January 27, 2005
I am so excited!!!
I am so excited!!! I can't believe we have our tickets already and soon we will be undertaking a dream for both of us by riding across Canada. I am overwhelmed and will think of it as one kilometre at a time. With only our bikes and panniers there won't be a lot of room for extras. Don't worry, I have sorted out that if I shop I can mail things home.
Oppps, this is supposed to be about fund raising. I see no reason why we can't enjoy ourselves as well. I have to tell all of you that I thought I would want to make this ride as long as I could so we could spend time in different places being tourists, but, and what a sweet but this is, now I have a reason for trying to complete it before the the last week of August.Stay tuned and I will let you know what it is.
For those of you who know me it is something I have been wanting for quite a while now.
We shall see. Of course there is also the deadline to be back for the 200 kilometre Trek that we will do Sept 10-11. That should be a cake walk after this.
For those of you who are reading and following us. I want you to know that we will be devulging all the gory details of the Ride.
Oh Yeah, if there is anyone who knows someone who would like to give a couple cyclists a piece of lawn for a night or even someplace to shower we would remember to say kind things about you while we were there. ;)
We better start training. Does curling count? Hmmmm.....LOL Maxine
Posted by Dave at 09:03 PM | Comments ()
January 21, 2005
It is a cold, wet day in January
It is a cold, wet day in January (but at least the snow has all melted) and we have fixed our Trek start date at Sunday, May 8th. Complete with our bicycles and kit, we have to be at Victoria Aiport for a 7am departure, and then via Toronto, arrive in St John's just before midnight. It will be an interesting start to our journey trying to find a campsite in the dark, and near a major Airport!
We have already sent quite a few emails off to various corporate possible sponsors, but too early yet to expect responses. The next step is to start on the local prospects in Courtenay and Comox from whom we hope to raise most of our sponsorship money.
Posted by Dave at 03:11 PM | Comments ()