Wideen Ride - Grandparents Cycling Across Canada

<body text="#000080"> <p align="center"><img src="images/doug2.gif" width="131" height="200" alt="doug2.gif (10065 bytes)" align="left"><img src="images/doug3.gif" width="128" height="100" alt="doug3.gif (13559 bytes)" align="right"><b><font face="Bookman Old Style" size="7">St. John's <strike>or Bust</strike></font><font face="Bookman Old Style"><font size="7"> !!</font></b><big><big><big> <br> </big></big></big></font><font size="-1" color="#000080" face="Bookman Old Style">Chronicles of the 6,747 km cycling trip across Canada by two 65-year-young adventurers in the summer of 1999.</font></p> <div align="center"><center><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="450"> </table> </center></div><div align="center"><center><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="450"> <tr> <td><p align="right"><img src="images/headline.jpg" width="450" height="352" alt="headline.jpg (40339 bytes)"><br> <small><font face="Bookman Old Style"><small>courtesy Paul vanPeenan/Coquitlam Now</small></font></small></td> </tr> </table> </center></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="528"> </table> <div align="center"><center><table BORDER="1" CELLSPACING="4" CELLPADDING="7" WIDTH="90%"> <tr> <td VALIGN="TOP"><font face="Bookman Old Style" color="#FF0000"><b><i>Monday, October 4, 1999 - Coquitlam, British Columbia</i></b></font><p><font face="Bookman Old Style" color="#FF0000"><i><strong>No More Updates.</strong> Check out my final <a href="summaries.html">summary</a>, and Marv and Loretta's own <a href="reflections.html">reflections</a>. In fact, skip my summary and read their reflections. A beautifully written statement about what it was all about. Should they write a book, that is how it should start.</i></font></p> <p><font face="Bookman Old Style" color="#FF0000"><i><strong>Thanks for reading.</strong> For those of you who have been reading these pages regularly throughout the trip, thanks for the interest and kind words. I enjoyed creating this site, having some fun at my parents expense, and was motivated by watching the visitor count climb. I learned something about creating Web pages, and learned a lot about the geography of our country as I tracked Mom and Dad's progress.</i></font></p> <p><font face="Bookman Old Style" color="#FF0000"><i>Now, I can get on with my day-job.</i></font></p> <p><b><font face="Bookman Old Style" color="#FF0000"><i>Distance: 6,358 kms cycled; 6,747 kms traveled; 90 days cycling over a period of 130 days.</i></font></b></td> </tr> </table> </center></div><p align="left"><font face="Bookman Old Style"><font size="+2">You are visitor #</font><img SRC="http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/Count.cgi?dd=BAJBP|df=a3a41465.dat" align="absmiddle" width="163" height="52"><big>. <a href="http://beseen4.looksmart.com/guestbook/p/173778/guestbook.html">Click here</a> to sign our <a href="http://beseen4.looksmart.com/guestbook/p/173778/guestbook.html">Guestbook</a>.</big></font></p> <hr> <p><font face="Bookman Old Style"><a href="biographies.html#BioLoretta">Loretta</a> and <a href="biographies.html#BioMarvin">Marvin</a> Wideen kicked off their retirement with a bike tour across Canada.  A mere 6,750 kms (or so) from Mile 0 in Victoria, BC to Mile 0 in St. John's, Newfoundland.  This bike ride has been a dream of theirs for years.  They first planned to do this for their 61<sup>st</sup> year, but work and timing meant their 66<sup>th</sup> year would be it.</font> </p> <p><font face="Bookman Old Style">They dedicated their trip to schizophrenia (see <a href="http://www.schizophrenia.ca/">Schizophrenia Society of Canada</a>).  If you are moved by their adventure, they would be pleased if you contributed to this society in the name of Wideen Ride.  You can mail cheques or money orders to:</font></p> <p><font face="Bookman Old Style">    Wideen Ride<br>     c/o Schizophrenia Society of Canada<br>     75 The Donway West<br>     Suite 814<br>     Don Mills ON<br>     M3C 2E9</font> </p> <p><a href="images/Pictures/brian.jpg"><img src="images/Pictures/brian_small.jpg" alt="brian.jpg (9833 bytes)" align="right" border="0" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="104"></a><font face="Bookman Old Style">Who am I? I'm Brian, their eldest son (some would say their smartest and best looking son, but I digress.)  I used these pages to track their progress during the ride, providing daily updates.  Now that the ride is complete, these pages represent history.   See day-by-day chronology, sections of their personal logs (I left the juicy bits out), highlights of the trip, and even some pictures.</font> </p> <hr> <p><big><big><strong><font face="Bookman Old Style">Guestbook</font></strong></big></big></p> <p><font face="Bookman Old Style">Sign our guestbook, please:</font></p> <h3> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.1" SRC= "http://phoebe.beseen.com/panel/p.js?prod=guest-earth-p173778&subject=travel"> </SCRIPT>  </h3> <h3><font face="Bookman Old Style"><big>Table of Contents</big></font></h3> <blockquote> <p><font face="Bookman Old Style"><a href="reflections.html">Marvin and Loretta speak</a> </font></p> <p><font face="Bookman Old Style"><a href="chronology.html">Chronology</a> <br> <a href="wisdom.html">Wisdom</a> <br> <a href="highlights.html">Highlights</a> <big><br> </big><a href="logs.html">Logs</a> <big><br> </big><a href="brethren.html">Brethren</a> <big><br> </big><a href="pictures.html">Pictures</a> <br> <a href="statistics.html">Statistics</a> <br> <a href="inventory.html">Inventory</a> <br> <a href="biographies.html">Biographies</a> <br> <a href="map.html">Canada Map</a> <br> <a href="inthenews.html">In The News</a> <font color="#FF0000"><br> </font><a href="links.html">Links</a> <big><br> </big><a href="schizophrenia.html">Why Schizophrenia?</a> </font></p> </blockquote> <hr> <p><strong>Write or Email Us</strong></p> <p><small><em>If you want to write Loretta and Marvin, send an email to me at <a href="mailto:bwideen@ea.com">bwideen@ea.com</a>, or write to:</em></small></p> <p><em><font face="Bookman Old Style"><small>    Wideen Ride<br>     833 Seymour Drive<br>     Coquitlam, B.C.<br>     Canada V3J 6V8</small></font></em></p> <p><small><em>I will collect all </em>fan mail<em> for them to peruse upon their return.</em></small> </p> </body>