tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39357747955113756582023-11-16T02:56:45.487-08:00SAD no more 2010 Canadian TourDr. Ted Jablonski will run, cycle and speak across Canada in the fall of 2010, raising awareness of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and inspiring action for its effective management
http://www.sadnomore.ca/dr jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454866941574714080noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935774795511375658.post-19456435432906314052010-11-03T13:14:00.000-07:002010-11-03T14:19:43.717-07:00THIS IS IT - the FINAL BLOG of the SAD no more CANADIAN TOUR 2010<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>After 99 days on the road - we are heading back to Calgary today to complete the final short leg of this long journey</b></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This has been an extremely intense time for both of us. Not to say that we weren’t doing what we loved to do BUT this was not a holiday. We worked hard mentally and physically and there will be a let down after it all finally hits. We completed 7608 road kilometers, some 40 presentations with much media work throughout. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Successfully running and cycling across the country will not just go down as a “check-mark on a bucket list”. This tour has changed my life, not in an earth shattering way, but in a subtle yet very pervasive way. The challenges of overcoming mental illness discrimination and stigma will now haunt me and force me into action in the future. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So what now? Everyone keeps asking. Well........life will go on, it always does. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Given that I am moving my practice from one clinic to another will be enough to keep me very occupied and busy for months. I really doubt there will be any idle time. I need to get back to a little songwriting and playing. Regular exercise is non-negotiable and has become entrenched in my life and will definitely continue. Even with SAD I am looking forward to this winter to do a few projects which I have had time to think about throughout this tour. Awareness to action can be a motto for more than the SAD no more tour. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Monique keeps telling everyone that she will be semi-retired by 2011. Compared to all the work that has been done before and during this tour – an 80-hour a week job would probably seem like semi-retirement. A lot of her medical admin work when I was at my previous clinic will now be fully taken care of by the new clinic so in many ways this should free up a lot of time for her to pursue all the things she loves to do which have been pushed aside in the past year. An exercise program, neglected reading and the prospect of a lot of creative gardening in Kelowna next spring and summer will easily fill the hours.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Will there be further tours in the future? If you ask Monique, she will say it will have to be with my 2nd wife as she is not interested. Have we become ardent RV-ers after all the time in the SUNshine Beast? - not really. While it was exceedingly effective, efficient and convenient during the tour, we are not convinced that this would be a mode of travel and adventure in our futures. If we knew before what we know now, would we do it again? no hesitation - YES! Was the tour successful? - you be the judge. We accomplished our mission. Hopefully the Canadian medical and mental health community and the Canadian public has been brought up to date about SAD and this awareness has led to action, a positive change. <br />
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Thanks again to everyone involved in any way with this tour - whether it was someone just looking at the website to our major sponsors and everything in between. We have met so many great people right across the country who we will hopefully keep in touch with. There are so many people doing important work in the mental health arena and to them I offer my greatest admiration and thanks. These are the people who have inspired me and I am grateful for them. Hopefully I have thanked everyone appropriately in my previous blogs. I can never thank Monique enough for everything she has done, her support was unwavering, her work meticulous and organized and her commitment far beyond what anyone could ask for. <br />
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To anyone suffering from depression or SAD, there are so many treatment options in 2010 - use them and use them as aggressively as possible. You don't have to suffer in silence. If you have not sought professional help and guidance - you need to now! If you are already diagnosed, procrastination is not a viable treatment option, use as many therapies as possible which can include combinations of things, whether it be anti-depressant medications, lifestyle changes of a regular exercise program and a healthy diet, (early morning bright light therapy if you have SAD), alternative and complementary therapies such as omega 3 fatty fish oils (1000 mg a day total), and counselling (CBT). Don't forget to keep doing the things that you love and that make you laugh - socializing with friends, doing your hobbies, going on vacations EVEN if you don't feel like doing it. Mood disorders make all these life-giving activities seem like far too much effort, but take that first step and do them. By doing "normal" activities you will start to feel more normal and every bit helps. So even if you feel like "a faker" or that you're just "going through the motions" - you may have to do this at first until the mood elevates enough to start to make you feel a bit better so that you actually have the energy and motivation to do the activities that you enjoy.<br />
Learn more about depression and mental illness - there's so much good information out there if you look. The references posted on the www.SADnomore.ca website are a good place to start. <br />
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So there it is, I have given it my best efforts - physically and mentally<br />
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Together we can be SAD no more<br />
Ted Jablonski<br />
