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 […]
We had our first of two drive days into Saskatoon today. From Winnipeg, it’s about 600 miles to get there & our team spent almost 12 hours in the car. After being on a bike for days on end, it’s hard for us to sit still for so long. Our joints get achy & our […]
Not only did we cross the border of the United States & Canada today, but we were scheduled 143 miles into Winnipeg from Thief River Falls. We woke up hoping that the tailwind would carry us through the ride again, alas it was instead a headwind pushing against us. The border crossing was at the […]
Leaving Fergus Falls we had a 137 mile day ahead of us. This is an intimidating number because it’s the most any of us have biked in one day. Luckily, the wind was in our favor & a beautiful tailwind pushed us all the way in to Thief River Falls. We even had spare time […]
Our 97 mile ride into Fergus Falls was the first of 3 long rides in a row. The following days planned for 136 miles & then 143 miles the next. By now, we’re so used to riding so many miles in a day that 97 isn’t an intimidating number, it’s a normal one. Despite having […]
We had another short day, 60 miles with more strong headwinds. We still got to Crow Wing State Park in the early afternoon; however, upon our arrival we realized that a swarm of mosquitoes had already occupied our campsite. The bunches of them were so thick that we decided to brainstorm other places to stay […]
