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Two eyes on the weather forecast and the other two on the skies caused this dynamic duo to spend much of the day trying to determine the best course of action. All ended well, however, and tonight’s post is being composed from the comfort of a chair that is near power outlets and in closeContinue reading “Day 2: “should we or shouldn’t we?!””

Eight months of planning culminated with feet on pedals around 12:30 this afternoon as we departed from Togo, Saskatchewan to travel across Manitoba. Ironically, the majority of our 75km day was spent in Saskatchewan, where we disregarded “road closed” signs by choosing to interpret the signs differently. This father/daughter expedition is taking place to raiseContinue reading “Biking on train tracks, talking to cows and flying a drone—day one of the tour across Manitoba (in which we spent most of the day in Saskatchewan) is complete!”

Eight months of planning culminated with feet on pedals around 12:30 this afternoon as we departed from Togo, Saskatchewan to travel across Manitoba. Ironically, the majority of our 75km day was spent in Saskatchewan, where we disregarded “road closed” signs by choosing to interpret the signs differently. This father/daughter expedition is taking place to raiseContinue reading “Biking on train tracks, talking to cows and flying a drone—day one of the tour across Manitoba (in which we spent most of the day in Saskatchewan) is complete!”

After fixing my back tire I finally got on the road at 10:30. Today I am traveling from McGregor to Neepawa. Nice cool temperatures and a favourable wind. Stopped for lunch at Subway. When I did this trip last year I had to eat outside because of Covid. I cycled in 34 degree weather lastContinue reading “Training ride, July 2nd,2022”

It was a chance to do a ride into Neepawa again like I did last year for a training trip. In August I plan to tour across Manitoba with my oldest daughter Amelia. It was an excellent day to ride as far as the temperature goes. But the NW winds were nasty and required extraContinue reading “Training ride, July 1st/”

Raising money for MCC is the public reason of cycling to Thompson. But there were private reasons for cycling also. In a year of Covid where one couldn’t do much of anything. It was easy to have felt depressed. Biking for me is a way of dealing with depression, bringing a sense of joy andContinue reading “Highlights from cycling to Thompson”

Day started at 5:45, had breakfast at the Hotel and drove back to Pisew Falls. Started cycling shortly after 8. A light North east wind slowed me down. Of course this is followed with a drizzle and really cool temperatures. Not the way I pictured doing the last 70 km’s. Cheryl again provided support, suchContinue reading “Biking to Thompson, completed at 801 km’s”

When planning a bicycle trip one needs to be flexible and just let things happen. My plan was to meet Cheryl at the same time I would get to Thompson by bike. This would have been on Saturday. Taking an extra day off at St. Martin Junction put everything a day late. At the endContinue reading “Staying in Thompson, while still cycling there.”

When you travel through the wilderness, sometimes not much happens. Got on the road by 8 am Highlights today was talking to a couple of people pulled to the side of the road looking for berries. Lunch was good. Best part of the day was finding a full suitcase along the side of the road.Continue reading “Journey through the wilderness, part 2”

After sitting around for two days it was time to move on. On Wednesday it was way to smoky to cycle. On Thursday it was much better but there was a North wind that I did not wish to battle. Today there was a south wind, little smoke and cool weather that was excellent forContinue reading “A journey through the wilderness”