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dr jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454866941574714080noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935774795511375658.post-30030282907641745622010-11-02T11:11:00.000-07:002010-11-02T11:11:21.332-07:00Edging to Edmonton, can almost see Edgemont<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNeF-8iqGPbwuTIEyuz7H6DpEiDgJ9NUWBjgM6QMtVpy4_ioW3tjtKW5E8TZYP4yiHILKkiBkFQc2An9PSuGfuwneKx66mJkibyPDoyOdYMGH9Lv-7oXH9qLudOj_SOqR5Nvp8xL0a8C8/s1600/IMG_9642.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNeF-8iqGPbwuTIEyuz7H6DpEiDgJ9NUWBjgM6QMtVpy4_ioW3tjtKW5E8TZYP4yiHILKkiBkFQc2An9PSuGfuwneKx66mJkibyPDoyOdYMGH9Lv-7oXH9qLudOj_SOqR5Nvp8xL0a8C8/s400/IMG_9642.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Post SNM Tour Day #16</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A short "snap shot" blog today</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Heading into Alberta once again and ever closer to home. There still is a bit of work to be done, we're not done quite yet. Our time was well spent in Saskatoon with a successful media blitz and good solid educational sessions. We're hoping we can have a similar reception in Edmonton. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It was great to see Tom again and fill him in on some of the things that have happened since he was on tour from Calgary to Regina in what seems like a lifetime ago. I can't believe what a Riders fan he has become - he almost started crying when they lost their last game making it 4 losses in a row. I guess that's what happens when you move from MB to SK - you go from blue to green. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It's amazing how few photos we're taking on the way back. Travelling at a snail's pace you see so much more, the subtlety of the landscape, sky and clouds. Travelling at "regular" highway speeds, we are so much more particular about whether it is worth slowing down or stopping to eliminate a blurry foreground. We are disregarding more than we are taking (interesting isn't it!). Going slower you can shoot photos without slowing down or stopping, perhaps this is an explanation, perhaps it's just an excuse. We are still on the road while this blogging is going on so we still have time to change this sentiment.<br />
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<b>There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. </b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Ansel Adams</i><br />
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<b>The goal is not to change your subjects, but for the subject to change the photographer.</b> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Author Unknown</i><br />
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</div>dr jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454866941574714080noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935774795511375658.post-75536838619897001242010-11-01T08:04:00.000-07:002010-11-02T08:20:49.434-07:00Sure we're Staying (not Stranded) in Sunny (Still Snow on the ground) Saskatoon Saskatchewan<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Krusz6z3Fa8_BuPjB6BUl7QOg-DtzH8Ta7nplhInZi4ZJQQFEoseD6QbHfbdpSWyP9TMIFXospbDBBI9bCXeY-xPUpNZxC-kcpAIbKTM1oA3N_yjfTBgzjSwFHk28oEn12kBcUbDAn-i/s1600/IMG_9539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Krusz6z3Fa8_BuPjB6BUl7QOg-DtzH8Ta7nplhInZi4ZJQQFEoseD6QbHfbdpSWyP9TMIFXospbDBBI9bCXeY-xPUpNZxC-kcpAIbKTM1oA3N_yjfTBgzjSwFHk28oEn12kBcUbDAn-i/s400/IMG_9539.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Post SNM Tour Day #15</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We are in our final week at this point with only a few talks, days, kms yet to do. There is still snow on the ground in Saskatoon after their small blizzard last week so it really does feel like winter has descended upon this part of the country. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It's November and for anyone who suffers from SAD time to put all your therapies in place - not just think about them, do them!! Remember SAD LAMP. The S stands for schedule and the schedule starts this month, really right now! And the second message of the tour was start treatment NOW. As I've said in many of my talks, procrastinator's win with SAD but you may have to live through 6 or months of misery to get there - no one needs to suffer this long with depression when treatment is available (the rest of SAD LAMP - see blog from 2 days ago). </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I have two presentations here in Saskatoon today, a public forum sponsored by the local CMHA and an event for physicians in the evening. We have sent all media releases already and will push a little more. One of the radio stations has already completed an interview and hopefully this will start the ball rolling. Discussions about SAD are timely right now so the messaging of the tour really is newsworthy, just need to convince a few other people.<br />
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Post SNM Tour Day #14</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes it’s already been 2 weeks since we finished off in St John’s NL – where does the time go?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So we had an early start today after a late night and we’re off to SK. Blogging early today as the temperature is 0, it’s overcast but not snowing and the roads are clear so if it is officially posted maybe it won’t change...here’s hoping.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It’s Oct 31 - HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! – this is probably the only day of the year that we can actually wear full SAD no more gear and fit right in. Nobody would even take a second look at us with our “costumes”. I’m feeling very ORANGE today! Great trick or treating to all – young and old.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The party last night was a lot of fun. The food (multicultural, heavy on the Polish) was scrumptious and never-ending. There was a Baba/Babcia quiz hosted by John “Schmenge” Ploszay which was a hilarious mix of fact and fiction. John’s sense of humour has always been playful, quick witted, zany and heavy on the improv – he is a stand-up tour de force that would do SCTV proud. We didn’t need John Candy or Eugene Levy last night, John was “in the house” (where else would he be – it’s his home). Thanks to Mag and Jackie who did most of the work while he was goofing off. Thanks also to my aunts, Jean and Joan, for all the great food (and thoughts and prayers). I must say that I have felt greatly supported by my Winnipeg family. This understanding and acceptance did not go unnoticed.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John was in the midst of putting bamboo flooring in his living room and one thing led to another and all of sudden we were painting SAD no more on his bare sub-floor and signing with felt pens. If ever someone takes the floor off, say in 50 years from now – what will they think??<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tour Day Sponsor are Ken and Laurie Walus – thanks so much for the support and encouragement, and as we head to Saskatoon to visit Tom (Ken’s brother) this is more than fitting. Laurie asked for the “2 minute” explanation of SAD – as she is a medical professional she got an earful...can’t just turn off the awareness campaign just yet! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So again, instead of Random quotes let’s give you something a little different on the final Sunday of the tour. Here’s a list of things which may have been understated in the blog - the insider’s report or the answer to the much asked question... </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u><b>Easiest Day</b></u> – While there were rest days scattered throughout – the easiest day on the road was the last day when the final 16 kms were done in what seemed like a few minutes. It was fast, effortless and purely glorious. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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2. Going against a steady headwind in and around Broadview SK – soul sucking!