by alex | Oct 18, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today I was in Hadashville, Manitoba, having crossed the Ontario-Manitoba border a couple of days earlier. We are now in province number seven. When we left Kenora a couple of days ago, I passed the giant billboard showcasing Husky the Musky. In the 53...
by alex | Oct 10, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today I passed through the little town of Vermillion Bay, between Dryden and Kenora. I say ‘passed through’ because in the past few days there has been little to look at other than the highway, logging trucks and lot of trees and rock. Passing through...
by alex | Oct 4, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today I was in Upsala, Ontario, 142 kilometres west of Thunder Bay. Upsala, which came into being in 1882 is another of those little towns that was an important fuel and water stop for trains travelling the newly constructed Canadian Pacific Railway...
by alex | Sep 27, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today I was in Thunder Bay, Ontario and ‘turning the corner’ as we headed northwest toward the Ontario-Manitoba border after making the almost month long sweep around the top of Lake Superior. Time and distance were always on my mind. On the afternoon of...
by alex | Sep 20, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today, on the 20th of September 1998 I was in Terrace Bay, Ontario. It was my 166th day on the road. Terrance Bay sits on the extreme north shore of Lake Superior and gets its name from a series of lake terraces formed as the water level of Lake Superior...
by alex | Sep 12, 2018 | John's Blog
Twenty-years-ago today, I was on the Trans-Canada Highway at White River, Ontario. The little town was set up as a rail stop by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885. White River was an important stop to take on coal and water. It’s hard to believe in today’s speed...
by alex | Sep 4, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today, I was back on the Trans-Canada Highway, chalking up distance in what is now officially the second half of my attempt to walk across Canada. At the end of the day we are at St. Joseph Island, heading toward Sault Ste. Marie. In all the time I have...
by alex | Aug 29, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today was a banner day. It was my 145th day on the road, and as we passed through the little town of Massey, Ontario just west of Espanola, we spray painted some numbers on the Trans-Canada Highway. This was officially the half-way mark. I had completed...
by alex | Aug 21, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today I was on Highway 69 at Parry Sound. It was my 136th day since starting in St. John’s, Newfoundland and I was back on the road after a setback. This was the week that I hit the wall. No one ever saw the amount of work that went into keeping me going....
by alex | Aug 14, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today I was on Highway Six and passing through Mount Forest as we pushed on toward the cottage country of Muskoka. I thought it would become quieter along the road after shaking so many hands in southwestern Ontario. I couldn’t have been more wrong. We...
