This past month has been much different than the first few weeks of the ride. After Colorado, we crossed into Utah, where we had our first camping night in Dinosaur National Monument. Another highlight in UT was Provo, where we got to discuss Mormonism and other faiths with our hosts. From there, we traveled into […]

We are now officially into the part of the ride where we get to climb mountains! We’re out in the Northern Canadian Rockies getting out butts kicked. Today’s ride was 87 miles with 6,000 feet of climbing & while it was challenging, it was absolutely stunning. The view from the top of a mountain makes […]

The 110 mile ride was done entirely in 70-80 degree, sunny weather. It was a miracle. We saw beautiful views & started climbing the northern rockies. Since Dawson Creek, the team has been traveling exclusively on the Alaska Highway & will continue to until we turn south toward Anchorage in Tok. We got to Ft. […]

The day started out rough & proved to be quite challenging very quickly. It was pouring rain when we started out & it did not lighten up until about mile 40. By then, we were soaked & numb, many of us off the bike. At mile 60, the final group remaining decided we couldn’t suffer […]

We only had 50 miles to ride to get to Fort St. John, so we took our time. The weather cleared up & the views were absolutely stunning. Even after taking the time to enjoy the day, we rolled into the Rotarian RV Park in Fort St. John with plenty of time to spare. When […]

From Edmonton we had our second drive day, around 300 miles to Dawson Creek. This is a special city because not only does it take us into a new province, but it puts us at mile 0 of the Alaska Highway! We drove right through the rain & cold that our counterparts on the Rockies […]

Only 64 miles & the team arrived in Edmonton. Half of us got there without any missteps while the other half had to deal with multiple flat tires & quite a back up of traffic. Today proved that one route can provide entirely different experiences despite taking you to the same place. Once we all […]

We left Lloydminster for a quick 90 miles to Vegreville where we got to spend the evening with firefighters! The weather didn’t give us much trouble at all & we made it in as planned. We met our hosts, Vegreville’s fire department, at the town’s famous pysanka, a Ukrainian Easter egg, the largest in the […]

Out of all the cities in Canada, there is only one that sits between two provinces & it’s Lloydminster! Our hosts here were Dick & Donna, a couple who, 5 years ago, found our riders boiling chicken in the parking lot of a high school for dinner to which Dick said, “We can do better.” […]

Today was a little bit different from the others. After eating breakfast in Saskatoon, we were escorted by the police to the most popular pub in town, Winston’s, to watch the World Cup Final. The game was at 9 am & the pub opened early just so soccer fans could have a place to gather […]