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">3. The accumulation of all the days North of Lake Superior – for the 1<sup>st</sup> and only time in the tour I began to dread the unending hills at the end of the days.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4. The run on the second last day into the nastiest of headwinds almost made me walk, a feeling which I hadn’t had up to this point and made the steep ascent out of Merritt seem downright easy! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u><b>Weirdest thing in the ditch </b></u>– And believe me I saw a lot of weird things, BUT a full library collection of hard cover, large volume books on witchcraft and astrology found just outside of Fredericton – too bizarre!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u><b>Biggest Surprise (pleasant) </b></u>- only 2 flat tubes the entire trip and both occurred early on in BC. The tires were amazing and the bike was rock solid throughout.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u><b>Biggest surprise (shoulder shrugging)</b></u> was the general lack of cyclists seen for very long stretches (unfortunate, as it was always a great pleasure to meet an individual or a group touring across a province or the country).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u><b>Biggest Surprise (not so pleasant….)</b></u>- Tie between “black water” valve malfunction on RV and the complete lack of cell service in a few regions of the country no matter what cell phone carrier you had. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u><b>Worst stretch of highway</b></u> – Excluding the construction just outside of Thunder Bay ON (the only time I needed to ride my hybrid bike to keep going), the list of spots is rather long but the highway outside of Renfrew ON probably ranked as worst.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u><b>“Closest call” </b></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For Monique - just outside of Portage la Prairie MB when a semi-trailer almost ploughed into the back of the RV on a straight and flat (no kidding) stretch of highway. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> For me – got “brushed” by a large RV in BC and got violently pushed/pulled and disappeared for a few seconds in a semi truck’s wet and very windy draft in NS</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>dr jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454866941574714080noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935774795511375658.post-16670445936563967382010-10-30T14:27:00.000-07:002010-10-30T15:44:04.544-07:00The Tour is STONEWALLED - but the PARTY MUST GO ON!!!<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Post SNM Tour Day #13</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This honestly will be a short blog today. We got into Ste. Agathe last night in reasonable shape after dodging the threat of snow and more than a few deer bouncing across the highway. It was nice to have a visit albeit briefly with Monique's family and share a few "on the road" tales. A mini-celebratory event, but it was nice!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This morning the Sunshine Beast was put to rest as an RV, that is, it was officially winterized before we got any temperatures below zero, thanks to Emmanuel for this. Now the RV just becomes a vehicle, no more sleeps, no more meals, no more..... (I'll stop right there).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We met with B+B once again this morning and completed the educational part of the video. All went very smoothly...probably because Barb was there. With her at the helm of the control center, the shoot was a breeze. Of course having "the pros" there (Byrnes and myself of course, director and talent) how could it have gone otherwise? Well let me tell you - when it comes to anything technical, no matter how prepared and how experienced you are, the unexpected usually becomes the expected and "if something could possibly go wrong with this" scenario commonly becomes reality. All this to say, after any successful video shoot, you are very, very grateful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It was great to see Barb and Byrnes again after there time with us on tour from Winnipeg to Thunder Bay. We had a lot of stories for them, little things not worthy of being blogged about, but which have meaning to anyone who has been with us in the RV for any length of time. Insider jokes, "malfunctions", all the silly little things that we will likely forget in a few months. I can't wait to see the completed versions of the video with the full educational component and the video footage from St John's. It should be a nice visual summation of the entire tour - education with a bit of motivation, like awareness to action. Where have I heard this before?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It's cold in Winnipeg...am I surprised?? There has already been a blizzard in SK so I guess from this point onward we are headed from fall into winter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Tour Day Sponsor today is my mom! She has been so very supportive throughout the tour as she has been all my life. Gina (read the blog when we were in Fort Frances) had mentioned the other day that she had always been impressed with my tenacity to set a goal and not stop working until it was completed. Her comment was that "someone must have told you sometime in your life that you could do anything you wanted to do". She was absolutely correct and that person was my mother. She has always been there, and in her own quiet way a true cheerleader. She has always challenged me to do more, to do it better, to do it with the highest ethical standard and to pursue my dreams - and I certainly have tried! Thanks mom for everything for all these years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Now off to John and Kerri-Jo's for a family party in Stonewall Manitoba. This should be a lot of fun and a chance to touch base with my side of the family, many of whom have been very encouraging and supportive of the tour. For this I thank them in this blog and will do so in person tonight! </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Random Quotes of the Day</b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Everyone thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing themselves</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There can be no happiness if the things we believe are different from the things we do</span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Post SNM Tour day #12</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Started the day with media work – a radio interview for upcoming Saskatoon talk and then a nice invigorating run – a great way to start any day! Thereafter I spoke at a public forum hosted by the CMHA in Fort Frances and had a wonderful time. After that, right back on the road to Winnipeg. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You can never go back in time, but today was as close as it gets. I worked in Fort Frances Ontario for 11 years and have so many, many fond memories. I worked extremely hard medically and played very hard in the arts world. How many concerts promoted? How many community theatre plays done? This was a very busy and productive time in my life (OK so I guess things really haven’t changed that much in my life). