Just a quick post, I’m being surrounded by the warmth of people in the diamond of the Canadian North, Yellowknife, but I felt this information was too good not to share. For those of you travelling, or who regularly use Skype they are offering Free Calls to USA, Mexico, and other countries for the month. As posted on their website (follow the links): Why not kick off your football conversations this summer with our exciting promotion? To celebrate a season of football, we’re offering you free calls to qualifying countries [read more]
Jun 222010
I’m happy to report I made it into Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada by Bicycle safe and sound. Some of the most treacherous conditions I have ever experienced equated to a physical and mental test of the most extreme. The bugs, the road conditions and the lack of available resources and services, and threats from wildlife all combined together forced you to be very attentive and in tune with what was going on around you. One wrong move could equate to failure. It’s not about the destination, but the journey, however in [read more]
Jun 202010
Even though I’m carrying 120lbs of gear, far too much in my mind, there are some things that I’ve wanted to pick up to make my experience (and yours) that much better. I’m saving up similar when I’d be at home, abstaining from that extra beer, being frugal when I can when choosing camp spots, and buying the generic alternatives instead of the brand names. Eventually I’ll get some of this stuff! Of course, this is a living post, which will change regularly. Radio – Cost: $21 I think I’m [read more]
Jun 172010
I’m better now, I washed some of my frustrations away with some rum and chamomile tea after sucking it up, pushing through and getting out of the gravel mess. The roads did get better like Klaus said, and the cruel joke of the 1km of pavement when exiting Route 7 and connecting with Route 1 was enough to give me motivation and reassurance that there is indeed an end in sight, even though it was the halfway point. Conveniently, the area was called Checkpoint, and I hoped to score at [read more]
Jun 162010
Only a few people have seen me really lose it. I’ve become frustrated, a bit angry, and stormed around but only _snapped_ a handful of times. There is one thing in life that has ruined me for good – which is people living above me. See, I had neighbours and while I worked from home I could hear their world. With little possibility for me to have it go away short of drowning it out with more noise (music/earplugs) it was impossible for me to concentrate and enjoy peace and [read more]
Jun 152010
Today had the potential of tearing me to pieces. I awoke at about 9:30am, due to the timezone shift and quickly packed up my area. No animals visited me in the middle of the night, and I put everything together, planning on a breakfast away from where I camped down the road. It was hot, little to no clouds in the sky, and the roads were bone dry. This posed a problem to me, my good speeds I was achieving late in the evening were brought down to 5 km [read more]
Another night sitting in my tent scared to death at whatever it is tromping around in the woods. I’m stealth camping in the North West Territories, and i figure it could be a bunch of things. Over top of the roar of the bugs that sound like an oncoming semi on the highway which is only a few hundred feet away, I can hear ducks flapping their wings, diving into the small pond, bangs and crackles of twigs snapping, and the odd weird sound. Yup – this is wilderness. Outside [read more]
Jun 102010
After I wrote the last post I left the Tetsa Outfitters Cafe and headed on down the road with hopes of making it up the final climb through the Northern Rockies. 40km to go at 9pm doesn’t offer too much hope for success, but I rolled with it anyways. I swapped my gloves, and started pedaling to build up my core temperature, not knowing what weather I’d be in for. It turned out to be dry, and warming up fast. Steam coming off the road made for surreal riding as [read more]
Parting shots from Mother Nature
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Jun 102010
Sitting here enjoying the biggest Cinnamon Bun I have ever seen in my life some 120km outside of Fort Nelson. I’m making good time and still will meet my planned arrival time with hours to spare, giving me a chance to poke around some of the nooks and crannies of the town before backtracking to Route 77. I’m in the last stretch of passing through the Northern Rockies, but due to a violent storm that snuck out of nowhere I figured it would be in my best interest to come [read more]
Jun 072010
Thank goodness before I came up to the north I had a chance to pick up mesh pants and mesh shirt for when I was stationary. I’m sitting in my tent just fearful of what would happen to me if I didn’t have protection from these nasty mosquitoes. By far, tonight is the worst I have ever seen bug infestations. Looking on the mesh liner of my tent door I view 9 trying to get in, and at least 3 dozen flying around the vestibule. I’m not sure I have [read more]
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