The Tour Is Now A Reality

Holly at Mile 0 in Victoria. Just down over the hill from where the Terry Fox statue is.
Having dinner at the Chinese restaurant after arriving in Victoria
Terry and I with John and John outside the hostel. The John on the far left is John McMillan. As it turns out he is 2 years younger than Holly and grew up two streets from where she did in Fredericton, New Brunswick. They knew some of the same people. The other John is John Lowe the fellow who lead us beautifully from and to UBC.
Holly and Terri and Terry Fox at Mile 0 in Victoria. This is where Terry Fox would have ended if he had completed the run. Countless others have done their run from here on Terry Fox day.
Peter Freeman (Tour du Canada 2008) and his wife Mary rode with us from Mile 0 to the ferry. They wished us well on our journey.


Wow!! What an amazing three days we've just come through. Thursday morning was cloudy so we all were dressed for a rainy ride but the sky cleared and we experienced a great ride through Vancouver to the George MasseyTunnel shuttle then rode to the ferry which took us over to Vancouver Island. Beautiful scenery along the shoreline as we crossed. Great ride along bike paths along, the roads and trails to our overnight stay at a hostel in downtown Victoria. One of the riders is from Vancouver and cycles over to Victoria two or three times a year so we designated him to be our guide. After our chinese supper, a few of us wandered downtown to see the Parliament Building, the Empress Hotel and just to view the centre of the city. Friday morning, breakfast and then off to Mile 0. Lots of pictures were taken. What a feeling we had to realize that so many months ago, we had decided to do this trip, then all winter and spring we were training and today the day is actually here!!! Peter Freeman and his wife, Mary, met us at Mile 0 to wish us well on the tour. Peter did the tour in 2008. He is a very interesting Australian fellow with lots of stories of his tour and also other trips he has done over the years. They road with us from there to the ferry. We all dipped our bikes in the Pacific Ocean at Mile 0, then began our journey back to Vancouver with our guide and fellow tour member leading us once again along a scenic route back to the ferry and then on to the university. From Victoria to the U of B.C. was actually 97k. We had a beautiful, sunny day. And today, June 27th, was a full day of orientation. Bryan de Bruyn, my nephew, met us and we went White Rock where he lives with is wife, Daniela and their son, Lucas and we had a nice visit with them. Back to the university and get ready for our first real ride of the tour tomorrow. Awesome experience so far. Till next time remember, LIFE IS GOOD!!! Terri (Theresa)