Time for some Family, Friends, and Fundraising

Hello Again!

After arriving home a few days ago, Skye and I have been lucky enough to get some much needed family time in. Lately we've been spending some time catching up with friends and family and enjoying some rest and the perks of being home. These rest days have also been in our fundraising favour, as everyone has been super supportive and generous. Our new friend Sean Michael Paul was kind enough to organize an event for us at the Player's Club in Cornwall. The night was a success and the guys were kind enough to donate generously to our cause. Friends have been fantastic in their support and excited to hear how the trip is progressing. Skye has been able to catch up with his brother and sister in Ottawa. His sister just moved into a new spot and we had the pleasure of reassembling all her Ikea furniture, sans manuals. Despite the many screws, we were happy to help and I'm sure she was glad to be able to catch up with her brother. We were lucky enough to be able to meet with L'Arche Ottawa the other day for their Annual General Meeting. They had us over for supper before the meeting and then kindly introduced us to the crowd and let everyone know what we were doing. The meeting was light hearted and full of interesting activities: full of laughing, singing, and joking. We had a wonderful night meeting the many people involved in their community and look forward to meeting more people at the other houses along the way. As we prepare to set out across this vast province, I need to make an adjustment or two to my bike, then we should be ready to hit the road. As Im writing this I just saw my parents off as they headed to the aiport to drop my little sister off. She's heading out to the East Coast to watch my cousin MaryBeth get married to her soon to be husband Ian. My parent are heading out to the wedding tomorrow after they finish work. MaryBeth and Ian, I wish you guys all the best and Im sorry I'm missing the wedding. If I wasn't so lazy I'd bike back, but lets be honest, Im that lazy. So our departure is around the corner, but we hope to sneak in a little more vacation time as the weather is perfect and the company is superb.

I hope everyone is out enjoying the sweet heat and is using plenty of sunscreen,

Cheers