Archive for September, 2009
Faces (mostly) from the road.
Native Guides Don and Karen Ryan in Saskatoon These two native guides, Don and Karen Ryan, cheerfully broke from their morning coffee to guide me first to a local tourist information centre (where the employee cheerfully advised me on the lack of nearby camping options) and then to a local bike shop (where I got [...]
Posted: September 29th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Adam Biel, Anchorage, autism, Bike Doctor, Calgary, dad, Dave, Don Ryan, Edmonton, Foam Lake, Fraser, Gerald, Heyden, hobo, Karen Ryan, Manitoba, Maureen, Rennie, Rennie Grossman, Saskatoon, Sault Ste. Marie, Seeton, Tom
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Adorable women buy me delicious breakfast…
Luella and Diana, generous purchasers of breakfast, in Walford, Ontario These adorable women, Luella and Diana, unexpectedly bought me a most delicious breakfast in Walford, Ontario.
Posted: September 29th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Bil, coffee, Diana, free breakfast, Luella, Ontario, Walford
Comments: 2
Road Stats (as of September 29th)
Miles: In excess of 3,368 (didn’t count at least one day, plus various “about town” mileage) Days: 52 Free Beers: 2 Flats: 7 (3 front, 4 rear) Broken Spokes: 0 Bugs Consciously Swallowed: 7 Bugs Unconsciously Swallowed: Unknown Dragonflies to Face: 3 Dragonflies in Mouth: 0 Forest Wives: 0 Literal Headaches of Any Type (Migraine [...]
Posted: September 29th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Tags: stats
Comments: 1
As far as Mattawa, Ontario…
Friday, August 28th, 2009 (118.3 miles) Hinton, Alberta Edson Niton Junction Nojack Cynthia (Cynthia RV Park & Campground) Saturday, August 29th, 2009 (69.0 miles) Cynthia Drayton Valley Alsike Breton Winfield (Winfields Lions Pioneer Park) Sunday, August 30th, 2009 (0.0 miles) Winfield Monday, August 31st, 2009 (73.3 miles) Winfield Village at Pigeon Lake Falun Wetaskiwin Bittern [...]
Posted: September 29th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Alberta, Algoma Mills, Alsike, Battleford, Bittern Lake, Blind River, Borups Corners, Breton, Bruce Mines, Camrose, Cherrydale Golf Club, Clavet, Colonsay, Coniston, Cut Knife, Cutler, Cynthia, dad, Dafoe, Dauphin, Denholm, Desbarats, Dinorwic, Dorian, Drayton Valley, Dryden, Dugald, Edson, Elfros, Elie, Elma, Elstow, English River, Fabyan, Falun, Foam Lake, Gilbert Plains, Gladstone, Grandview, Guernsey, Hagar, Heyden, Hinton, Ignace, Insinger, Irma, Iron Bridge, Kakabeka Falls, Kenora, Kinsella, Langham, Lanigan, Leslie, Manitoba, Markstay, Marsden, Massey, Mathieu Racine, Mattawa, Maymont, McCreary, McKerow, Minnitaki, Mozart, Nairn Centre, Naughton, Neepawa, Neilburg, Nipigon, Niton Junction, Nojack, North Battleford, Northbay, Ontario, Oxdrift, Pays Plat, Plunkett, Portage La Prairie, Rabbit Blanket, Radisson, Rennie, Riding Mountain, Roblin, Rutherglen, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sault Ste. Marie, Schreiber, Serpent River, Shabaqua Corners, Sheho, Sowerby, Spanish, Spragge, Springside, Ste. Rita, Ste. Rose du Lac, Sturgeon Falls, TerracePay, Theodore, Thessalon, Thunder Bay, Upsala, Vermillion Bay, Verner, Village at Pigeon Lake, Viscount, Vivian, Wabigoon, Wahnapitae, Wainwright, Walford, Wawa, Webbwood, West Hawk Lake, Wetaskiwin, White River, Whitefish, Winfield, Winnipeg, Woodside, Wynyard, Yorkton
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Lost in Sault Ste. Marie.
After extensive work on my bike this morning, dad and I parted in search of *this* library. Apparently the tourist-oriented map we picked up was not to scale. As I made it to the library and dad has not yet arrived.
Posted: September 24th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Tags: dad, Kulshan Cycles, Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie, spokes, true, wobble
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Greetings from White River, Ontario.
Been travelling for a couple days with Mathieu, a Quebecois who started in Banff and is headed toward Quebec City. My dad has been out here searching for me for a couple days, and we finally ran into each other yesterday on the road out of Marathon. Good to see dad.
Posted: September 22nd, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Tags: dad, internet access, Jen's Place, Marathon, Mathieu Racine, moose, Ontario, Wawa, White River
Comments: 1
As far as Kenora, Ontario.
Welcome to Ontario Apologies for less than full blog-posting. Struggling with infrequent computer availability and internet connections of dubious quality.
Posted: September 14th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Tags: firewood, Kenora, Ontario, showers
Comments: 4
Retrospective: The Iron Curtain or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Waiting Room at the U.S. Canadian Oroville-Osoyoos Border Crossing.
Let me bitch and moan and be embarrassed a little bit here. I spent four-and-a-half hours trying to cross into Canada on Wednesday, August 19th. US-Canadian Border, 1st Attempt
Posted: September 4th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Tags: dad, healthcare, Maxx Fanucci, Oroville, Osoyoos, rant, Russ Madison Jr., Windemere
Comments: 5
Retrospective: Across the Cascades.
I crossed the Cascades on Highway 20 in Washington, part of the Northern Tier bicycle route.
Posted: September 3rd, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Cascades, Diablo, Newhalem, Northern Tier Route, Rainy Pass, Seattle City Light, Sedro-Wooley, Skagit River, Washington Pass, water, Winthrop
Comments: 1
Safe as far as Battleford, Saskatchewan.
Battleford, the southern part of The Battlefords (across the Battle River to the south of North Battleford, go figure). It is hot. About 30ºC.
Posted: September 3rd, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Alberta, Alpine, Atlanta, bananas, Battleford, Cynthia, diet, Hinton, peanut butter, popcorn cabbage, sardines, Saskatchewan, The Battlefords, tomahawk, wind
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