Allo, hello, tere,
Some old lines/puns: Pierre qui roule, rock and roll, the rolling stone (gathers no dust).
Who: Pierre, Ottawa (ON)
What: Cross Canada travel.
When: After a few days rest in Tofino, British Columbia at the beginning of May, 2008, hit the road around the 4th. The 1st time-based goal is to arrive in Ottawa in mid June, race in a 24-hour mountain bike competition, and head back on the road a few days later. Finish the trip in St. John's, Newfoundland, at the end of July, 2008, before returning home to Ottawa to start being an adult again.
Where: Canada, West to East, via Toronto, Ontario. Detours: Val Gagné and Manitoulin Island (ON), Gaspé region (QC), and Cape Breton (NS).
Why: Visit this beautiful (and fairly big) nation of ours. See family and friends. Taste the cuisine of different parts of the country and enjoy the various beers and wine along the way. Experience anything the villages and cities along the way have to showcase. Lose 50 pounds and be buff.
How: By bicycle (her nickname: Dzie, pronounced D-Zie).
Extras: According to mapquest, a drive from tip to tip (via Toronto) would be 7710 km (85 hours of driving, 2 ferries). A flight would only be 5400 km (9 hours flight time, with switching planes 2 times).
* I do occasionally feel I am following the footsteps of a few great ones (whom I've also had the honour of riding with), who have done this trip in the past - Al, and especially Tanya. I do hope that I can bring in some new pics, new stories, and not rehash stuff that those amazing folks have done before me.
** I imagine I'll be a bit lonely at times throughout the trip, where I highly request and encourage comments from you guys. It'll be my way of having some conversations with you. I'll try to update the blog every few days.
Disclaimer: Most of you guys know me. In my posts, there will probably be a mixture of bizarre stories, silly jokes (like the weight-losing bit a few instances before), some references to music lyrics and movie lines. I will do my best to entertain, but sometimes, I might miss the mark on being funny or entertaining (hopefully not though).
Posting messages: Readers with a gmail/blogger account - you know what to do. Readers who do not: post a comment as anonymous (but put your name at the bottom of the comment please). The occasional personal messages can be sent to
pierre.l.perron@gmail.comCiao,
p2
9 comments:
crazy mofo! :)
Good Luck Pierre and hope your sanity maintains!
MT
Good luck P2....try not to ride your bike when your drunk...and if you do try to convince someone to videotape it cause we wanna see this shit!!! LOL
Chady
Have a great time!!! Looking forward to reading your updates and hearing from you every once and a while. The kids think it's so cool that mon oncle Pierre is going across Canada on his bike! Can't wait to hear what the teacher says after Riley tells them that you drink bear for breakfast! ;o)
Stay safe!!!
Big hugs from all of us!
C, J, R, R & your little P2
Hey Man
You better be stopping here in Big Ol' Crossfield AB. I've got three kids waiting to see/meet you and a couple of cold ones too..
If you ride through Golden BC say hi to Ali's brother.
A bientot,
Roch
Hey Pete!
Have a blast! I know you will. Fill you heart with all these amazing adventures. I can't wait to hear all about them!
Come back in one piece!
Liebe GrüBe
"Special K" (Karina)
xoxo
Hey Pierre!
C'est super cool ça!!! J'te souhaite bonne chance! Dire que tu t'lances pour un trip de même pis qu'tu voulais même pas danser les sets carrés ;) (joking here!) En tk, ça va être inoubliable comme voyage - j'ai hâte de lire tes up-dates!
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Mireille
Good luck Pierre,
Watch out for the mean bears and we are looking forward to reading all about your adventure.
See you in Val Therese when you return to Ontario.
Take care
Matante Joyceline
Well P2, I am sure you do not have to fear the wild life knowing the secret of beer breath scares them all! Remember, the coastal mountains are just bumps and the rockies only hills and you have everyone chearing you on loud and clear!!! What an inspiring adventure!!!
Staying tuned,
DB
Hmmm, „Hai hui” its an expression in Romanian language, (I hardly can remember when I have used it last time about myself), that includes in it the spirit of being free to go, not for the need to reach any destination but for the joy of going, for all the beauty of exploring and being awake in direct connection with all those things belonging to the magic microcosm, where like Alice in the wonder world, we become able to see the ants in the grass and the complicated design of some wild flower, to smell the sun in the air and simply go with the wind, dreaming on.
Your adventure made me feel nostalgic, made me remember about going „hai hui” when I was just a little girl, spending hours and hours only by myself, walking in the big garden of my childhood. Sure, you may have a completely different concept for „hai hui” and for certain you are a „professional rider” with precise objectives, but it was easy for me to feel from your stories the joy and the beauty coming with the ride.
I will keep reading your stories and thinking of you, GO GO GO!!!
Nicole Preda, Romania – The Vampire Nation (as Andrew says)
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