Now the 2013 ride is over, many of you want to read all the updates in chronological order, and the ‘blog’ style of this website hasn’t been so easy to navigate.
So, this page intends to make it easier for you to find the stories from the 2013 ride that you’re looking for, or simply to read the updates from beginning to end. In each update you’ll find links that will take you to posts with photos – you may choose to open these links in new tabs (by right clicking on them), so that you can easily resume your reading later.
Enjoy re-living this remarkable journey as described by cyclist Sue Sohnle, with an update from cyclist Terry Fannon, and photos mainly by support driver Al Carlson, along with a few from Patrick Houston and others:
- We’re on our way! – Days 0 to 2 (Victoria to Hope, B.C.)
- You know you’re in the mountains when… – Days 3 and 4 (Hope to Osoyoos, B.C.)
- Kootenay Bound! – Days 4 to 6 (concert in Kelowna, Osoyoos to Castlegar, B.C.)
- Day 7 and 8 – Days 7 and 8 (Castlegar to Cranbrook, B.C.)
- Let the Ninth Day be a Day of Rest….and it will be Good – Day 9 (Cranbrook, B.C.)
- Into our third province – already! – Days 10 to 15 (Cranbrook, B.C. to Swift Current, SK)
- When Life Gives you Lemons….. – Days 16 and 17 (Swift Current to Regina, SK)
- Yahoo for Yorkton! – Days 18 and 19 (around Yorkton, SK)
- Now Touring Manitoba: The Soggy Bottom Gang! – Days 20 and 21 (Yorkton, SK to Minnedosa, MB)
- On the cusp of Ontario and June – Days 22 to 25 (Minnedosa to Falcon Lake, MB)
- Rocks and Trees and Trees and Rocks and Water – Days 26 and 27 (Falcon Lake, MB to Dryden, ON)
- Hooray for Thunder Bay – Days 28 to 31 (Dryden to Thunder Bay, ON)
- The Long and the Flat of it – Days 32 and 33 (Thunder Bay to Ney’s Campground, ON)
- Attack of the Killer Flies – Days 34 and 35 (Ney’s Campground to Wawa, ON)
- A Superior Day – Day 36 (Wawa to Montreal River Harbour, ON)
- Sue’s in the Soo – and the boys are too! – Days 37 and 38 (Montreal River Harbour to Sault Ste. Marie, ON)
- Making our Way South – Days 39 to 42 (Sault Ste. Marie to Owen Sound, ON)
- It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses a Chain – Days 43 to 45 (pt. 1) (Owen Sound to Madoc, ON)
- There’s no Friends like Old Friends – Days 45 (pt 2) to Day 47 (Madoc to Ottawa, ON)
- The “Hill” is Alive With the Sound of Music – Days 48 to 50 (Ottawa, ON to Joliette, QC)
- Slogging along the Seaway – Days 51 to 53 (Joliette to La Pocatiere, QC)
- If you think we’re worn out, you should see our bikes! – Days 54 and 55 (La Pocatiere to Perth-Andover, NB)
- Billy’s Come Home! – Days 56 to 58 (Perth-Andover to Sussex, NB)
- More Atlantic Concerts for your Listening Pleasure – Days 59 to 61 (Sussex, NB to Dartmouth, NS (via PEI))
- We’ve Docked on the Rock! – Days 62 to 65 (Dartmouth, NS to Mount Pearl, NL)
- Our Journey’s End – Days 66 and 67 (Mount Pearl to Cape Spear, NL)
I am looking to ride across Canada in about 2 years from now. I am looking for how one would plan a trip like that. If you would be so kind as to the how to of that I would really appreciate that. I will be riding for the MS Society as well as a Camp that I support.
Thank you for your time and your help,
Gearing up to end MS,
Gerhard (Geri) Redekop, Captain
MS Busters