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3ZANtQ95Qwpak1H92CdQJq-4NUlD2AL31C4XXFhHBXA5FtjrbD6zj8l5SqJoz49T9FBzpqnaa_YjOLl_gaqlMB2r5UrbganyxAKHIMEklLaGdacEsF5oBQETLLSR_i5CUFRT2Pcom9Hw/s1600/IMG_9299.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3ZANtQ95Qwpak1H92CdQJq-4NUlD2AL31C4XXFhHBXA5FtjrbD6zj8l5SqJoz49T9FBzpqnaa_YjOLl_gaqlMB2r5UrbganyxAKHIMEklLaGdacEsF5oBQETLLSR_i5CUFRT2Pcom9Hw/s320/IMG_9299.JPG" width="202" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My previous nurse (notice I didn't say my old nurse) - Frieda is still looking absolutely great and was wonderful to see her again.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There were so many familiar faces today and it was such a pleasure to see so many old friends, medical colleagues from the hospital and clinic and many previous patients to share a quick hug and story. So many names I have forgotten, but the flood of memories that came back when the connection was made was huge! So many of the details I instantly remembered as if it were only yesterday. Certainly everything has moved ahead more than a decade but I can honestly say that the vast majority of people looked almost identical to when I left, seemingly not aging at all (really!) </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A big thanks to Gina and Cam who hosted us while we were in Fort Frances. We have known them for many, many years and spending time with them always has a welcoming, casual, familiar feeling just like family. They graciously allowed us time to do the never ending business things (even so late in the tour) and we had a great visit catching up on each others lives. Gina’s an Italian mama so you can imagine I didn’t starve during this visit – I HAD to run to burn off at least some of the calories! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnytQGtSMVkZwWX0_fXCMU2KBGMC9zAQiW8w_1ECSiUsYsmRzY_CrutTsplhlbAt1X_jGkVh_hzsvVDpoZhR1PR3cPwKfc-x0eWp-Hi_ZIAiJxqVck4agTWvybPykvzOGddA6HEcPCk_s0/s1600/IMG_9302.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnytQGtSMVkZwWX0_fXCMU2KBGMC9zAQiW8w_1ECSiUsYsmRzY_CrutTsplhlbAt1X_jGkVh_hzsvVDpoZhR1PR3cPwKfc-x0eWp-Hi_ZIAiJxqVck4agTWvybPykvzOGddA6HEcPCk_s0/s320/IMG_9302.JPG" width="286" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> (I know, I know...I look like Cam and Gina's little kid - their real son is twice as big as me).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It was a great education day so as the tour winds down – it's time for a bit of education on this blog. I’m running out of blogging days so let’s get some good solid information down in print as this is an awareness campaign you know. The education piece will replace the Random Quote of the Day, or perhaps it can be viewed AS the quote of the day.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here’s some of the actual text that will be used in the tour educational video which we will be completing tomorrow in Winnipeg. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>The SAD no more CANADIAN TOUR 2010 was created to raise awareness about this form of depression because it is poorly understood and not adequately treated. </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>The key messages of the tour were </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin-left: 18pt;"><b> 1. If you think you have SAD seek professional help and get diagnosed or </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin-left: 18pt;"><b> If you know someone who might have SAD encourage them to do likewise</b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><b>2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Start treatment now</b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><b>3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Learn more about SAD</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>So here’s some important information about Seasonal Affective Disorder</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>SAD is a recurring form of depression which comes in the fall and winter and gets better in the spring and summer. The hallmarks of this type of depression are low mood, food cravings and weight gain, low energy and increased sleep – just think of a hibernating bear . SAD effects approximately 3% of our population or about 1 million Canadians. It is common in our country because of our northern latitude which is associated with a distinct shortening of the light cycle during the winter season. </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>While many people complain of the “winter blues”, SAD is a diagnosable depression which can be quite severe and which demands treatment. I have found personally and professionally that a timely combination of therapies can be very effective in treating this common mental illness. </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Let me tell you about </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>SAD LAMP a mneumonic which I have devised which explains how Seasonal Affective Disorder can be effectively treated. </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>S stands for scheduled, meaning that we can anticipate and schedule our treatment to start in the fall before the onset of the depression</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>AD stands for anti-depressant medications.. As this is a true depression, medications can be indicated if the severity falls within a moderate to severe range. While many anti depressants can be effective, the ones which are less sedating and cause less appetite enhancement are probably better choices</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
<b>L stands for light therapy, lifestyle changes which include regular exercise and a healthy well balanced diet, encouragement to keep doing the things that you love, and make you laugh. The most effective light therapy consist s of using a bright light unit in the early morning for 30 minutes with your eyes open. </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
<b>AM stands for alternative medication. Within the alternative and complementary therapies, omega 3 fatty fish oils have been found to be an effective add on. Vit D supplementation through the fall and winter may be useful for many Canadians although its effects on depression nave not been established yet. </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
