June 28, 2026 Start Time: 6:30 am Stop Time: 1:30 pm KM Travelled: 108.1 km Elevation: +1,170/ -1,236 m Special Stuff: Early mornings, Memories, Water and electrolytes, Kindness to strangers I like to start my bike rides early in the mornings – that way I have less traffic to deal with on the narrow highways (it usually picks up around 8:30 am) and I finish the ride before it gets too hot. Not all bikers take the same approach – Brian tells me that the past two mornings

June 27, 2026 Start Time: 6:30 am Stop Time: 11:15 am KM Travelled: 88.4 km Elevation: +661/ - 772 m Special Stuff: Moose, Wawa, Being an inspiration My hand on the RV door, I press it and it clicks closed. Brian is inside enjoying a ‘lie in’ on his day off while I’m off to Wawa. Preparing for this trip, I heard alot about Wawa – I think it is mostly because it is one of the towns always referenced on the 'distance to the next down' signs – and because it feels like it t

June 26, 2026 Start Time: 6:15 am Stop Time: 12:15 pm KM Travelled: 96.7 km Elevation: +770/ - 629 m Special Stuff: 900 km into Ontario mark, Winnie-the-Pooh The rest day, as always, does much to boost my enthusiasm for riding. I’m up before my alarm. I’m impressed that I still want to keep doing the ride today. I thought that maybe when Brian got here, I would not want to ride anymore – like, maybe we would just drive the rest of the way. Yesterday and this morning, I

June 25, 2026 Start Time: N/A Stop Time: N/A KM Travelled: 0 on the Bike Elevation: 0 on the Bike Special Stuff: Catching up, Celebrating 3,500 km and the moments – so many moments! I have access to a computer now, so today is a day to focus on catching up on 5 days of blog posts. Creating a blog post using my ipad mini has been an all-day procedure – it take 15 minutes or more to upload each picture. I took a risk and reinstalled the Wix app to my ipad mini (to try to

June 24, 2026 (Wednesday) Start Time: 7:00 am Stop Time: 1:00 pm KM Travelled: 82.6 km Elevation: +1,038/ - 1,082 m Special Stuff: My husband - Brian, Granny gear, Ladies coffee groups, Chatting I wake up excited because TODAY, Brian will finally catch up with me! Brian has been on the road for 5 days – maybe he will pass me on my way to Marathon! It has been 29 days since I last saw him in Creston, B.C. Originally, when planning to do this trip – it was going to be

June 23, 2026 (Tuesday) Start Time: 6:30 am Stop Time: 2:00 pm KM Travelled:108 km Elevation: +1,182/ - 1,181 m Special Stuff: Generous road shoulders, Christmas tree smells, Lake views, Bunnies I come out of my motel room, and I notice the truck stop parking lot across the highway is full of parked trucks and trailers. As I'm loading up my bike a fellow in his 60's, who looks to be a workman, comes out of his room next to me to have a smoke and we chat for a few minutes.

June 22, 2026 (Monday) Start Time: 6:30 am Stop Time: 2:00 pm KM Travelled: 111 km Elevation: +658/ -783 m Special Stuff: Taking time for others, expertise of experienced bikers, my husband Brian Yesterday I went to for a massage to fix my right shoulder, but apparently, by whole left upper body was locked up - I must have been in a 'comfortably numb' bliss state. I can now feel the left side of my back, and it's giving me some feedback about having felt neglected. Overal

June 21, 2026 (Sunday) Start Time: N/A Stop Time: N/A KM Travelled: 0 on the Bike Elevation: 0 on the Bike Special Stuff: Puttering, Indigenous People’s Day, Self-care A rest day means exactly that – rest - and self-care. After a bit of coffee and puttering, I head down to breakfast. I’m having breakfast I think remember that it is National Indigenous Peoples Day. I think about all the amazing Indigenous people that I know. Wise Elders, courageous leaders, Knowledge Kee

June 20, 2026 (Saturday) Start Time: 6:40 am (Eastern) Stop Time: 2:00 pm (Eastern) KM Travelled: 131.4 km Elevation: +780/ - 1,051 m Special stuff: Sharing from other bikers and their experience, Good drivers, My Oma Waking up this morning, I prioritize booking a massage in Thunder Bay. As suspected, everyone is booked - ALMOST. I am on a mission and find a Thai masseur (male massager) at Thai Smile (I know, sounds dodgy, but I'll take my chances) and I book a traditional ma

June 19, 2026 Start Time: 7:10 am (Eastern) 6:10 am (Central) Stop Time: 1:00 pm (Eastern) KM Travelled: 111 km Elevation: +536/ - 513 m Special Stuff: Thinking time, Rascal rodents (NOTE to readers...I ran into some tech issues that impacted my ability to develop and post to this blog...it is resolved now. I'll do a bit of catch up over the next couple of days.) I get up at my usual time, but with limited battery, I need to be careful with how much I use my devices. I spend

