So today I thought I’d show you guys what it’s like to bike down some of these hills I’ve been biking.
Rich Aucoin
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Touring Green – Blog 37: Upsala to Thunder Bay (June 30)
This marks the spot of where all water runs down to the Atlantic from here in Northern Ontario. (All downhill theoretically, but I can tell you since I’m retroactively blogging that it definitely, definitely, definitely, definitely isn’t!!)
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Touring Green – Blog 36: Dryden to Ignace (June 28)
So today I biked through a tornado stricken community and I learned that bees and horseflies are attracted to large yellow trailers and will pursue them up to speeds of 40km per hour.
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Touring Green – Blog 35: Kenora to Dryden (June 27)
Today I was in great spirits and, as I stood on the bike pedals for a little stretch and, perhaps victory perch, I felt something I had never felt before, my front wheel popping. After being stranded for a little bit on the road a kind woman stopped who had already seen me and brought […]
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Touring Green- Blog 34: Winnipeg to Kenora (June 25-26)
I was fortunate again today as, out of something unfortunate, something great happened. First, I must say.. that I am now HALF WAY!!!!! Second, check out some awesome Geese: Third, here’s the story of the day: So, yeah, as I was saying, out of something unfortunate, came some awesome. I blew a tube and, successfully […]
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Touring Green – Blog 33: Winnipeg (June 23-24)
While huge, strobe-light-ish lightning storms continued to hit and the temperature soured to high 30s with the humidity; Winnipeg was still just the rest I needed before a great show with The Paperbacks and The Details and, it was just the home welcoming I needed on Sunday from staying with a good friend; to re-energize […]
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Touring Green – Blog 32: Portage La Prairie to Winnipeg (June 22)
Today was the first day that the wind hampered my plans to get into Winnipeg with enough time to do a short radio show before doing an in-store performance. Not a very long-distance day but the wind was certainly letting me know who was boss with its tornadoes and storms and such constantly creating crazy […]
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Touring Green – Blog 31: Brandon to Portage La Prairie (June 21)
Well, as I mentioned before my camera was broken (hence no photos or video blogs for the past week!). Maybe that was a good thing as, on the hi-way you’re always running into sticks and bits of tires and squiggly bits of discarded rope or bungee (usually think nothing of it); today was no exception […]
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Touring Green – Blog 30: Moosomin to Brandon (June 20)
So, today was an adventure as I popped my first tube today (which was quickly followed by the popping of my second tube). I knew this day would come. In fact, I bartered, in my head, during the mountains, saying “please, don’t pop a tube until at least the prairies”. But, was I ready for […]
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Touring Green – Blog 29: Wolseley to Moosomin (June 19)
So, as I have mentioned, there was a bit of slump for a couple days as I was biking through the prairies with a hard wind on my face and not so ideal whether. I was describing this period to friends as being like “that point in a Romantic Comedy where everything is going wrong […]
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Touring Green – Blog 28: Regina to Wolseley (June 18)
I was lucky enough to stay with a Country singer/guitar player named Perry Acron and the slump of previous few days was beginning to lift. Some Air was exactly was I needed as I pulled out of Wolseley. One of my favourite bands, and maybe the reason I got so interested in making music myself […]
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Touring Green – Blog 27: Craik to Regina (June 17)
So, as I mentioned the real “hard part” of the tour started June 16 and then started to max out by today. I biked all-day in the pouring rain (not to mention the uncomfortable level of the rain, it also completely soaked my camera and made it non-functional!). This is also right around the point […]
