MCC Fundraising bicycle trips
With Covid getting the best of our holiday plans in 2020. I made the decision to take a bicycle trip in my home province of Manitoba. I connected with MCC and made it a fundraising ride. This has continued every summer since. Here is a brief highlight from each year.
2020…cycled from Winnipeg to The Pas…total distance of 865 kms, completed in 8 days….raised $1,610
2021….cycled from Winnipeg to Thompson…total distance of 801 kms, did in 7 days. Cycled two days with my daughter Chantel. Raised $2,755.
2022….cycled from Togo, SK to Kenora, ON….total distance of 983 kms, did in 11 days, raised $10,700. This trip was done with my daughter Amelia.
2023…cycled from Swartz Bay, BC to Port Hardy, BC. This is the entire length of Vancouver Island. Total distance was 903 kms, did the trip in 13 days, raised $2,742. This trip was done with my wife Cheryl.
2024 cycled from Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump in Alberta to Buffalo Point in Southeast Manitoba. Total distance was 1,572 kms did the trip in 15 days, raised $4,200. This trip was done with all 3 of my daughters. Amelia cycled 8 days, Chantel two days and Kimberly for one day all at different points in the trip.
In 2025 our family is planning to cycle from Cochrane, Alberta up Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail), west to Jasper and down the Icefields Parkway to Banff and back to Cochrane. A total estimated distance of 1,000 kms. We are once again raising money for MCC. To donate go to: http://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/cycling-up-cowboy-trail-and-cycling-down-icefields/
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Reflecting on the cycling trip
We have so much to be thankful for in completing our cycling trip. Planning and booking places for this trip began last September. Knowing everything could change due to forest fires or other situations. Our families involvement kept changing, but that was understandable. Here is a list of things we are thankful for: -while cycling…
Journey completed, 1056 km’s
Here are some highlights from our final day of cycling. Today we cycled 109 km’s from Banff to Cochrane. The day started at 6 am with a light drizzle to make everything wet for packing. Tomorrow we will do one more final post that will summarize our trip. We have so much to be thankful…
A leisurely Sunday ride
A great day for riding except for the first and last 10 km’s, these were the hardest km’s of cycling. Camping at Lake Louise one needs to see the actual Lake. We traveled the 1A from Lake Louise to Banff. What an excellent road for cycling. With a quick stop in Banff, eating a little…
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Adventures on a bicycle 