https://cliveclancycles.com/2016/07/26/epic-journey-comes-to-an-end/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0456.jpgIMG_0456Brody broke the back of his recumbent on the penultimate day of the trip. He and his dad did some MacGyver work on it with rope and old inner tubes to hold it together for the final day. When we arrived at Bryce's place he threw it in the recycle bin, although he later reclaimed it and plans to give it away.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0460.jpgIMG_0460Granddad shows his new look off to Henry.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0461.jpgIMG_0461https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0459.jpgIMG_0459Clive takes a razor to his trip beard, and shockingly, his decades-old ’stache.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0446.jpgIMG_0446Uncle Brody!https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0448.jpgIMG_0448Grandad hold Henry, his first grandchild, for the first time.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0451.jpgIMG_0451We made it more than 7,000 kilometres from B.C. to Halifax to see Henry.2016-07-26T14:24:08+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/07/22/brodys-long-anticipated-sauna-blog/2016-07-22T17:31:05+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/07/19/trail-talk/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0428.jpgIMG_0428We've arrived in Nova Scotia, our ninth and final province!https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0414.jpgIMG_0414Stanhope campers flocked to the beach every evening to see the sunset.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0419.jpgIMG_0419Nobody descended from the skies at PEI National Park's Stanhope Campground, but it sure seemed like someone would for a few minutes.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0409.jpgIMG_0409Clive at one of the many picnic shelters on the Confederation Trail.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0404.jpgIMG_0404Clive contentedly pedals the Confederation Trail.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0413.jpgIMG_0413Some of the spectacular views along the Confederation Trail in Prince Edward Island.2016-07-20T23:23:15+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/07/18/campground-culture-and-customs/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0402.jpgIMG_0402The operator of Jellystone Campground in Borden, P.E.I. gives some of the kids a ride in his makeshift train made from old rain barrels.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0384.jpgIMG_0384A converted bus pulled into the Parasol Camping grounds in Shediac, N.B. while we were there.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0345.jpgIMG_0345About 20 campers gather around the fire to socialize and keep the bugs at bay.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0342.jpgIMG_0342Tents are often stuck in a corner at private campgrounds. The little yellow one is Grant's, the one beside the bike is Clive's while the one by the fence is Brody's. The best part about this location was we were able to keep our bikes and bags beneath the covered shelter during a wicked wind and rainstorm that night.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0340.jpgIMG_0340Recreational vehicle s are lined up as far as the eye can see at a campground in Montmagny, Que., resembling an outdoor RV show.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0341.jpgIMG_0341Some private campgrounds across the country are bursting at the seams with a cornucopia of recreational vehicles of all types at this time of the year.2016-07-18T19:36:16+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/07/14/picture-potpourri-of-new-brunswick/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0399.jpgIMG_0399https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0391.jpgIMG_0391https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0387.jpgIMG_0387Clive had to visit the giant lobster that's on display in Shediac before leaving New Brunswick.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0382.jpgIMG_0382Bearen is still a puppy and will likely end up weighing about 200 pounds when he reaches adulthood.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0381.jpgIMG_0381... and if we looked to our right it was this view.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0380.jpgIMG_0380At our lunch top in Bouctouche, N.B., if we looked to our left we got this view ... https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0378.jpgIMG_0378Clive and Brody were persistent in their pursuit of clams while Grant stayed on shore.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0375.jpgIMG_0375https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0374.jpgIMG_0374The views of South Kouchibouguaac Bay from an area called Ryans near the campground.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0371.jpgIMG_03712016-07-15T14:19:06+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/07/08/hot-topics-or-not/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0357.jpgIMG_0357Our seventh province and fifth time zone!https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0359.jpgIMG_0359The so-called ski runs at Sugarloaf Provincial Park near Campbellton, N.B.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0362.jpgIMG_0362The winds off the Atlantic Ocean were blowing big time in Dalhousie, N.B., Thursday afternoon.2016-07-09T14:20:51+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/07/04/the-joys-of-dirtbagging/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p1040372.jpgP1040372Brody's makeshift shelter from the wind.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p1040369.jpgP1040369The wind grabs ahold of Brody's tarp and bike.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p1040356.jpgP1040356Brody's bike parked alongside a fence on Highway 5A between Merritt and Kamloops way back in May.2016-07-05T16:49:28+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/07/03/pictures-from-quebec/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0337.jpgIMG_0337A long view of the bistro we had lunch at. The restoration and the upkeep of the old buildings, at least from the outside, is spectacular. The one that had the worst wear and tear, the Banque Nationale, was likely built in the 1960s or ’70s. Its sooty cement walls were unsightly compared to all the glorious old ones.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0353.jpgIMG_0353Canada Day fireworks in Montmagny, Que.