Typically Canadian

Today is the day we got into St. John’s, NL. All of the trip across our great land has built up to this day and we are all certainly excited. Today, however, would take us just inside of St. John’s to our check point and tomorrow we will convoy the rest of the way in to the Confederation Building. We […]

Little Brother and The Humber Valley Resort

Posted in July 22nd, 2008

Today was a long anticipated day in our camp. We had a short ride of 75 km to one of the most scenic and luxurious resorts in Canada, the Humber Valley Resort, who is hosting our event and where we will be staying for 2 nights. It was another beatiful day of riding with lots […]

Port-aux-Basques to Stephenville

Posted in July 22nd, 2008

Today was our first ride in Newfoundland-Labradour. We arrived off the ferry late the night before and we boondocked our Rv in the parking lot of the Price Choppers and got a good nights rest. We got off to an early start with a nice cool overcast and a slight fog. The landscape in was […]

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A Halifax Hero

Posted in July 14th, 2008

Today we were off to the long anticipated Halifax. Halifax was actually not apart of our original route, but the support pouring out of that city could not be ignored and it was a last minute adjustment. It was a relatively short ride from Truro, about 100 km, and the boys from Truro had our […]

Charlottetown, Pictou, and Truro… Turkey, Steak, and Donair

Posted in July 14th, 2008

We had a great night last night in Charlottetown; Joe, Winston and Randy of the Fire Dept. treated us like family taking us all out on the boat where Steve and Hoppy had a controversial dive off. I still think Hoppy won. When the morning came we ate breakfast and decided to stop […]

Miramichi Montage

Posted in July 7th, 2008

After a great nights rest in the middle of nowhere we were off to our next scheduled stop in Miramichi. It was another scorcher outside reaching over 30 degrees celcius. There were a few tough climbs in the beginning, but the wind was at our backs and we were making some great time. The 108 […]

There are two types of Cyclists: Those who have Fallen and Those Who are Going to Fall

Posted in July 2nd, 2008

For those of you who know us and have been following us, you may know that we are definitely not professionals and that a few of us have taken a couple spills while on our bikes (don’t worry Coleman, your time will come). After finishing Ontario the competition for most falls on the tour […]

The last of the Hometowns

Posted in July 2nd, 2008

The next morning we were off to my hometown of Cornwall. It was an early morning and we were accompanied by 16 other cyclists to see us off. Our Petelon consisted of Ottawa fire fighters; friends and a special guest rider from Cornwall named Marc who wanted to ride with us in honour of […]

24 Candles in Chair Country

Posted in June 25th, 2008

We woke up today well rested largely in part to the generosity of the Coleman Family. They set us all up with beds, made sure we were all well fed and dressed us up with clean clothes. Today we were riding to Peterborough, approximately 90 km. The first half was fairly difficult, after 3 days […]