Today Sonja and I rode together from Burns Lake to Houston along the Highway of Tears, a ride of 80km.  We saw a poster for Perry Sebastian who has been missing since December 2011. The ride itself was cool and against against the wind with fairly  high elevations and increasingly dramatic views of snow covered […]

Today was a surprisingly easy day. It started a bit later than I expected.  Last night, in Bev’s trailer on Nadleah Whut’en Reserve, I had the best sleep for a long time and slept in.  That meant I had to go fast to make the 90 km to Burns Lake in time to meet Maria […]

Today was the first day back on the bike after almost a week in Prince George that was filled with seeing Sebastian, then Colleen and last night Sonja again, intense discussions with new friends on violence against women, changing the political system, supposedly non sexist pornography etc. We also watched a great production of Les […]

First thing this morning I met Kevin at the Native Friendship Centre in Prince George,  the biggest centre in Canada.  He works for Integrated Resources for Aboriginal Youth which helps teenagers to develop better life skills.  Later we were joined by Bill.  We had a longer discussion about violence against women and about the Highway […]

Today I attended a dug out Canoe project which is part of University of Northern British Columbia Native Studies course at the Lheidli T’enneh Reserve.  First Nations and non native women and men have been working on building two canoes over the last 4 weeks under the guidance and with help from Rob who lives […]

While I’m resting, visiting and organizing things in Prince George readers can have a look at this really interesting documentary from Jennifer Siebel (Miss Representation) called:  The Mask You Live In. The documentary is about ‘the one thing all men fell but never admit’ (Jackson Katz). Have a look at this link: http://www.policymic.com/articles/54105/the-one-thing-all-men-feel-but-never-admit  

After the long rides of the last two days today I am enjoying a rest day in Prince George and I’ll be here for the next few days. Colleen is flying in on Tuesday from Owen Sound, and Sonja will arrive from the Arctic on Wednesday.  We hope to get on the route to Prince […]

McBride to Prince George This was one day I was looking forward to – making it to Prince George – meeting Sebastian and in a few days Sonja when she is back from the Arctic. I thought this would be a long but fairly easy day along the Fraser river.  However it turned out to […]

This was another very beautiful long day. It started cold (6 degrees) and with lots of mosquitoes but soon the heat became intense. Biking through Jasper National Park was a wonderful sight seeing adventure. The mountains are high and most have some snow on them.  In the morning light the textures of the mountains with […]

Niton Junction to Pocahontas campsite in Jasper National Park. 170 km Today was a very beautiful day that brought a dramatic change in scenery.  It was warm and clear with a slight breeze, mostly from behind. The foothills of the Rockies were a lot steeper than I had expected.  It went constantly up and down […]