This morning Dad was at the Terry Fox memorial (Mile 0) where he was interviewed by CBC and VOCM News this morning.Dad and Brian arrived at Harbour Park to dip their tires in the Atlantic to officially end dad's cross Canada journey.
The mayor invited dad to sign the official register today at 2:30 and his signature will sit right next to Governor General Michaelle Jean who visited St. John's last week. Privilege only for officials/royals and special accomplishments which is dad's.
A BIG THANK YOU to Keith Peters who sent these pictures of this morning. Keith is a fellow employee of Russel Metals and cycled with dad and Brian the last few kilometers into St. John's yesterday. Here is a quote from his email he sent to me.
"It is an an amazing accomplishment and has brought awareness to Thyroid cancer. I have enjoyed the short but meaningful time with Gary and Brian. All family and friends should be very proud of Gary's accomplishment."
Well Gary (and Brian)....the great Canadian adventure is over! As you would say...It was my parents, Al and Minnie Penney, St. John's(and mine)pleasure to help you and host you on that final day of the journey. It was wonderful to be able to share just a tiny portion of it with you. I think it's also time to give Christina a BIG SHOUT OUT for the amazing job she did coordinating this monumental trip and keeping this blog up to date for everyone across the country to follow. A job well done by everyone connected with the journey!
ReplyDeleteThank YOU Gary for sharing your love of life and people with all of Canada!
Cindy
HI Gary & Brian
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Gary for biking across Canada - from Coast to Coast !
Brian that was great that you were able to bike Nfld with Gary ! I'm sure it was greta company for each of you !
Finally someone to draft off of !!!!!!!!!!
Yes and congratualtions to Christina for doing all the coordinating and keeping the blog for all to see and read, each day !
WAY TO GO !!!!!!!!! YOU GUYS ROCK !
George