Two weeks past past since the three amigos returned from the two week bicycle tour across BC and Alberta.
Now we have time to write about our experience and share it with the many people who helped along the way; the schools, our sponsors, our financial contributors, Robert Munsch and friends who encouraged us to make the trip.
Thanks for all your support and encouragement.
The first person we need to thank is Richard Rexinger and the staff at Camrose Chrysler. Richard provided a Chrysler van for us to travel in from Camrose, Alberta to Prince Rupert, BC and return. Was it ever nice! We had enough room for all our gear and three bikes.
Another great sponsor was 98.1 CAMFM radio. We were able to call in every morning and give an update while on tour. Thanks Bruce, and the "Dog's Breakfast" for taking our calls. Funny story about one of our calls later in the blog.
Camrose Booster was another important sponsor. No surprise as they understand the importance of literacy - if people have trouble reading then the Camroe Booster newspaper is in trouble.
Also thanks to the Camrose Morning News for providing space for us to have a daily running total of the funds raised and the miles travelled. Our fund raising target was$15,000 and we managed close to $9000.00 if all pledges come in.
OK - now on with the stories.
The three bicycle riders are Alan Ford, Helen Samm and David Samm. Each has travelled a few miles on bicycles and this was their second long distant trip together. Last fall they went from Camrose, Alberta to Winnipeg, Manitoba for the same literacy cause. That experience was great and we now call it Chapter One: The prairies.
This year 2007 is Chapter Two: The Mountains
The next post will start the journey.
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