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0335.jpgIMG_0335Clive and Brody at the gates to Quebec's Old City.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0334.jpgIMG_0334He also had a peak at what the British had to climb to reach the Plains of Abraham.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0326.jpgIMG_0326Brody surveys the Plains of Abraham.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0343.jpgIMG_0343The sun about to set on the St. Lawrence River just before the Canada Day fireworks at Montmagny, Que.2016-07-03T21:42:26+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/06/28/shoulder-healing/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0325.jpgIMG_0325Brody utilized an oversized chair wood sculpture to dry his tenting gear during a lunch break Tuesday following a severe thunderstorm at Joliette, Que., on Monday eveninghttps://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0324.jpgIMG_0324https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0323.jpgIMG_0323The nail that went right through Grant's back tire. His mechanical support team (I'm kidding) work on the repairhttps://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0321.jpgIMG_0321Leaving Parliament Hill behind on Sunday2016-06-29T01:28:20+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/06/24/brodys-debut-blog/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0297.jpgIMG_0297Brody has passed many a resting hour in picnic shelters playing his concertina.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0299.jpgIMG_0299Clive can't quite believe a concrete screw went right through his tire and tube and even took a small chunk out of his rim. But he managed to change it in the middle of a busy Bank Street in Downtown Ottawa.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0301.jpgIMG_0301Henry Clive Granger's Uncle Brody and Granddad at Parliament Hill.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0306.jpgIMG_0306Brody's back and he's relaxing by the Rideau Canal and writing his first blog contribution.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0308.jpgIMG_0308https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0311.jpgIMG_0311https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0315.jpgIMG_0315https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0316.jpgIMG_03162016-07-02T16:00:37+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/06/24/410/2016-06-24T16:10:20+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/06/21/boy-oh-boy-its-another-boy/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0295.jpgIMG_0295At the Morning Mist Resort outside Stonecliff, Ont., Brody and Clive hoist a toast to becoming an uncle and a grandfather with the birth of Henry Clive Granger, six pounds 12 ounces, in Halifax on Monday.2016-06-24T00:59:20+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/06/18/the-soo-to-sudbury/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/centennial-park.jpgcentennial parkOur camping spot at Centennial Park campground in Greater Sudbury beside the Vermilion River on Friday night.2016-06-19T01:50:02+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/06/15/cycling-through-the-twilight-zone/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0293.jpgIMG_0293The historic locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., connecting Lake Superior to Lake Huron. Although not in this picture, Michigan is just across the water.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0290.jpgIMG_0290Making dinner at Agawa Bay required Clive to wear a mesh net hat to keep the bugs out of his face.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0285.jpgIMG_0285Picking up sticks to fire up Clive's little cooker for dinner at Agawa Bay Provincial Park campground.2016-06-15T21:32:38+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/06/11/pedalling-partners/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0277.jpgIMG_0277Blaine and Dave just before we broke camp at Penn Lake Campground in Marathon, Ont., on Saturday.2016-06-12T01:51:28+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/06/08/halfway-highlights-part-deux/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0270.jpgIMG_0270https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0269.jpgIMG_0269https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/tbay-kit.jpgTBay kitShowing off my brand new FRF kit. Nice stuff, although I'm sure I'll get grief about wearing old runners and not clips. Even bought black and aqua socks to match.2016-06-10T17:48:54+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/06/07/halfway-highlights/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0267.jpgIMG_0267https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0268.jpgIMG_0268Our campground site at Savanne River Resorthttps://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0266.jpgIMG_0266https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3284.jpgIMG_3284Anne-Marie overseashttps://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3578.jpgIMG_3578Linda, Anne-Marie and Auntie Ruth enjoying lunch in the sunshine at Butchart Gardens in Victoria while Clive and I were soaked riding through Northwestern Ontario.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0099.jpgIMG_0099Clive at Kakabecka Falls about 30 km west of Thunder Bay. It was kicking up a storm with all the rain the area's been having.2016-06-08T02:24:04+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/06/04/harvest-ing-a-great-canadian/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0246.jpgIMG_0246https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0249.jpgIMG_0249David Northcott talks to a volunteer in the bread room area of Winnipeg Harvest.2016-06-05T21:03:47+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/06/03/best-buddy/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0254.jpgIMG_0254Brody arrives at midnight in Winnipeg all ready to roll. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to roll as far as he wanted.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0260.jpgIMG_0260Four bucks for a bag of live minnows or night crawlers.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0261.jpgIMG_0261Clive finally sets foot in Ontario at age 57.