The Plan, The Mission!

I guess this all started about six months ago, when I met a sweet old lady. Her name is Olive Ryan, little did I know she would send me to Canada. Olive grew up on Cape Brenton Island in Nova Scotia. Olive was a resident of The Rafael, in the Northern California town of San Rafael. At the time of our meeting, I was growing Hungry for a life challenge. I used Mrs Ryan's background as a basis for my Challenge.

I first told Mrs Ryan, "I want to go explore Nova Scotia by car".  Olive thought that driving would be a great way to explore her home land.  As I pondered the potentials of my trip, I deemed driving to be a little too easy. At that moment, I recalled the stories of my Father riding his back from California up to Canada. Thus my dream came into fruition.

Tour De Canada was born...

Months have passed...Mrs Ryan is no longer a resident of The Rafael. My dream still lives on. Jan 26th I am flying to Portland Maine. My trip looks a little something like this...

I will take the Ferry from Portland Maine to Yarmouth Nova Scotia. When I arrive in Yarmouth, I will start riding

the southern coast of Nova Scotia. It will look roughly like this map

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From North Sydney, I will hop on a ferry up to Newfoundland. The journey continues...

The arrow you see above represents my brief stop to Gros Mourne National Park. I hope to be able to stash my bike at the ranger station and hike around for a bit.

Once Newfoundland his trekked, I ride onward, back to Nova Scotia. This next picture is what I imagine myself looking like on the Ferry.

I'm on a Boat!

from there, I am going to see how much time I have left until my return flight, which is Aug 1st from Halifax to San Francisco.

If I had all the time in the would, the rest of my trip would Include Prince Edward Island..

So, Ill go into more detail later this week in regard to the bike, gear, camping...ect. More to come.