<b>P stands for psychologist or counseling particularly involving Cognitive Behavioural therapy or CBT. </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Remember SAD LAMP a simple and effective way to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder. I use this combination myself and I have never felt better. </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Tour Day Sponsor is Brian Hunter for the final time – his support has been much appreciated. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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POST SNM Tour Day #11</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">May not be able to post photos until much later today– we have turned our cells off and no internet until we get back into Ontario.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Extremely short blog today – </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We have gone viral, off the grid, gone underground………….what we’ve really done is to go into the US in an attempt to save a little time from the Soo to the Fort, that is from Sault Ste. Marie to Fort Frances NW Ont. So the SAD no more CANADIAN Tour goes international, taking it to the Americans if only for the day. Maybe the 2011 or 2012 tour will involve the Northern States (just kidding – another tour might induce the quickest divorce proceedings ever seen)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The winds were extremely gusty today and we saw a fair bit of snow on the ground from Superior to Duluth. I guess it truly is the time of year. By the time we got to Canada there was no snow to be seen - great!! Growing up in Winnipeg, we could be trick or treating on Halloween on green grass, albeit cold green grass or trudging through snowdrifts – every year was a bit of a surprise! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After all the very long hours on the roads over the past 2 months it was a bit weird to see the signs in miles and gasoline in $/gallons - $2.81 - $2.99 on the signs (that a 10% difference over 3 states - wow). Thankfully the Canadian dollar is as high as it is. Rural USA seemed to have a bit better highways for the majority of time – there were certainly some stretches which were rough, they struggle with winter just as much as we do. A lot of very small towns along our route through northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. We can add 3 states to the 10 provinces – but I am not going to post American quizzes. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So why Fort Frances? I worked there for 11 years in the past and they really wanted me to speak there. I’ve been back a few times over the years usually passing through and it’s always great to touch base with all the people who still live there. So that’s why we are veering off the major highways and taking a back door route. We’ve seen and experienced North of Lake Superior so now we get to see the south of Lake Superior. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tour Day Sponsor is Robert Hobbs, thanks again for your kind support and encouragement. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy</b> </div><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John Updike</i><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Post SNM Tour day #10</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">We literally blew out of Sudbury and bounced our way down the highway to Sault Ste. Marie. The Sunshine beast was pushed and pulled by the wind gusts and it was a white knuckle kind of ride keeping it on the road (and out of the ditch). The news quoted winds gusting up to 90 kms today - would certainly have been "interesting" if I was doing highway mileage on the bike today. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Thanks to Bob and Tammy once again for their welcoming hospitality. Even though our visit was short, it was full of great food and chatter. It was really great to see them both again and discuss all that has happened since our last visit. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I am looking forward to the presentation in Sault Ste Marie this evening - it is the ongoing educational events that "keep us going" through the many hours of long distance driving. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I've been trying to get in some exercise every day now and it is a pure joy to go out for a nice run without any concern re time/distance etc. When we get back to Calgary hopefully I can return to a more consistent routine. In the last few years I have learnt that exercise is an integral part of my mental as well as physical health. Although a regimented routine may sound boring, it is the best way to keep on track as it doesn't allow the busy-ness and "random excuse" of the day to get the upper hand. It is always far too easy to find a reason why today is not a good day to get some exercise. Sound familiar??</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">We all struggle with similar issues, the difference is that some of us are a little more stubborn than others. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Tour Day Sponsor is Brian Hunter, thanks again for you support.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Newfoundland </b>- friendliness and hospitality (honorable mention – the trail walk through the Battery in St John’s) / NOT the weather</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Nova Scotia </b>– Halifax (honorable mention – park staff at Bruce and Munroes Island Provincial Park) / NOT McLobster</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>New Brunswick</b> – best Trans Canada highway (honorable mention – Hopewell Rocks) / NOT the media attention</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>PEI </b>– Cavendish beach (honorable mention “the DUNES”) / NOT COWS (because it was closed!)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Quebec</b> – La Route Verte (honorable mention Hudson) / NOT the traffic in Montreal</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ontario</b> – North of Lake Superior (honorable mentions – the Terry Fox monument and the Leland laudromat in Thunder Bay) / NOT the treacherous highway</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Manitoba</b> – family (honorable mention family)/ NOT the semi-truck drivers (exception family member semi-truck drivers)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saskatchewan</b> – SNM tour matching daisies along highway (honorable mention - deserted campgrounds)/ NOT cell phone reception</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Alberta</b> – The Rocky Mountains (honorable mention - HOME and of course Alberta Beef) / NOT the short distance to get across - we all need just a little more Alberta!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>British Columbia</b> - Okanagan valley (honorable mention – the Atwells / Cowichan Lake) / NOT the ubiquitous highway construction </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Post SNM Tour #9</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you are open to it - you can learn something new every day. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today I learnt that there is a thing called a "weather bomb' - when severe weather comes so quickly and dramatically that it hits a region just like a bomb. So as we were leaving Toronto on our way to Sudbury, we were listening to the news telling us that a weather bomb was going to hit the GTA, moving in from the Southwest with extreme high winds, torrential thunderstorms and even tornados. (I hope this has nothing to do with the city electing a new mayor yesterday). We are currently going north and away from the GTA and have seen nothing untoward so we will quietly sneak away in safety and continue our trek.<br />
