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Just a short bonus blog for today to say thanks to all the families and individuals across the country who are supporting us.  In the last blog I mentioned that when we arrived in Salmon Arm were going to meet Bruno and Sharon Geiger who have a grandson with PKU.  They have provided such great support for the ride and they took us out...

Well, yesterday we rolled into Kamloops and it was one of the nicest rides we have done yet.  Maybe because the majority of the ride was on a nice flat road through a rural setting.  We saw eagles, lots of deer and a few ranchers herding up their cattle.  There was also not a lot of traffic so that was nice.  We had a busy...

Today was the day I was nervous about from the start of planning.  It was the day I would have my first real climb in the mountains.  Not just the first of this ride but ever.  So i had heard the Coquihalla hwy presented some challenging climbs.  I'm glad I had heard that because I feel that I was able to mentally prepare...

Today was day two and we cycled from Burnaby where we stayed with Jenn and Lee to Hope BC.  Thanks very much for your hospitality and the outstanding breakfast.  After making our way out of the city (with some help to some fellow cyclists) We cycled over 140km today to Hope and made it by 3:30pm. Travelodge had also arranged for us to...

We started out today from Mile 0 in Victoria.  We had Ken a local who had agreed to lead us to the Ferry.  It was a great ride along the ocean.  We saw two dear on a persons front lawn and another deer jumped out of the bush just behind me as Svend started a downhill.  That was a little startling.  We had a few issues...

Well its June 6th and we just checked into our accommodations in Victoria.  Wow what a great city this is.  My dad and I got here a little early today and had a chance to hang out down by the fisherman's wharf and enjoy some fish and chips.  We also met Svend here today so it was nice to see he arrived safely.  Svend and I...

Well we made it to a small place just outside of Spokane Washington.  Had  a great day of driving until the weather in Idaho.  In a span of 5 minutes we hit rain, hail, fog and sun.  We pushed through that and are now only about 6-7 hours from Vancouver.  Should arrive there tomorrow.  I'm pretty tired but before...

Just a short blog tonight.  We have officially started the first leg of Avery's ride for PKU.  Unfortunately its not on a bike but its driving out to BC.  My dad and I have made it to Beloit Wisconsin, a pretty good day of driving in great weather although it appears that a pretty big storm is coming in.  We made it through...

Well in one week from today I'll be driving to the west coast with my dad.  I cant believe how fast the time has gone since we started the planning of this idea.  I'm super excited to start and a little nervous.  I'm realizing the hardest thing about all of this is not going to be climbing mountains or biking crazy distances every...

Well we are about one month away from when my dad and I will begin our drive out to BC to start the ride.  Things are coming together well and I have been able to get a few more long rides in.  Today I was able to ride from Kitchener to Guelph and then on to Fergus before returning to Kitchener.  In total I rode about 100 km....