On Two Wheels, For Better, For Worse
Two old fools, one bicycle, one motorcycle, and a marriage tested by every continent in between.
our story starts in Canada 2014
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A Point Of Interest – Wiarton Willie
A confused hunt for ‘Wiarton Willie’s Inn’ turns up something stranger: a small-town groundhog who predicts the weather each Groundhog Day — and, following his death, was famously mourned via…
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Manitoulin Island Southwards
A foggy ferry crossing from Manitoulin Island, kind strangers sharing beer after the local shops close early, and a thunderstorm so total that once you’re soaked to your pants, that’s…
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Where Are The Romans When You Need Them?
A near-sideswiping by dangerous drivers Clif nicknames ‘moose heads,’ a roadworks flagman eating sandwiches while holding a stop sign, and a randomly gravel-strewn ‘shortcut’ add up to one demand: bring…
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Another Point Of Interest
Winnie the Pooh’s real origin story: a bear cub bought in White River by a Canadian soldier in 1885, named after his hometown of Winnipeg, later gifted to London Zoo…
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Thunder Bay to Wawa
Painful shin splints slow Susan through the Canadian Shield’s relentless hills — tougher, by many accounts, than the Rockies — while a collapsed beaver dam takes out a bridge behind…
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More And More Cyclists
A chance roadside meeting along Lake Superior swells to 13 trans-Canada cyclists in one spot — including Eric and Astrid, who sold everything to cycle the world in search of…
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