Gotter' Going!!!

So the trip was finally able to begin on May 27th. After a minor delay on the 26th in front of a loyal cheering squad we returned home slightly dissapointed and anxious to get this trip rolling! At around noon, the 27th we departed from downtown halifax. We made our way across the bridge through dartmouth, and before we knew it we were 50 kilometres deep. My (Skye's) parents happened to be swinging through the elmsdale area and offered so kindly to deliver our heavy baggage, by car to our destination for the night which was Truro, Nova Scotia!! Although it was 50km further than we intended on going on the first day and the last 20 km were painful and hellish to say the least we surprised ourselves by making it there in approximately 5 hours of biking time. Grandma Purdy kindly offered us some food and a bed for the night and we slept like babies. We are currently in Masstown and are on our way to Spencer's Point for the night and then off to Amherst on friday! We're looking forward to having a small amount of rest today and then continuing on to New Brunswick to meet up with some good friends!! So far legs feel great, "everything else" is raw to say the least!!! Our seats are verrrry thin!!
We'll have some pics up as soon as we can.
Shout out to Pelletier for whatever he thinks he did for us!! ahaha
Thanks to everyone who helped us get the balls rolling again.

Until Next Time, Purd and Babs

Departure Around the Corner

With graduation behind us the trip has officially become top priority, finally overtaking papers and exams respectively. The trip is set to begin at the end of May, from Halifax, NS. Loose ends are being wrapped up and plans are continuing to be tweaked. We now have a reasonable method of communication, finally entering the techno world with a fancy pants new Blackberry. Should you feel the need to drop a text or email, we can now officially communicate without the tedious mouth/tongue combo we were previously plagued by. Finally my short little thumbs can express the joys of sitting on a bike all day. So hit us with some hellos and we can keep you all posted on our journey. The number is:

(902) 872 - 2453 (which conveniently spells out BIKE. Now if that's not cool as hell then I don't know what is)

Also, we just recently opened up an account to save our funds along the way. Something about biking with bags of coins just didn't seem appealing. Donations can be made out to either Ryan Seale or Skye Purdy. The donations will be collected througout the trip and then given to L'Arche upon completion. Donations can be sent to our home address, where they will be deposited into our account. The addresses are:

Ryan Seale
11 Augustus St.
Cornwall, On
K6J 3V7

or

Skye Purdy
1681 Lower Sunken Lake Rd.
Wolfville, NS
B4P 2R2

If you'd rather donate directly to L'Arche, donations can be made on the L'Arche website http://www.larche.ca/. The recent bottle drives were a success and we're grateful to all of those who graciously offered up their hard earned bottles. Thanks for all the help. And for anyone who is wondering, we actually do have bikes, and we're almost ready to actually start riding. So, get your spare pillows out because you might have us knocking on your door for a place to get out of the rain.