whenever I see hills ahead of me I think back to the “hills” in BC. It makes what’s in front suddenly seem easy. Succumbing to [...]