Just got off the ferry at 6am and banged off a quick 100 miles. I'm so excited to be here again!!! We ere up here with a camper six years ago and Ellie and I are pretty sure Patrick started out Canadian, though I doubt their passport office would agree. so this is indeed a special place for us as a family. This is the place where God gave us another child when we had given up after a seven year battle to get pregnant again. It was a great moment of faith for me and Ellie as well. Fr. Finucane always said that god rewarded my faithfulness to respond to god's call as a Deacon as the reason we were given a little boy. I never told Father G. that it was just because Ellie quit being mad at God ;).... More to come later today as I have to "Get Miles, Get Home!!!!"
God's grace and peace to you all!!! love, patrick
update: 9:05pm
Well, I rode all of Nova Scotia and then all of New Brunswick too. I pushed a little further about 60 miles into Maine and then I had to stop. today was about getting home. I pretty much just rode like mad and only stopped for gas, and to eat a few times. I picked up a spiderman T-shirt for Patrick, a pair of pool-side shorts for Sophie, and a Canada T-shirt for Ellie today. I ate doughnuts for the last time at Tim Horton's (eat your heart out Dunkin' Donuts--you got nothing on TH!). I have a pretty good idea I'm going to find some Asian food somewhere tomorrow as I've been craving that for a week!
The day is honestly a blurr. Just small towns, moving as fast as is legal, passing slow trucks up the steep grades, watching my speed, check fuel, temp, set short goals with the GPS, estimate fuel consumption (been averaging around 45 mpg even with all my stuff loaded on the bike).
And praying... Some people e-mailed me prayer intentions after they saw the article in the East Tennessee Catholic. So I've been praying for the Feists as well as some other folks as well. I appreciate that!!! I need a lot to do on that bike each day, let me tell you...
Tomorrow should be much the same, but HOT! I've been wearing all my cold weather stuff, fleece, riding pants, etc... heated grips have been on most of the trip. Today was brutal as it shot up into the 90's. I got hailed on twice last week! What's wrong with that picture? the sun has been out every day since I left Goose Bay, which is great. Road conditions are fantastic now, nice and smooth compared to the 1,000 miles of gravel and dirt I've ridden so recently.
Now is the time to begin the transition back to real life. My phone started working again today for the first time since July 3rd. I will have to start calling people back that left messages soon! But I still have 1300 miles to get home so it will have to wait for now. Gotta sleep now--very tired! good night! dpat :)
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