Follow Up

Well, here it is May of 2007 and I am finally putting up the final post. I guess I just didn't want it to be over. Either that or I am the worst procrastinator out there. Probably a bit of both. One thing now is I have some more perspective on the trip. I'm pretty sure it will go down in my memory as one of the most amazing journeys of my life. It's spring now and I've been getting back on the bike regularly. Every time I go for a ride I'm thinking about my trip across the country. Each time I'll remember some different little detail or event or character I met along the way. Or just the free feeling I had riding my bike seeing places for the first time every day. The country seems a lot smaller to me now. Just this morning I met someone from Halifax and I was instantly flooded with all my memories of the time I had in that city, one of my favorites in all of Canada.
Riding my bike across the country was something I had wanted to do for a long time and I feel very fortunate that I was able to do it. If any of you have got one of those big trip ideas or experience you have always wanted to have, get out there and make it happen! You won't regret it!



Now a big thank you to all that donated money to the Alzheimer's Society of Canada on behalf of this trip. With all of your help I was able to raise just under one thousand dollars for that cause. THANK YOU!!!

I finished my bike trip just in time to move to Terrace, BC where I started my new job with Environment Canada. I am now spending my working days keeping tabs on the quantity of water in the many rivers and watersheds of Northwestern BC. It is a 50/50 mix of time spent in the field and time spent in the office. I love the job and will most likely be sticking with it for a while.
Terrace is a great place if you are an outdoor enthusiast like myself. It's got it all - Mountains, Rivers, Lakes and Ocean not too far away either.

Here is a picture of the drive up to the local ski hill - Shames Mountain.


I was hired on to my job as part of a national hiring. In total, there were 20 of us from across the country hired on with the Water Survey of Canada(the division of Environment Canada that I work for). I went through weeks of training with this crew and they are a solid bunch. We became pretty tight as a group and I will miss the good times we had through our training program. Here is a group shot of us in Ontario from just a few weeks ago. If any of you guys are reading this, here's to you!