Day 36- - Dryden, Ont. To Thunder Bay, Ont. June 18, 2026 Start Time: 6:50 am Stop Time: 12:30 pm KM Travelled: 108 km Elevation: +652/ - 572 m My resting and preparation strategy worked! And I’m ready to get going again this morning. My next rest day will be in Thunder Bay – 350 km and two overnight stops between here and there. Getting ready this morning I take extra care to assess my big toe wound for infection and wrap it up to protect it on the ride. I’m mindful that the

Day 35 – Dryden, Ont. – Rest Day June 17, 2026 Start Time: N/A Stop Time: N/A KM Travelled: 0 on the Bike Elevation: 0 on the Bike Special Stuff: Free will to do what I want when I want! Today is an unplanned rest day. I’ve been feeling nervous about the stretch of road between here and Thunder Bay. It has very little in the way of resources and I don’t feel I’ve done enough to prepare myself. It shows because my alarm wakes me up this morning at 4:00 am. Normally, I’m up wai

June 16, 2026 Start a time: 7:15 am Stop Time: 3:00 pm KM Travelled: 138.6 km Elevation: +1,128/ -1,079 m Special Stuff: The person behind every hotel reception wall I woke this morning feeling well rested and ready to go again. The weather looks favourable. It feels like the days earlier in the ride when it was okay to finish 3:00 or 4:00. I have a long ride ahead, but there are no thunderstorms in the forecast, and I will be finishing in a bigger city centre (Dryden). The

Day 33 – June 15, 2026 Falcon Lake, MB to Kenora, Ont. Start Time: 6:30 am Stop Time: 10:45 am KM Travelled: 70 km Elevation: +525/ -523 m Special Stuff: Apps, Flexibility I had a pretty good sleep. In the middle of the night, I woke up thinking about the next stretch of the journey - checking the weather, wind, listening to the highway traffic (stuff like that). Like with the prairies, I’m really not sure what to expect. As I putter around and have my morning coffee, I enjo

June 14, 2026 Start Time: 6;30 am Stop Time: 1:00 pm KM Travelled: 147.3 km Elevation: +256/ - 198 m Special Stuff: Crossed the centre point of Canada I’m enthusiastic to get on the road this morning. I’m packed and have had a nice breakfast when my brother stops by my hotel to say ‘goodbye’ before he starts heading back home. He lets me know that he might come out to Newfoundland to celebrate my arrival at Cape Spear, which I think is awesome! Leaving Winnipeg early on a Sun

June 13, 2026 Start Time – N/A Stop Time – N/A KM Travelled – None by bike Elevation – None by Bike Special Stuff – Spending time with my brother Today starts early like usual with puttering, except I putter all the way to 11:00 when my brother swings by to pick me up. First thing we do is head over to the campus where I studied for a year. It’s a long way from the hotel, and I’m glad to be travelling there by car. The neighbourhood where I grew up had a Mennonite Church – an

June 12, 2026 Start Time: 6;45 am Stop Time: 10:30 am KM Travelled: 91.5 km Elevation: + 116/ -142 m Special Stuff: New chain & tires, Dinner with my brother This morning I take it easy getting out the door. Winnipeg is not that far, and there is a generous tailwind. I’ve secured 2 night’s accommodation near a bike shop where I intend to get my bike serviced. The ride is comfortable temperature-wise and uneventful. I notice LOTS of water in the fields leading to Winnipeg. The

June 11, 2026 Start Time: 6:45 am Stop Time: 2:00 pm KM Travelled: 124 km Elevation: +221/- 362 m Special Stuff: Living in the moment, Meeting more bikers, Cozy towns Today I give myself the allowance of a later start. Only 122 km for the ride and I’ve got a tailwind. I fill up with a big hot breakfast and hit the road. There is road construction work as I head out of town with no shoulder for bikes, so I ride on the section that has been scraped away. At the end of the const

June 10, 2026 Start Time: 5:15 am Stop Time: 2:45 pm (1:45 pm without the time change) KM Travelled: 195.5 km Elevation: +354/ -551 m Special Stuff: Weird adventures, Manitoba, Old Timers Typically, I don’t get out on the road until 6:00 am or later. Knowing that today I have an ambitious goal to clock 190 kms, I want to get a super early start because there is a chance of thunderstorms starting around 1:00 pm. I’d like to get to Brandon before they start up. Everyday seems

Day 27 - Broadview, SK to Whitewood, SK June 9, 2026 Start Time: 6:10 am Stop Time: 7:30 am KM Travelled: 25.9 km Elevation: +74/ -72 m Special Stuff: Generousity, the biking community, the incredible power of Mother Nature The plan today is to get 24 km down the road to the hotel in Whitewood so that I can have a more comfortable ‘forced’ rest day. Thunderstorms are expected at 9:00am - when I envision the skies will open up and pour rain.I need to hustle. By 5:15 am I’ve ha