We did see pretty hard rains as it got later in the day - maybe a firecracker's worth of weather.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Radio broadcaster Roger Currie from Regina did a follow-up interview with me this am. What a pleasure working with dedicated career media professionals. Roger is a real pro and it was a pleasure talking with him once again.<br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tour Day Sponsor is Brian Hunter - thanks again for all your support.<br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Random Quotes of the Day</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if if you generously consent to share them</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Albert Camus</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>It is a lot harder to keep people well than it is to just get them over a sickness</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>DeForest Clinton Jarvis </i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Post SNM Tour #9</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you are open to it - you can learn something new every day. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today I learnt that there is a thing called a "weather bomb' - when severe weather comes so quickly and dramatically that it hits a region just like a bomb. So as we were leaving Toronto on our way to Sudbury, we were listening to the news telling us that a weather bomb was going to hit the GTA, moving in from the Southwest with extreme high winds, torrential thunderstorms and even tornados. (I hope this has nothing to do with the city electing a new mayor yesterday). We are currently going north and away from the GTA and have seen nothing untoward so we will quietly sneak away in safety and continue our trek.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Had a very interesting presentation at Dr Michael Pare's Medical clinic at noon. Much talk about mental illness stigma, vit D, anti-depressants and light therapy - it was a good exchange of ideas and information. Dr Pare is a strong mental health advocate and speaks about stigma and discrimination to the public as well as medical communities (sound familiar?). There are many great people across our country which are like lights shining brightly in the wilderness. May my efforts add to their efforts and together we can slowly make changes in our communities which will eventually influence and change our entire nation!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Radio broadcaster Roger Currie from Regina did a follow-up interview with me this am. What a pleasure working with dedicated career media professionals. Roger is a real pro and it was a pleasure talking with him once again.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A great big thanks to Don and Cheryl. They really made us feel very comfortable and at home and treated us far too well. It was great to see you both again and to share a bit of your recent life - despite you being (very proud) grandparents, you don't really look that old - certainly much older than us, but not that old......<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Had a presentation this am as part of Durham College Mental Illness Awareness Campaign. It was great to see their initiative with many groups being present with booths in "vendor's hallway" - a very busy passageway leading to the Cafeteria. We were treated extremely well by the college and found all the people we dealt with to be very organized, efficient and a dream to work with. A special thanks to Margaret, Catherine and Mary Alice who was exceptional. The presentation was well received by the groups present which included students and faculty alike. All in all, Durham College should be proud of their professionalism and forward thinking. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The local media was well represented by the newspaper and television and I was able to sneak in a radio interview. I was interviewed by the executive producer of CHEX TV Dan Carter. He is a strong mental health advocate and spokesperson - what a difference this makes to a mental health awareness campaign interview!! His questions were insightful and pertinent and should make for a solid and informative news piece to air tonight. Thanks Dan for capturing part of this tour and for your commitment and involvement in decreasing mental illness stigma.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Post SNM Tour Day #7</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The shortest blog of all time. A blast from the past spending time with Don and Cheryl who we have known for quite a number of years since living in Fort Frances Ontario. We had a great meal at the restaurant where their son Steven is the executive chef - it was wonderful. We got a great insider tour of Durham College where Don is the President. It is great to see this college expanding, building and moving in the right direction. I was impressed with the breadth and scope of all the courses offered. Education is such an evolving art and in this age of rapidly changing technology an even more difficult task. Their new classrooms, renos and new structures are great. I will be giving a presentation at the College tomorrow a.m. and hopefully can live up to their standard. Met Chloe (Coco) for the first time, Jessica and Ross' daughter, and took lots and lots of photos.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tour Day Sponsors are Evan, Camille, Charmaine and Sullivan Strong of Calgary once again - thanks so much for the encouragement and very very generous support.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Random Quotes of the Day</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more.</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Bob Talbert</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth." </b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Dan Rather</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>dr jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454866941574714080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935774795511375658.post-40702568122808452182010-10-23T11:53:00.000-07:002010-10-23T12:00:11.689-07:00Oh my Goshiwa!, Onward to Oshawa<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsj76yQ2N6YjgVxON92d98hwhBo0xE-a-LfKUvmiDT9FJht5KTQURPuvxEPkhyIp6uEq6YBGWreIkWJSJZowIs6yz2FNi-dgjwAdkTtwrvkINS7rK5AghD9IkYCVDx_Soi8hxVnC0rhGyY/s1600/IMG_8419.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsj76yQ2N6YjgVxON92d98hwhBo0xE-a-LfKUvmiDT9FJht5KTQURPuvxEPkhyIp6uEq6YBGWreIkWJSJZowIs6yz2FNi-dgjwAdkTtwrvkINS7rK5AghD9IkYCVDx_Soi8hxVnC0rhGyY/s320/IMG_8419.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Post SNM Tour Day #6</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Up early and on the road for another long day of driving. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The brief and dramatic blizzard we drove through yesterday put a bit of fear in us. We still have a long way to go and really don't want to be winter driving at any point of this "Fall Tour". The oddity of the snow was that it was very local - hitting only a small portion of Quebec but wreaking havoc including having a semi-trailer spin and flip over in the ditch. The wind whistled loudly all night long and we expected to wake up to a Christmas scene - but the ground was clear - the temp at 6 with no sign even of frost.