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0263.jpgIMG_0263The view from across from our campsitehttps://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0264.jpgIMG_0264https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0265.jpgIMG_02652016-06-03T23:21:30+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/05/29/producing-by-the-pair/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0639.jpgIMG_0639Clive, Barb and Grant in Warren just before we set off for Winnipeg.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/13239190_10154277148207009_827743376969846620_n.jpg13239190_10154277148207009_827743376969846620_nBrody tests out his knee in St. Albert.2016-05-30T17:18:14+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/05/26/the-bob-and-margaret-show/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-05-26-13-57-30.jpg2016-05-26 13.57.30Charlie, with Marg's help, tries to seek out fish to chase.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-05-26-13-57-14.jpg2016-05-26 13.57.14https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-05-26-13-56-58.jpg2016-05-26 13.56.58The view of Clear Lake from the Wishing Well area of Riding Mountain National Park.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-05-26-13-54-29.jpg2016-05-26 13.54.29Bob, Marg and Clivehttps://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-05-24-16-37-15.jpg2016-05-24 16.37.15With Marg's help, Clive pulls a tick out of his leg.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-05-23-14-01-54-1.jpg2016-05-23 14.01.54-1Five to go.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-05-23-13-55-45.jpg2016-05-23 13.55.45Three provinces down ...2016-05-27T03:32:23+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/05/22/our-auntie-ruth/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0222.jpgIMG_0222The flags whipping in the wind at the Wynyard Co-op Saturday. It was those gale-force winds Clive and Grant battled for more than eight hours.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2905.jpgIMG_2905Auntie Ruth with daughters Linda, left, and Anne-Marie.2016-05-24T02:41:26+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/05/20/the-gossen-gang/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0065-2.jpgDSC_0065 (2)The Gossen Gang in all its glory.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/002.jpg002The matriarch and patriarch of The Gossen Gang, Linda and Gerry.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/002-2.jpg002 2Grant and Clive about to leave the Gossen abode after two good nights of sleep and one fantastic day of visiting!2016-05-22T18:34:54+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/05/19/the-wicked-winds-of-saskatchewan/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0218.jpgIMG_0218Granny and Grandpa's home in Radissonhttps://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0217.jpgIMG_0217Aunt Ruth's home on Main Street in Radissonhttps://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0214.jpgIMG_0214Lunch under the trees in the tiny town of Paynter, Saskatchewan on Monday (May 16)2016-05-20T03:32:39+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/05/15/living-in-limbo/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0212.jpgIMG_0212The Ukrainian Easter Egg weathervane at Vegreville.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0207.jpgIMG_0207Ian and Clivehttps://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0206.jpgIMG_0206Rosamond and Matthew partake of Brian Menegozzo's cooking. As you can tell by the plates it was delicious2016-05-16T04:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/05/15/meet-the-menegozzos/2016-05-16T05:02:10+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/05/10/riding-the-dream/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0202.jpgIMG_0202https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0201.jpgIMG_0201Reaching to so-called summit at Obedhttps://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_01991.jpgIMG_0199It was a moody exit from the mountains. But still spectacular.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0199.jpgIMG_0199https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/elk.jpgelkGratuitous wildlife shot. This one of four elk, which I hope you can make out since I didn't want to get too close, at Whistlers Campsite near Jasper.2016-05-14T17:47:19+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/05/08/reaching-the-rockies/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0196.jpgIMG_0196https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0186.jpgIMG_0186Majestic Moose Lake in B.C.'s Mhttps://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0193.jpgIMG_0193We're not longer Alberta Bound, we're there! Only seven more provinces to go!https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0190.jpgIMG_0190We're no longer Alberta Bound, we're there. One down, seven provinces to go.2016-05-11T02:08:35+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/05/06/suffering-and-surprises/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0185-2.jpgIMG_0185 2The view from the porch at the Tête Jaune Cache Lodge restaurant.https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0183.jpgIMG_0183Kinder Morgan and Clive at Dominion Creek.2016-05-11T18:22:14+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/05/05/high-five-to-highway-5/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mountains.jpgmountainsThe Columbia Mountains loom large over Blue Riverhttps://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0179.jpgIMG_0179The North Thompson flows freely along.2016-05-06T04:37:05+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/05/04/126/2016-05-05T14:06:21+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/05/03/day-4/2016-05-04T12:35:00+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/05/02/day-3-on-wounded-knee/2016-05-03T19:30:14+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/05/01/day-2-hope-the-coq-and-diet-coke/2016-05-02T17:18:17+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/04/30/day-1-sunshine-and-hope/2016-05-01T04:14:22+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/2016/04/29/time-to-push-some-pedals/2016-04-30T14:17:57+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.com/about/2016-04-21T05:23:27+00:00weekly0.6https://cliveclancycles.com/2016/04/14/our-journey/https://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/clive.jpgCliveClivehttps://cliveclancycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/brody.jpgBrodyBrody2016-04-21T05:20:18+00:00monthlyhttps://cliveclancycles.comdaily1.02016-07-26T14:24:08+00:00