Cross Canada Bicycle Trip 2009


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Finished! Thanks so much to everyone for your support.

Check out the blog - The Latest News to hear about the end of the trip and over the next few weeks check back here to find out the results of the fundraiser! Cheers!

Total Distance: 7,768km

Day 64:

Trip: 14km
Start: 4:15pm
Finish: 4:37pm
Stayed with Merv and Joanne Tilly in Conception Bay South

Day 63:

Trip: 177km
Start: 9:20am
Finish: 5:45pm
Stayed with Chris Starkey in Mt. Pearl (St. John's)

Day 62:

Trip: 111km
Start: 9:00pm
Finish: 5:20pm
Stayed in Clarenville

Day 61:

Trip: 127km
Start: 12:00pm
Finish: 6:20pm
Camped in Gambo

Day 60:

Trip: 115km
Start: 9:20am
Finish: 3:50pm
Stayed in Grand Falls - Windsor

Day 59:

Trip: 150km
Start: 8:20am
Finish: 8:40pm
Met Chris Power in Deer Lake at 10:30 to visit Gros Mourne National Park and then continued on at 4:00pm and Camped in Sheppardville

Day 58:

Trip: 122km
Start: 9:45am
Finish: 3:40pm
Stayed with Paul Edison in Corner Brook

Day 57:

Trip: 98km
Start: 10:30am
Finish: 3:00pm
Camped near Saint Fintan`s

Day 56:

Trip: 165km
Start: 9:50am
Finish: 8:10pm
Slept on the ferry to Channel-Port-aux Basques

Day 55:

Trip: 182km
Start: 9:30am
Finish: 8:10pm
Stayed in Linwood NS

Day 54:

Trip: 145km
Start: 9:30am
Finish: 7:00pm
Stayed with the Coulson's in Charlottetown PEI

Day 53:

Trip: 183km
Start: 9:30am
Finish: 5:55pm
Stayed in Dieppe (near Moncton) with the Vautour's

Day 52:

Trip: 101km
Start: 9:00am
Finish: 2:10pm
Stayed in Fredricton

Day 51:

Trip: 125km
Start: 10:30am
Finish: 6:30pm
Stayed in Woodstock

Day 50:

Trip: 150km
Start: 10:55am
Finish: 9:30pm
Stayed in St. Leonard

Day 49:

Trip: 154km
Start: 9:35am
Finish: 7:30pm
Camped near St. Antonin

Day 48:

Trip: 188km
Start: 8:00am
Finish: 5:30pm
Stayed at La Plage Motel in Berthier sur Mer

Day 47:

Trip: 150km
Start: 9:25am
Finish: 5:00pm
Stayed at the Cayer's in Becancour

Day 46:

Trip: 133km
Start: 8:45am
Finish: 3:30pm
Stayed at the Zampino's in Brossard

Day 45:

Trip: 158km
Start: 9:30am
Finish: 6:00pm
Stayed at the Achilles' in Apple Hill

Day 44:

Trip: 0km
Stayed at the Ferlatte's in Perth

Day 43:

Trip: 111km
Start: 7:50am
Finish: 4:40pm
Stayed at Camp in Lanark!

Day 42:

Trip: 206km
Start: 8:30am
Finish: 8:00pm
Camped at a KOA near Madok

Day 41:

Trip: 205km
Start: 8:30am
Finish: 7:05pm
Stayed with the Barkleys in Orillia

Day 40:

Trip: 51km
Start: 9:50am
Finish: 12:30pm
Stayed with Connie and Wayne Clark in Spry (Lions Head)

Day 39:

Trip: 165km + Ferry from South Baymouth to Tobermory
Start: 8:40am
Finish: 8:30pm
Camped in Tobermory

Day 38:

Trip: 187km
Start: 9:45am
Finish: 8:30pm
Camped in Spanish

Day 37:

Trip: 196km
Start: 8:30am
Finish: 7:00pm
Camped in Sault Ste. Marie

Day 36:

Trip: 161km
Start: 8:25am
Finish: 5:15pm
Stayed at a motel in English River

Day 35:

Trip: 159km
Start: 9:45am
Finish: 9:00pm
Camped at White Lake Provincial Park

Day 34:

Trip: 199km
Start: 8:45am
Finish: 8:30pm
Camped in Schreiber

Day 33:

