I will ride my bike across Ca­na­da



May 4: Vic­to­ria

Hey there ever­y­bo­dy! Thanks for stop­ping by my tra­vel blog. My name is Jo­se­phi­ne Roy and I want to ride my bike across Ca­na­da. Six years ago I was sick with can­cer. While this was a hor­ri­ble ex­pe­ri­ence, it made me chan­ge my life. I used to think I would do things later, but now I know I should fol­low my dreams now. That’s why I took a break from my job as an en­gi­neer to start my ride across Ca­na­da.

I plan to ride bet­ween 60 and 90 ki­lo­me­ters a day, but not on Sun­days. In total, more than 6,000 ki­lo­me­ters lie in front of me and I’ll give mys­elf four months. I don’t have much money, so I’ll sleep in my tent or stay with people who offer me a place. You can also buy me a cup of cof­fee on­line – I’ll post a pic­tu­re when I drink it.



Day 1, May 19: Vic­to­ria to Van­cou­ver

After two years of plan­ning, the day fi­nal­ly came! I took the ferry to Van­cou­ver and then biked to my sis­ter’s house. There I en­joy­ed a last large meal and fil­led my back­pack with food.



Day 2, May 20: Van­cou­ver to Cul­tus Lake

I took the Sky­train to King Ge­or­ge sta­ti­on and star­ted bi­king. The high­way was too busy be­cau­se of the long weekend, so I swit­ched to smal­ler roads. I had no pro­blems with my legs and just en­joy­ed the ride. At Cul­tus Lake I put up my tent, coo­ked kid­ney bean soup, and went to bed early be­cau­se of the cold.



Day 3, May 21: Cul­tus Lake to Othel­lo

I woke up with birds sin­ging and rode to­wards Othel­lo. Soon I was on the Trans Ca­na­da Trail. My fears about pro­blems, bears or lo­ne­li­ness di­sap­peared and I en­joy­ed na­tu­re. The Othel­lo tun­nels were ama­zing – you can ride your bike right th­rough them. In the evening I found a good place for my tent and fell as­leep.



Sep­tem­ber 4: Ha­li­fax

It’s Sep­tem­ber now and I made it! I’m in Ha­li­fax, Nova Sco­tia. I rode 6,257 ki­lo­me­ters, had three flat tires and one bro­ken bike chain. I didn’t meet a bear close up and I still like mys­elf. I met many ama­zing people and I’m thank­ful for this trip. I’ve never felt so alive as du­ring the last 108 days.