2007 A Year in Review, By Sam Vekemans

A Year in Review

By Sam Vekemans

I went from
January
-California New Years,
-learning about environtment
-thinking about idea
www.custompropertymaintenance.com/canadarideforclimate
Mississauga, finalizing the last bit of work thinking about going

February
www.candarideforclimate.com
-Made the decision to Bike Across Canada
-Planning figuring out details

March
http://canadarideforclimate.blogspot.com
-Equipment Lists
-Felix the Bear (actually later named Jim R. Bear)
http://www.youtube.com/nothisnameisnottaken
http://wwfcentral.ca/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?&pid=455&srcid=380&frsid=5596
-training rides (waterfront trail)

April
www.wwfcanada CN Tower Stair Climb
-equipment
-Felix is BAC for Environement
-Google Maps - bike shops across canada
-Berlin D. Bear get T-shirts
-ride t-shirt made
-group training ride waterfront trail with some gear
-bike suped up


May
www.facebook.com email notes
www.myspace.com/samvekemans
-Bike trip starts
-Port Renfrew to White Rock, BC
www.flickr.com/photos/canadarideforclimate

June
-White Rock BC to Cranbrook, BC

July
Biked from Cranbrook to Regina Saskatchewan
-many many many photos

August
In Belfast, droped bike in storage
-Berlin - Wedding
-named bear
-Family time
-Biked Giants causeway

September
-Biked Co. Clair
-took tonnes of photos
-mapped the route on GPS (not posted yet)

October
-Biked Co. Galway
-mapped out route
http://VirtualBikeRideforwwfcanada.Blogspot.com
-Started updating my canada trip www.crazyguyonabike.com/samvekemans

November
-Biked Co. Mayo
-mapped out route, and collected many many town information
-created http://irelandrideforclimate.blogspot.com
-Changed my Canada For Climate trip as Biking Western Canada. (as next time the route will be different, so i'll do the whole thing again, but diffrently)

December
Created http://AcrossCanadaTrails.blogspot.com
-Created the AcrossCanada Trails GPS Map which i wanted todo since i started.
-Updating and editing and refining this GPS Map
-Starting planning for next years ride

That covers a lowdown of the adventures of Sam for 2007. I still dont have a home, and still traveling, life is to short and the world is to big to go undiscovered.

Happy New Year,
Sam