Category: Preparations

  • Shakedown Cruise – Itinerary update

    Here is the latest plan: June 2-7: Ottawa to Rochester (approx. 420 km in 6 days). June 8-10: Off bikes. Visiting Becky’s family, getting bikes tuned. June 11-22: Rochester to Ottawa via Toronto (approx. 800 km in 12 days). Here is the plan for immediately after the shakedown cruise: June 23-27: Pack, prepare, take first…

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  • Stage 1 – Map

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  • Stage 1 – Canada East of Ottawa

    After receiving some advice from Gary at Atlantic Cycling, we’ve modified our planned route across Newfoundland and added some more riding in Labrador. For the first part of our trip we will be riding east from Ottawa (our home). The route will be: Ottawa – Natashquan, QC (1500 km) Ferry to Blanc-Sablon, QC This ferry…

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  • What’s that sound?

    This is a story based upon the events of Wednesday, May 14, 2008. We headed down to Alfred Station NY to pick up our new bikes, and then onto Stony Fork Pennsylvania to camp. It had been warm during the day, but as evening approached the temperature dropped. On the drive down to Stony Fork…

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  • Loss of knowledge

    During a break in the ACM action, I came home and tackled a project I’d been putting off for some time.  I opened up the box containing my university notes, and recycled many of them. This box has been taped shut for more than a decade, and through several moves. This was a painful process. …

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  • Bikes and Crossing the Atlantic

    This is a really quick update, as we are participating in the Canadian Unitarian Council’s Annual Conference and Meeting this weekend. I’ll try and update with more details and pictures pictures sometime this weekend. We successfully picked up our bikes this week. We made a quick trip down to Afred Station NY to get the…

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  • A quick update

    We are slowly but surely getting ready for this trip. The reality of it all is setting in. We have: Completed our immunizations (all that needed to be done before we leave North America. We still need to take the Cholera vaccine just before we leave North America). Completed our Servas interviews. We have our…

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  • Buying a bicycle as a spiritual journey

    I pedal quickly, practicing my spinning. The road has a gentle decline and the trees are a dingy orange-brown, typical of the early spring after the snow is gone but before the green buds begin to take over the landscape. I remind myself to take a deep breath, smell the fresh air, and experience the…

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