Monthly Archives: February 2014

North of 60: Annie Lake Cabin and Summitting Grey Mountain

A couple weeks ago Julia invited me to go on an adventure out to Annie Lake, where she said there was this cabin that you could stay in for the night for free. It’s run by the ministry of education … Continue reading

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More Updates from the North

I have been keeping myself busy up here in Whitehorse since I last gave an update. I made it onto the front page of the Yukon News because of a chance picture of me flying through the air on a … Continue reading

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My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 72: Last Day

July 8th: St. John’s, NL: last day Woke up and Phill was gone. Corey’s father [who was also staying with us] started playing with a toy in the kitchen that made a lot of noise. Like a kitten playing with … Continue reading

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My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 71: Awkward Texts

July 7th: St. John’s, NL Woke up at Angela’s, went to Corey’s, and got picked up by Jamal. He took me out to Cape Spear and Red Cliff. It rained on us there, and was too foggy to see much. … Continue reading

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My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 70: The Notebook

July 6th: St. John’s, NL Watched The Notebook and ordered a pizza. Yum! We [Tara and I] walked downtown in the rain. I went home [to Corey’s] and slept till 7:30pm, and am now in a coffee shop. Phill called … Continue reading

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My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 69: St. Fucking John’s

July 5th: Jack’s Pond, NL to St. John’s NL: 150km First 60 or so were good, but foggy and cold. Stopped at a visitor info center and ate sandwiches. Then got coffee. Left and was listening to music. Biked for … Continue reading

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My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 68: Great Ghosts

July 4th: Gambo, NL to Jack’s Pond, NL: 160+km Today just would never end. It began well with George making us breakfast… then we started riding. Hilly, hot and wind in our faces. We stopped 30k short of Clarenville for … Continue reading

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My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 67: 9/11 in Gambo

July 3rd: Grand Falls-Windsor, NL to Gambo, NL: 140km I let Phill sleep in until 9. I broke one of Britt’s angel figurines 😦  Whoops We ate some toast, left, got groceries, then had breakfast at a restaurant. Didn’t leave … Continue reading

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My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 66: Broken Pedal

July 2nd: somewhere, NL to Grand Falls-Windsor: 150km Slept for 12 hours. Woke up at 8. Such a beautiful view. For lunch we stopped at a placed called Eddy’s. Met these two motorcyclists, cycling through Labrador. They were older but … Continue reading

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My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 65: Hung Over

July 1st: Corner Brook, NL to somewhere 130k East of there: 130km Woke up hung over. Why do I drink so much?! [Mike the ceramics artist] We rode hard for 50k and ate a buffet at Pizza Delight. Hot day. … Continue reading

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