Setting Sail for Nova Scotia
Avast ye, mateys! Lower the sails and drop the anchor. We approach a new land. Aye aye, captain! Though we did not land in the port city of Halifax, we did spend a few days there. Anya’s friend Hamdi...
View ArticleCoasting Along the Cabot Trail
The day we hit our 8,000km mark we also arrived on Cape Breton Island. The highway loop around the northern part of the island is called the Cabot Trail. Like Anya’s bike, it is named after the...
View ArticleMoose-ion: Impossible
In Vancouver, when you have a ferry reservation you need to show up a half hour before it leaves. In North Sydney, it’s two hours! We became aware of this minor difference 70 minutes before scheduled...
View ArticleAmanda VS The Plastic
After speaking and planning with the Tour de Sustainability team for over a year about this trip, I hopped on the train with my bike and finally met up with Anya and Maria in Amqui, QC. As luck would...
View ArticleVicious Cycling
Newfoundland is kind of inkblot-shaped, with peninsulas jutting out in every direction from the line traced by the Trans Canada Highway. Here, everyone just calls it the TCH, which makes it sound like...
View ArticleExcluding Greenland
We’ve cycled 9601 km in 114 days. Hard to believe, but this journey is over. In our minds we’re still labeling these as ‘rest days,’ but there is nowhere further east to go. We made it before...
View ArticleFamous Again
You know all those things you were supposed to do before we’re famous? .. Too late. Don’t live in Delta? Check out the online version of this article. Tagged: press
View ArticleRoll the Credits
This project would not have been what it is without all the amazing people we met along the way. So, in the order that we met, thank you: To Daniel and Gary, for setting the standards so high for our...
View ArticleThe Sustainability Picture
After cycling all across the country, what did we find out about sustainability in Canada? We spoke with over 50 people across the 10 provinces. Our encounters were amazingly varied, and each story was...
View ArticleGet Reel-ly Excited For This!
Remember our amazing Training Video? Well, we entered our Training Weekend video into the Bicycle Travel Video Contest, and need your help to win! It’s easy. Just go to Vimeo and ‘LIKE’ our clip!* *You...
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