Dave & Maxine's Bicycle Trek for Life & Breath 2005

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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 Maxine at January 27, 2005 09:03 PM

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I'm glad to see you've started this website, I'll keep posted on your progress. Best Wishes!

Posted by: Corri at January 28, 2005 12:17 PM

What a cool thing a) the site...nice one brother
b) whose mom rides across canada i mean seriously how rad is that...you too dave, tres cool. im wondering what this exciting thing to be back for is...do i already know? not sure either way but im looking forward to the gory details. much love

Posted by: The Middle Son at February 1, 2005 03:19 PM

Nice to see your site about upcoming across Canada trip. I am a fellow bicycle tourist who crossed Canada in 1997. A wonderful ride!, and I'll bookmark your site to do some vicarious travels again.

If you haven't found it yet, the warm showers list (http://www.rogergravel.com/wsl/vh_for_a.html) may give you a lead or two, however I've also found a good generosity of strangers. You are welcome to stop by here, though Colorado, USA is a bit out of the way :-)

May you have tailwinds, dry skies and enough adventure to keep it all interesting.

Posted by: Mike Vermeulen at February 1, 2005 07:51 PM

Greetings.
Having ridden around Australia Joanne and I are now planning a circumnavigation of North America, so your site will be a source of wonderful information on Canada for us as we ride vicariously with you. Good luck with the ride, safe pedalling and have fun.
Best wishes,

Andrew & Joanne

Posted by: Andrew & Joanne Hooker at February 4, 2005 03:42 AM

Good luck with your upcoming adventure crossing Canada. I intend to do a similar cross Canada journey in the near future.

I noticed that you are going East to West with a May start. Newfoundland usually gets a lot of snow in the winter so you might consider checking the weather stats for that province just to see if you can expect snowy roads when you start out (haven't been there myself so I don't know).

As you cross the country please keep an eye out for the Feldmann family. The two parents will be crossing the country over a period of five months along with their two young boys. They are all excited with their upcoming April start. I suspect meeting them on the road could lead to some exciting adventures.

Good luck!

~Jamie N
www.bicycletouring101.com

Posted by: Jamie Noble at February 4, 2005 05:58 PM

Brilliant why can I not join you! I can do the dishes wash your clothes and keep the bikes clean! Sounds like an excellent trip and good luck to you both I hear that my very good friend Malc is going to do a long cycle trip in Budapest very soon! Stay in touch!!

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January 27, 2005

I am so excited!!!

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