Trip: 0km
Rest Day
Stayed with Harold and Liz Lindstrom in Thunder Bay

Day 32:

Trip: 178km
Start: 8:30am
Finish: 5:30pm
Stayed with Harold and Liz Lindstrom in Thunder Bay

Day 31:

Trip: 148km
Start: 8:25am
Finish: 5:15pm
Stayed at a motel in English River

Day 30:

Trip: 157km
Start: 8:45am
Finish: 8:10pm
Camped in a wet, rather sketchy area in Wabigoon

Day 29:

Trip: 212km
Start: 9:00am
Finish: 8:00pm
Stayed at a motel in Kenora

Day 28:

Trip: 87km
Start: :30am
Finish: 5:30pm
Stayed at the Steadman's home in Winnipeg

Day 27:

Trip: 155km
Start: 11:30am
Finish: 8:30pm
Camped with friends at Portage la Prairie

Day 26:

Trip: 82km
Start: 9:30am
Finish: 1:15pm
Stayed at a motel paid for by the Brandon WCG Congregation

Day 25:

Trip: 135km
Start: 9:40am
Finish: 5:50pm
Shared campsight with the same 6 cyclists as three nights ago in Virden

Day 24:

Trip: 138km
Start: 8:10am
Finish: 1:30pm
Stayed with Ray and Janet Wood in Broadview

Day 23:

Trip: 111km
Start: 10:45am
Finish: 3:35pm
Stayed with Wayne and Jean Schmidt

Day 22:

Trip: 169km
Start: 8:50am
Finish: 4:55pm
Shared campsights with 6 other cyclists crossing Canada in Moose Jaw

Day 21:

Trip: 225km
Start: 8:20am
Finish: 6:35pm
Some kind folks let me camp in their backyard in Swift Current

Day 20:

Trip: 114km
Start: 9:00am
Finish: 7:25pm
Stayed with Jim and Salima French in Medicine Hat

Day 19:

Trip: 179km
Start: 8:25am
Finish: 6:10pm
Camped in Brooks at the Kiwanis Campground and even got a shower at the Shell station truck stop.

Day 14-18:

Trip: 0km
Rest days and fundraising stuff. Stayed one night in Jasper, one night with Dan and Fern Berendt in Edmonton and then the last three nights with the Millers in Calgary

Day 13:

Trip: 112km
Start: 8:10am
Finish: 3:30pm
Stayed with Bob and Irene Miller in Calgary

Day 12:

Trip: 135km
Start: 10:00am
Finish: 5:30pm
Stayed with the Clark's in Canmore

Day 11:

Trip: 170km
Start: 7:20am
Finish: 6:15pm
Camped in Field

Day 10:

Trip: 145km
Start: 7:40am
Finish: 5:08
Stayed at Canyon Hot Springs Camp Ground

Day 9:

Trip: 89km
Start: 7:30am
Finish: 12:30pm
Stayed with Judy & Alastair Annan in Enderby

Day 7,8:

Trip: 0km
Rest Days!
Stayed with Stephen & Nicole Posiak in Kelowna

Day 6:

Trip: 177km
Start: 7:30am
Finish: 5:20pm
Stayed with Stephen & Nicole Posiak in Kelowna

Day 5:

Trip: 139km
Start: 7:30am
Finish: 5:20pm
Pitched my tent in a couple's back yard in Princeton

Day 4:

Trip: 144km
Start: 7:30am
Brunch with Gary & Wendy Moore: 9:45am - 11:45am Finish: 4:50
Stayed in a Camper Van at the GM Dealership in Hope

Day 3:

Trip: 0km
Rest Day!
Stayed with Ken & Taimi Van de Polder in White Rock

Day 2:

Trip: 39km
Ferry to Tsawwassen
10:15 - 12:15
Start: 12:15am
Finish: 2:00pm
Stayed with Ken & Taimi Van de Polder in White Rock

Day 1:

Trip: 140km
Start: 7:00am
Finish: 2:20pm
Stayed with Grant & France Corriveau in Nanaimo

Day -1:

Trip: 23km
Assembled bike and toured Victoria Stayed with Dawn Day in Victoria

Day -2:

