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Well we ended up staying an extra day in Brandon after the wind and rain caused the city to declare a state of emergency.  Thanks to Peter and Kathy for your willingness to let us hang around for a whole extra day.  I was able to attend church with Peter and Kathy so that was nice.  We had a bit of a lazy Sunday which was nice but...

We woke up today to Fog, and lots of it.  I was a little nervous starting out on the road in that much fog but with my flashing light Svend assured me I was visible.  We made it to the Manitoba border after about 20 km. Its hard to believe I've biked from Victoria BC to Manitoba.  That said we are still not even half way.  We...

We arrived in Grenfell last night after a 130km ride.  I called our host Bernadette who was still at work but she told me just to go over and let ourselves in and make ourselves at home.  I could tell I was going to like this place after that conversation.  This reminded me a lot of Thornbury where I grew up.  Svend and I...

I wanted to do a short blog about our BBQ in Regina.  The ride to Regina was tremendously hard but it was all worth in when we arrived there.  We arrived at Lyle and Linda Stewart's home at about 2:30 I think?  I had no idea what to expect from the BBQ but I had heard there would be a few people there so that was good.  The...

I was just reminded that I have not blogged anything on our stay in North Battleford.  Sometimes the facebook posts get mixed up in my head with the blogs so forgive me if I miss things.  While in North Battleford we stayed for free at the Super 8 Hotel so thanks to them for donating the room.  We also had a chance to have a great...

I guess its been a few days since I've updated the blog.  I blame the internet, or lack there of.  Also we were resting in Saskatoon for a day and I neglected to use the computer and actually rest.  We left North Battleford and it was not raining and we had a pretty good wind behind us.  I think i averaged about 33km per hour...

We left Vegreville with a lot of fog and a little drizzle.  Seemed fitting as this is pretty much how our time has been spent in Alberta thus far.  The stay in Vegreville was great.  The Pomeroy inn and Suites could not have been better.  They were also very interested in the ride and the pku.  We had a great talk with...

We have made it to Vegreville where a complimentary room was waiting for us at the Pomeroy Inn and Suites.  What a great place.  The manager here even asked for a stack of postcards that other guests could take and learn about PKU and the ride.  This is really helpful is spreading awareness regarding PKU.  We woke up...

We have officially entered Alberta.  After spending a day off in Sparwood we started out early in the morning heading for Claresholm AB.  We had a long but enjoyable ride.  In total we hit 169.8 km the longest ride I had ever done.  We finally had some sunshine and were able to have some nice views of the Rockies as we...

I missed a couple of days of blogging due to no wifi and being tired.  But we have now reached our final stop in Beautiful BC.  Its really to bad it was cloudy and raining the last few days of riding from Revelstoke to Golden and Cranbrook to Sparwood because I believe we missed out on some great scenery.  The ride from just...