Later that same evening

I had time to add some photos to a number of the posts over the past couple of days. You'll find them scattered through the entries. In the course of adding the photos, I also did a little bit of clean-up on the text, correcting spelling and adding a little more detail in places.

It's difficult to describe an event like this one. Kudos must go to the organizers, the volunteers and paid staff. They got 2850 riders from Toronto to Niagara Falls in two days, made sure that we had enough food, liquids and washrooms as well as technical and medical support when we needed it. I don't recall a single complaint from anyone over the entire event. Amazing!

And this was much more than a charity event. Throughout the Ride, they brought home the purpose for our being there in powerful ways. Some examples:

• At the start on Saturday, they started by having an "honour guard" of cancer survivors lead a riderless bicycle across the start line


• Many of the other riders lined the access road to Mohawk College to welcome the woman who managed to cycle the route with one leg in (see below). Her perseverance was an inspiration to all.
  


• Along the route, we frequently passed both small and large groups of people at the side of the road, many holding large sheets of construction paper with handmade signs for a rider or team. As we passed, we heard many of them say "thanks". Even at 7:30 this morning, we passed many people who stood at the end of their driveway, coffee mugs in hand and smiles on their faces.

A couple of final images from the end of the Ride this afternoon. Hope I was able to communicate some of the experience.