Trip: 0km
Arrival at Victoria Airport: 6:37pm
Stayed with Dawn Day in Victoria



Photos



Mile Zero
Victoria, BC

June 17th, 2009
June 1st, 2009

Gwen Greenstock Donates
Petawawa, ON

June 1st, 2009
June 1st, 2009

O'Brien's Donate Petawawa, ON

May 30th, 2009
May 30th, 2009

BBQ Fundraiser Petawawa, ON

May 30th, 2009
May 30th, 2009

GearHeads, Petawawa, ON

May 7th, 2009
May 6th, 2009

Petawawa, ON

May 6th, 2009
May 6th, 2009

Petawawa, ON

October 31st, 2008
October 31st, 2008
Have you heard about XCanada2009 ?
Welcome! Thank you for visiting www.CrossCanada2009.ca. The XCanada2009 project kicked off in June 2009 when Mark began his journey across Canada. Through XCanada2009 $22,000 was raised for Friends of Camp Connections, a registered Canadian charity that supports the program at Camp Connections. Please feel free to browse around the site to learn more about XCanada2009!

Welcome to XCanada2009!
Hello! Thanks for stopping in. Please browse around and see what we are all about! This is the best place to find out all about our 2009 fundraiser which to took me right across this awsome country on my bicycle. Learn why Camp Connections means so much to the volunteers that continue to make it happen every year, check out our sponsors, and relive every crazzy moment of the trip with me by reading The Latest News which I uploaded as I slowely made my way across the country!

If you think this is a worthwhile cause you may still support the project. Just click on Make A Donation in the main toolbar above to find out how! Thank you to all those who got together with friends and neighbours and pledged a few cents a kilometer. All the money we raise is used to provide financial support that allows kids to come to Camp Connections and to expand the Camp program. As a registered Canadian charity, Friends of Camp Connections issues receipts for all contributions made through the project.

Cheers!

Mark


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Sponsors



Gold


Silver


Bronze


  • Mulvihill Drug Mart
  • Camp Connections Staff - Week 1 2009
  • Camp Connections Staff - Week 2 2009

Equipment & Services


Individual


  • R. Amyotte
    Petawawa, ON
  • M. & C. Brown
    Deep River, ON
  • C. Brown
    Petawawa, ON
  • M. & B. Butler
    Pembroke, ON
  • E. Caldwell
    Petawawa, ON
  • Cornerstone Christian Fellowship
    Etobicoke, ON
  • A. & M. Curtis
    Oakville, ON
  • R. & D. Denney
    Bramalea, ON
  • T. Donnelly
    Pembroke, ON
  • L. Ensing
    Guelph, ON
  • E. Ferlatte
    Toronto, ON
  • J. & B. Ferlatte
    Perth, ON
  • G. Folber
    Pembroke, ON
  • R. & W. Garret
    Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • D. & T. Godfrey
    Gatineau, QC
  • M. Gomes
    Mississauga, ON
  • G. Greenstock
    Petawawa, ON
  • C. & B. Hass
    Petawawa, ON
  • C. Higgins
    Petawawa, ON
  • A. & J. Hooper
    Crowborough, East Sussex, U.K.
  • P. & K. Johnson
    Cambridge, ON
  • M. & D. Krause
    Petawawa, ON
  • H. & T. Laing
    Townsend, ON
  • E. Lim
    Ottawa, ON
  • J. & L. Long
    Petawawa, ON
  • L. & G. Marchand
    Petawawa, ON
  • W. Martin
    Foresters Falls, ON
  • S. & S. McNabb
    Petawawa, ON
  • K. Moore
    Montreal, QC
  • C. & K. (M. & P. & S. & M) O'brien
    Petawawa, ON
  • Paramount Kitchens
    Petawawa, ON
  • Pembroke Hyundai
    Pembroke, ON
  • T. & F. Ried
    Petawawa, ON
  • D. & M. Rosien
    Pembroke, ON
  • T. Sabourine
    Petawawa, ON
  • G. & S. Tate
    Petawawa, ON
  • R. Vaide
    Abbotsford, BC
  • D. & L. Vanderhout
    Ancaster, ON
  • A. & C. Van Heerden
    Ancaster, ON
  • R. Van Hende
    London, ON
  • R. & A. Wilson
    Petawawa, ON
  • WCG Congregations
    Montreal, QC
  • WCG Congregations
    Smiths Falls, ON
  • R. & T. Yandt
    Petawawa, ON

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