June 2009
81 posts
Day 12 - Halifax
Hello Blog Land: As I write this blog I am on my way back to Toronto - not on my bike; rather on a WestJet flight. The National Ride for 2009 is complete and by all measures it has been a success! More on this later; first the last day of the ride. All 36 riders and all crew were overnight in Lower Sackville and we awoke to a cool, foggy morning. The rain that had fallen during the night had...
Day 11 - and it feels like Heaven
Hello Blog Land: Well, this posting is coming to you from a parking lot in Lower Sackville, NS - less than 50 km from Halifax and the end of this incredible journey. With half a day’s riding we will be ‘wheel dipping’ again to signify the end of the 2009 Coast to Coast Against Cancer National Ride. However, more about that tomorrow. Today was one of those magical days on the...
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
– Sir Winston Churchill
Day 10 - new day and a new province
Hello Blog Land: Greetings once again from RV 3A. We are at this moment heading for our showers after a rather cool and overcast day. Once again we have been experiencing less than great cycling weather. We have outrun or otherwise lost the warm sunny conditions under which we began this ride. We awoke this morning in Riviere Bleue where we were met with cool winds and heavy grey skies and the...
“I am only one; but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do...”
– Helen Keller
Day 9 - Into La Belle Province
Hello Blog Land: Here we are with 9 days down and three to go until we reach Halifax. By now we have travelled through 5 provinces in this great country of ours, and today we entered in the 6th one - Quebec. With yesterday’s trek through southern Ontario, and being in Ottawa and Montreal today, I have met and chatted with many of you professed blog followers. Thank you for letting me know...
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
– Mahatma Ghandi
Day 8 - Woodstock to Toronto; the road to my...
Hello Blog Land: This message is again coming to you from the RV as we wend our way Eastward along the 401 highway to or overnight destination of Ottawa. We will then ride to Montreal. The weather word for today is “wet”. For the first time on this trip we encountered rain. And rain it did. Given that we were in Southern Ontario and it was Saturday, and we had a long ride, it just had...
“We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and...”
– Sir Winston Churchill
Day 7 - the second half begins
Hello Blog Land: This posting comes to you from beautiful downtown Woodstock. (And, no not from the RV…what a treat!) This place is famous if for no other reason than it is a suburb of Sweaburg. Oh yeah, it also plays some part in the background of Jeff Rushton, founder and passionate volunteer for the C2CAC Foundation! (Sorry if anyone from Woodstock or Sweaburg is offended. It is all in...
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”
– Walt Disney
Day 6 - Does it get any better than this?
Hello again, Blog Land. My last post asked the question, “Does it get any better?” I must tell you it JUST DID!!!! As we were filling the RV up with gas when we were leaving the Soo, we noticed that one of the rear, inside tires was flat. When we checked the RV for tools to try and find out the problem, we discovered there was nothing in the way of tools, spares, or anything. The folks...
Day 6 - Does it get any better?
Hello Blog Land: Day 6 will go down in the collective memories of Team 3 as “one of the best days ever!” Waking up in Wawa (with an ‘extra’ hour of sleep - 6 vs. 5) the day got off to a terrific start. Everyone on the Team was in good spirits and looking forward to a great ride. We got underway on time, the sun was warm and the wind was calm. Our route would take us through...
“I’m not a dreamer, and I’m not saying this will initiate any kind of...”
– Terry Fox
Day 5 - and glad to be alive
Hello Blog Land: It feels like I am almost ‘home’ as we have arrived back in Ontario. I think that makes it 5 provinces in 5 days; and what glorious days they have been! I was thinking about an appropriate title for today’s post while we were making our way out of Mine Center (yes, I have been there and I still don’t know where it is, although I suspect it may be in the...
Day 4 - Let there be more!
Hello Blog Land! Greetings from the Trans-Canada Highway, just outside Windypeg (although most of you will know it as Winnipeg). Day 4 was a day of winds and our Team battled through them for almost 200 kilometers with epic courage, strong legs, a most impressive commitment to the kids and the cause, and gratifying results. Our day began early in Brandon, under heavy skies that looked like we...
Delayed posts - sorry but no wireless access for a...
This is Anne, Tim’s wife, letting his blog followers know that he didn’t have wireless service last night when he did his Day 4 post, so it is delayed until tonight when they reach Thunder Bay, and hopefully resumed wireless service! You’ll get a bonus with 2 to read once he does today’s Day 5 post!
Thanks for following and supporting him. This means a lot to him, as do...
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”
– Albert Einstein
“Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change...”
– Margaret Cho
Day 3 and still going strong
Hello Blog Land: Well Team 3 has once again shown its spirit and determination to be “The place to be!” Three provinces in three days, and three incredible days of riding by 11 incredible cyclists. Our day started early (5:00 a.m.) in Swift Current and ended in Regina, with stops in Chaplin and Moose Jaw. In Swift Current the very friendly and helpful staff of the Coffee Tyme opened an...
“It’s not about the bike.”
– Lance Armstrong
Day two: high high can you climb?
Hello Blog Land: The second day of our adventure is done and it was a day that can be summed up in one word: mountains! We rode today for Jessie Morningstar, a true champ in all our minds and hearts.
We started the day at Rogers Pass and the first section was a beautiful decent which was a great way to get the legs working again. The scenery was spectacular all day with mountains, rivers,...