DAY 9 - BROOKS

Received a phone call from dad last night from the Olympic Centre in Calgary around 4 pm.  It looked like it could rain any minute, but dad was not in any rain all day.  He mentioned that he could see that he was putting the mountains behind him.

Today he is off to Brooks, Alberta.  He is travelling approximately 108 miles today.  I checked the weather and it says cloudy with sunny breaks with a high of 12.  His destination in Brooks today is Tim Hortons on 2nd Street.  His billet in Brooks has contacted the local papers and it sounds like they will run a story about dad.  The larger paper might send a reporter to Tim's tonight.  Hope this happens!

DAY 8 - CALGARY BOUND

We jinxed dad with our last posting.  Dad was in even more snow yesterday and the temperatures were a bit chilly.  He called cold and happy when he arrived in Banff.

Dad's Banff billets suggested he take the Bow Valley Highway into Banff from Lake Louise.  He took the suggestion and had to stop twice just to admire the views.  BEAUTIFUL....

Today he is heading off to Calgary.  He is going through the foothills today, still a bit hilly, but not mountainous.  He is staying tonight with an YMCA member that moved from Halifax which he is looking forward to catching up with.

Picture of the town of Banff.

DAY 7 LAST DAY IN BC & MAYBE LAST DAY IN SNOW ONTO BANFF, AB

Dad arrived in Golden around 5:30 pm and went straight to Tim Hortons for a coffee where he called me.  They had a supper at St. Andrews United Church for him last evening so he had a good well deserved meal and great company.

Dad's biggest challenge of the day was Rogers Pass and the snow.  I guess the tunnels in Rogers Pass were quite a rush when the 18 wheelers blew by (I guess dad felt a bit nervous being on the other side of a 18 wheeler).

The weather looks good for today and it is his last day in the mountains and in British Columbia.  He is going into Alberta and will lose an hour but be closer to Atlantic Standard Time.  This is a picture of some the scenery dad will see on his bike ride through Bow Valley Parkway from Lake Louise to Banff.

DAY 6 GOLDEN BC

Dad arrived in Revelstoke last night around 6 pm.  Had a great ride yesterday.  He was cycling with his billet from Salmon Arm and they came upon a couple of cyclists.  Had great company the whole way into Revelstoke.

Today he is off to Golden and is going through Rogers Pass.  Rogers Pass is in the heart of Glacier National Park with an elevation of 1330m.  It is a high mountain pass through the Selkirk Mountains of BC.  He has quite a climb ahead of him today, but it looks like there is quite a downhill into Golden.

Here is a picture of approximately 46k east of Revelstoke before Rogers Pass at 6:45 (10:45 atlantic) this morning from the BC highway cams and 910m.  Beautiful ....

ACCOMMODATION UPDATE

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who has offered accommodations, but we are still in need of a few.
Listed is the trip schedule. Should anyone wish to accommodate me (Gary Jones) for a night, (one meal, one shower, and eight (8) hours of sleep), please contact my daughter Christina at christina.cameron@ns.sympatico.ca. THANK YOU!

Day 16 - May 30th Whitewood to Brandon, MB (accommodation arranged)
Day 17 - May 31th Brandon to Portage La Prairie (accommodation arranged)
Day 18 - June 1st Portage La prairie to Winnipeg (accommodation arranged)
Day 19 - June 2nd Winnipeg to Kenora, ON (accommodation arranged)

Day 20 - June 3nd Kenora to Emo (looking for host)

Day 21 - June 4th Emo to Atikokan (accommodation arranged)
Day 22 - June 5th Atikokan to Thunder Bay (accommodation arranged)
Day 23 - June 6th Thunder Bay to Nipigon (accommodation arranged)
Day 24 - June 7th Nipigon to Marathon (accommodation arranged)
Day 25 - June 8th Marathon to Wawa (accommodation arranged)

Day 26 - June 9th Wawa to Montreal River (looking for host)

Day 27 - June 10th Montreal River to Sault Ste Marie (accommodation arranged)

Day 28 - June 11th Sault Ste Marie to Blind River (looking for host)

Day 29 - June 12th Blind River to Sudbury (accommodation arranged)

Day 30 - June 13th Sudbury to North Bay (looking for host)

Day 31 - June 14th North Bay to Petawawa (accommodation arranged)
Day 32 - June 15th Petawawa to Ottawa (accommodation arranged)
Day 33 - June 16th Ottawa to Montreal, PQ (accommodation arranged)

Day 34 - June 17th Montreal to Trois Rivieres (looking for host)
Day 35 - June 18th Trois Rivieres to Quebec (looking for host)
Day 36 - June 19th Quebec City to Saint Pascal (looking for host)

Day 37 - June 20th Saint Pascal to Edmunston, NB (accommodation arranged)

Day 38 - June 21st Edmuston, to Kedgwick (looking for host)

Day 39 - June 22nd Kedgwick to Campbellton (accommodation arranged)
Day 40 - June 23rd Campbellton to Bathurst (accommodation arranged)
Day 41 - June 24th Bathurst to Richibucto (accommodation arranged)
Day 42 - June 25th Richibucto to Borden, PE (accommodation arranged)
Day 43 - June 26th Borden to Wood Island Pictou, NS (accommodation arranged)
Day 44 - June 27th Pictou to Truro (accommodation arranged)

Day 45 - Truro to Halifax

DAY 5 ONWARD TO REVELSTOKE

Dad arrived in Salmon Arm last night around 6:30 pm and was greeted with a pot luck by his Salmon Arm billet. The weather yesterday was rain and a little bit more rain, but dad said he felt great and had a great ride.

His billet in Salmon Arm is also a cyclist and she is planning her own trip across Canada this summer. She is joining dad for the day and cycling to Revelstoke. I checked the weather today and it is sunny with cloudy periods. With the weather and the companionship today it should be a great ride!

DAY 4 - SALMON ARM

Day three proved to be quite the mountain. Dad did not make it to Kamloops. He stopped in Quilchena around 4 pm yesterday due to the thunderstorm and lightening and the fact that he was about 2 hrs from Kamloops with nothing in between he did not want to get stuck in the middle of nowhere.

His plan is to go to Salmon Arm today. The weather shows thundershowers and lightening still, but the temperatures are not too bad. He still has a couple of good climbs today, but not as much as the last two days.