Here we are, 10 days away from meeting up with the other two routes and 20 days away from finishing the ride. Coupled with the fact that today marked the beginning of our long journey on the Alaskan Highway, the team was feeling especially emotional and in high spirits. Ross and I had a good […]

hello! Real quick before I go to bed.. – Yesterday we turned a corner and faced a mountain, with a gravel road and a sign saying “12% steep grade”. I could see a car just grueling up those switchbacks with dust flying everywhere from the unpaved road. ONWARD! It was so ridiculous and tough that […]

Hello! So before I go onto the usual run down of the past days rides / hosts / activities. I thought id digest some thoughts I’ve been gathering along the ride. Apologies in advance if it’s boring / not applicable. I think we are a little bit delirious at this point in the summer. – […]

Day 50: We only have 20 more days on the road! It’s crazy to shuffle through the cities we’ve visited and the different roads we’ve traveled through. I’m currently crouched on the sidewalk of a Safeway in Smithers, British Columbia watching the fog roll over the mountains. Last night, the village of Telkwa gave us […]

I woke up this morning to a beautiful ray of sunshine coming through one of the windows of the Crystal Centre. Unfortunately, it was not quite indicative of what the weather was going to be like. Each day on this ride definitely brings new challenges and obstacles to overcome; today was the forest fire smoke […]

I woke up early this morning (5:45) to have some self-reflection time with Josh and to get in the right mindset for today’s ride. As we were outside the recreational center, a huge cloud started approaching and we knew today could be an interesting day. Luckily, the ride was supposed to be relatively short at […]

Greetings from Valley View, Alberta! I have been writing in a blog so you can read a little more about my experience so far at this link! http://emmylaursen.wordpress.com/  

So today we ended up riding 100 miles, but luckily I was prepared because of the awesome breakfast that Nevis cooked us (waffles, fruit, fried eggs, and bacon, yum). She has been such a great host and really made our stay feel like home away from home, which is saying a lot considering we are […]

We woke up at 5:15 this morning to load everything in the trailer, eat a breakfast of oatmeal prepared by Neil, and drive out of Edmonton in order to avoid unsafe roads. 10 miles later we unloaded and began our 87 mile ride. Today I rode with Dani, Alex, Miles, Maritza, and Ross. I was […]

Hey everyone! Starting this update from a coffee shop in Edmonton on my phone for our rest day. It’s Day 45 of 70. We’re well into Canada. We’ve been a bit out of touch, but still better taken care of so far, with only one stretch of 4 days camping so far. The days are […]