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City Hall Vancouver to City Hall Halifax. Sounds simple enough. To actually get there, then return with a group of people, two vehicles, cycling equipment and all the other nuts and bolts required, is no small task.

First was the planning. How many people would actually go? How many would drive to Vancouver and who would have to fly? How much food would be required? Where to stay or park each night? Could we use all the roads we wanted to? And the questions just went on and on!

The actual route was chosen by me, based mainly on distance. There was a fairly long process of verifying access to our chosen route. Joe was instrumental in this process. He sent letters to police detachments all along the course providing details of our plans. It was this preparation, I believe, which allowed us to cross the total 6000 kilometres without once being stopped or questioned. This had been a source of some delay and irritation for others on similar rides.

Joe also did meticulous planning for camp sites and stop-overs. This was difficult since, despite our plans, there was no guarantee of where we would actually be on any given day. This being the case, Joe got information from every province on everything that was available on our route.

Lisa and Joe planned all the other necessities for the motor home -- knives, forks, Kleenex, soap, and on and on. To our great relief, a sponsor was found for our non-perishable food, the Metro in Chelmsford, who proved more than generous in their support. Then pack it all in the motor home which would be bursting at the seams with all the extra equipment for this undertaking. To their great credit, no one was injured by flying objects from overstuffed cupboards, verifying their excellent work.

Additional sponsorship from Coca Cola provided us with soft drinks. Again, no small item when you consider eight people who are constantly trying to stay awake and sleeping only a few hours a night.

Additional perishable foods would be purchased en route as required.

Rick and Pelmorex set up the communication link which would allow Rick to have constant contact home.

There was more, of course. The nuts and bolts so to speak. Everyone on the crew, plus many others, had a part in the preparation to simply move the entire group across the country.