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tour Day Sponsors <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">are Evan, Camille, Charmaine and Sullivan Strong of Calgary once again - thanks so much for the encouragement and very very generous support.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>As the run/cycle portion of the tour has been completed, the readership of the blog has understandably declined. For those still following along - I drop a bit of a bomb shell that will be announced in the Calgary Herald next week. You get to hear it first. <b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="color: red;">I will be relocating my practice from Brentwood to Crowfoot Village Family Practice as of November 15.</span></b> (only 3 weeks away). My plan was to make the switch in December but circumstances are such that this move will be occurring sooner than anticipated. So........ for all my patients who are reading along - you may want to check the CVFP website as you will need register with this clinic (soon). </i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>www.cvfp.com</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>This is an extremely positive move for me! The new clinic is truly NEW and their set-up is sophisticated and "cutting edge" for family practice. I will be teaching family practice residents again and working in quite a different multi-disciplinary system. The transition will be challenging - but the results should be extremely rewarding for everyone - stay tuned! <br />
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</div>dr jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454866941574714080noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935774795511375658.post-2066790055573669782010-10-22T18:04:00.000-07:002010-10-22T18:04:24.644-07:00Making Many Miles, Moving thru the Maritimes<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">SNM Post Tour Day #5<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now that the run/cycle part of the tour is complete, I am thinking about the future of my running and cycling "career". Do I morph the training into completing an iron man, do I keep running 10km, 1/2 and full marathon races or do I just give up on racing altogether and just run and cycle for the sheer enjoyment of doing these activities?? Really at this point I'm not sure what I will do. I had a run last evening in the fog and light rain along the waterfront and it felt fantastic - rejuvenating and almost mystical. I will never tire of this, and this tour certainly has not "ruined me" in this regard. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As part of their Mental Illness Awareness Day, I gave a public presentation at the Nova Scotia Community College, Truro Campus. There was a large turn out of students, faculty, local CMHA members and general public. Unfortunately the gymnasium setting was challenging for the power point presentation as there was too much ambient light on the screen and the slides could not be seen well at all - hopefully the message was clear and concise enough to overcome these technical limitations. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It was great to talk to Catherine MacRae and hear what their local chapter of the CMHA was up to - very active and full of creative ideas...Keep up the great work! </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tour Day Sponsors <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">are Evan, Camille, Charmaine and Sullivan Strong of Calgary - thanks again so much for the encouragement and very very generous support.</span><br />
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<b>Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation. </b><br />
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<b>If not the arrival, the departure</b><br />
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</i></div>dr jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454866941574714080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935774795511375658.post-78381082445079278352010-10-21T15:51:00.000-07:002010-10-21T15:51:55.695-07:00Halted in Halifax, Happy in this little Heavenly Haven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpOFSbaq44rNwSh4jpXSSUBl4-ojXlVTzFVYr7998Xv4il4ghPRGgfL5HpiXZXsjhrC16dLUe7MkFxbYWIKcsRNQPrMpFbWt4v0W8SBW9-dseWoB9t3nue8enbJT1FbbIkN8HlIF9Oqjv/s1600/IMG_7969.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpOFSbaq44rNwSh4jpXSSUBl4-ojXlVTzFVYr7998Xv4il4ghPRGgfL5HpiXZXsjhrC16dLUe7MkFxbYWIKcsRNQPrMpFbWt4v0W8SBW9-dseWoB9t3nue8enbJT1FbbIkN8HlIF9Oqjv/s400/IMG_7969.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">POST SNM Tour Day #4</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Just a short blog today (as he goes on a prolonged diatribe.....). In Halifax for the day. Unfortunately event initially scheduled for this evening was canceled due to a budget freeze related to the Biovail / Valeant merger. This is really unfortunate as this weakens the awareness campaign in this region of the country, but it is completely out of our hands. I have a presentation in Truro early tomorrow a.m. so needed to stay put, catch up and enjoy the Maritimes. We are staying with Bob and Barb (another B+B, yikes!) and already have been treated to great Maritime hospitality. Thanks Susan for this great connection. Barb is originally from Calgary, Bob from this area so we were catching up on things both East and West!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Went for a run yesterday and wondered how I ever made it across the country. Legs felt like lead weights and were surprisingly stiff and sore - probably after all the hours of sitting and driving since the tour ended. Today will be better - I've had a sufficient break so need to get back at some regular schedule even if it is just a fraction of what I was doing just a week ago. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I must say that I am disappointed that none of the Alberta newspapers have picked up the story of the successful completion of this tour. A press release was sent and we have not heard back on anything. I have talks planned in Edmonton and Calgary when we are back, so there is still plenty of time to pursue, but I was hoping that the "local" press would have some interest in this tour which originated in Calgary. We'll keep trying to get the word out there - this is the time of year that SAD starts setting in, so media interest and attention could not be more timely! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here's the last bit of thanks carried over from the last few days of blogging. I really want to especially thank everyone who really went out of their way to champion this tour. Some of you were MY heroes and MY inspiration! Some contributed so much at critical parts of the tour while others have not stopped contributing throughout. Some of the contributions were small but very timely, sometimes it's the little things that count so much. Others were immense, completely unexpected and amazing! I will mention no names, lest I offend anyone for not mentioning them. The uniqueness of this group of people is that they gave of their time and energy with "no strings attached". There really are still people out there who are kind, generous, supportive, hard-working and choose to remain "behind the scenes" and anonymous. To all these true friends a great big thank you! The success of the tour was because of your efforts and my life has been forever changed because of you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tour Day Sponsors are Evan, Camille, Charmaine and Sullivan Strong of Calgary - thanks again so much for the encouragement and very very generous support.