**THIS POSTING IS OUT OF ORDER. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN POSTED AFTER - Our Last Day on the St Lawrence.** Up early as we need to be in the lineup for the ferry by 7 a.m. There is a possibility that we might not make it back to our campsite in Riviere-du-Loup and may need... Continue Reading →
Today we cycle straight out of the campground leaving Deb and Maggie time to relax before they head out to meet us. We agreed to meet down the road for lunch and if we have calculated right Deb and Maggie can leave around 11:30 and we should all arrive at Bistro Lewis between noon and... Continue Reading →
Today couldn’t be more different in every way from what I have experienced to date. I’m not cycling by myself. I’m wearing shorts and a cycling jersey not three layers of clothes. The icing on the cake though is the fact that we are off road on a wide paved path. Over the course of... Continue Reading →
The writing is on the wall. I need to be in Montreal tomorrow to meet my cousin David who is flying in from England to cycle to Halifax with me. It's time to put the bike on the back of the RV and drive to Montreal. Today is like a day in late October or... Continue Reading →
Many years ago, my good friend Tom St. Amand and I set off from Sarnia to cycle to Ottawa. That was the first adventure fund-raiser for Big Brothers (prior to the agency amalgamating with Big Sisters) that started a new way to both raise funds for the agency while engaging the Sarnia community. Any good... Continue Reading →
Road conditions continue to be an issue and some of the hills are very challenging to say the least. The scenery along the way is beautiful though and that certainly helps. Cycling by yourself is, I find considerably more challenging. You don’t have the distraction of chatting with another rider along the way or the... Continue Reading →
Before heading out we drove into Chapleau to gas up, get a few groceries, and we were getting low on wine. They say it is medicinal and we certainly didn’t want to run out in the middle of nowhere. The trip into town also gave me a chance to ask about the roads, as we... Continue Reading →
After talking to several people in Wawa including an OPP officer who was born and raised in Chapleau, I decided to take highway 101 from Wawa to Chapleau rather than the Trans-Canada highway. Everyone said that the road would'nt be as busy and the OPP officer commented that the hills won’t be as challenging as... Continue Reading →
Many of you may have wondered whatever happen to Mike Hurry? I thought he was going to cycle across Canada and then he just disappeared off the road. In 2022 I set off from Victoria B.C. with two friends cycling with me. My wife Deb, dog Maggie and Terry as an additional support person following... Continue Reading →
The Rotary Ride for Kids 