Truro-MaitlandDistance: 68 kmElevation: 921 m We landed at North Sydney, Nova Scotia, after a 17-hour ferry from Argentia, Newfoundland, on August 9. Riding a big loop of over 700 km from Cape Breton Island to Halifax to tomorrow’s destination, our…
Halifax-Brooklyn, NS Distance: 111 km Lloyd hurt his ankle earlier this week. “I had to stop. My ankle is hurting too much. I’m trying to get Callum to get me, “a message popped up on my bike computer. Susan and…
Newfoundland is the first province the East Relay team crosses in this year’s Spinning Wheels Relay. In Newfoundland, at end of land, places have no address doors have no lock towns have no restaurants hundreds of kilometres with no moose.…
Gover Town-Port Blanford-Chance Cove Distance: 67km, 98km The past few days on the road have been quite an adventure. The team had 19 falls on gravel roads, walked our bikes for over 8 km in the rain, faced endless rolling…
Gander-Gover Town Distance: 71.6m “Dear Koren, Gary, and family, It has been a pleasure meeting you guys. We had the best food, best music, best conversations, great places to stay when it’s wet and cold outside. We feel spoiled, and…
Notre Dame Provincial Park- Gander Distance: 38km, 45.6km “It’s 9 pm now. In the living room, people are still playing guitar and singing together. In the kitchen sink, a cod fish is unfreezing. A couple of rum bottles scattered on…
Catamaran Park-Bishop’s Falls Distance: 70km Riding time: 3h4min We met Willie and his sister Helen today. For our team, it’s hard to see that this disease has taken so much away from a man and his family, his speech, mobility,…
Sheppardville, NL – Catamaran Park, NL Distance: 57.61km, riding on Trans-Canada Highway; good road condition Riding time: 3h3min Ascent: 419m It is a 32-degree sunny day. We had head winds, long hills, no shade, no cell signal, not had breakfast…
Howley – Green Bay Total distance: 113.25 km Total riding time: 4h30min Ascend: 720m The day started on a windy chilly beach. Nobody slept well in the tent the night before because of the nonstop blasting noise from the wind.…
Deer lake- HowleyDistance: 35km gravel roadTotal time: 5 hours “I am a stoneI am a rolling stoneI’m not afraid of fallingI will gain confidenceYou will keep me safeYou will give me balanceI won’t stop, I will keep moving forward. “…
It was definitely a bumpy flight coming to Deer Lake at Newfoundland. I even thought we landed in the middle of the flight, then realized half an hour later that we were still in the air. Locals said that it…