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Random Quotes of the Day about depression (in this season of SAD)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Depression is the inability to construct a future.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Rollo May</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Hiding in my room, safe within my womb,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>I touch no one and no one touches me.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>I am a rock,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>I am an island.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>And a rock feels no pain.</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>And an island never cries.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Paul Simon</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">From song I Am a Rock</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>I have studiously tried to avoid ever using the word 'madness' to describe my condition. Now and again, the word slips out, but I hate it. 'Madness' is too glamorous a term to convey what happens to most people who are losing their minds. That word is too exciting, too literary, too interesting in its connotations, to convey the boredom, the slowness, the dreariness, the dampness of depression.</b></span><br />
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</span>dr jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454866941574714080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935774795511375658.post-86384954203839102522010-10-20T09:26:00.000-07:002010-10-21T15:53:58.348-07:00Hoofing it to Halifax<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Q49KPmEZEYG-yJ70ysxdPB1ivYRamH-QHXwjwPhAeyNc79Z0IAsIPWy6_4X9oU5d9r_mQVmZzEzu2RdYj296rMd7TUIbtwbIm0BTeb3GtHenrt-VBjMedT7jAXqXjjIp3PHvSXvpunxK/s1600/IMG_7800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Q49KPmEZEYG-yJ70ysxdPB1ivYRamH-QHXwjwPhAeyNc79Z0IAsIPWy6_4X9oU5d9r_mQVmZzEzu2RdYj296rMd7TUIbtwbIm0BTeb3GtHenrt-VBjMedT7jAXqXjjIp3PHvSXvpunxK/s400/IMG_7800.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Post SNM Tour Day #3</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We're back on the mainland and bound for Halifax today. It's starting to sink in that we are truly heading home. The Fall colors are increasingly spectacular - unseasonably late, but great for us!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A quick "Letter to the Editor" of the St John's Telegram this a.m. (about the Mile 0 / Terry Fox monument issue) and then more driving, photos, waiting at construction sites and reworking the presentations to include some of the more recent pictures and to capture the fact that the road road has been completed etc.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Further thanks today...<br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Monique especially wants to thank all the "drivers of the tour" who gave her a break here and there and allowed her to do all the work that continuously needed to be done. Gabrielle, Lin, Tom, Barb, Byrnes, Les, Leanne, Eric, Joe and Marc all deserve mention.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To all the cyclists who rode along for an hour or for days. I know we don't know the names of absolutely everyone involved but thanks to all - especially</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">David, Les and Joe (multiple times), Warren, Tristan, Gabrielle, James (multiple times), Goeff, Justine (twice), Wayne, Franky/Francois, Bob, Sean and the various groups we met along the way.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To everyone who ran along with me, hey wait......that was only one person - the one and only Leslie Dort deserves special recognition here and rightly so!<br />
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To everyone who was there to witness the beginning of the tour at Mile 0 - Rob and Susan Derkitt and friends, Sandy Foss and her mom, Erika and Rhys, this was a very special time and it was great to have you there. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To all the corporate sponsors of the tour - all the support was critical to ensure that this tour would proceed and accomplish its mission with dignity and professionalism. So many people were very impressed and commented on how we presented ourselves - from the correspondence and website to the presentation hand-outs and banners, to the clothing and the bikes and support vehicle. All this was possible only with significant financial backing and to all the companies involved, we are greatly appreciative. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To all the individuals who were Day Sponsors, you were the ones keeping "the tour on the road". We have hopefully acknowledged every one of you and can't thank you enough. To all the other individuals who supported in any way they could - absolutely everything helped and allowed us the freedom to pursue this tour in the manner that a National campaign should be managed. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To all the individuals and families who billeted us, we are eternally grateful. Many were people who were friends of friends and really didn't know us at all. I can say that Monique and I now have great friends in every province across this country. WOW - this is one area that we really didn't know what we were getting into - but I can honestly say that the Canadians we have met, have lived up to our country's reputation of being kind, generous, open and friendly people. It was a privilege to be a small part of people's lives and we didn't take it for granted.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As I still have quite a few presentations left, I will save my comments about the venues and event hosts until I am officially done.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Post SNM Tour Day #2</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Leaving Newfoundland.....<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Spent a nice stretch of time in Newfoundland/Labrador and now we will cross from Dildo to Port Aux Basque and be on a ferry heading off the island before the day is done. What can I say about Newfoundland? This is the best kept secret in Canada! The landscape, the ocean views, and most of all the friendliness of the people of this province are unparalleled. We are main-landers, come "from away" and yet we were treated so very well by so many people and families - this is the Newfoundland way and one which has slowly been eroded in the bigger urban centres of our own "peaceful and friendly" country. A shame.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We cannot say enough about the hospitality and support we received here in Newfoundland. How well the people and province coped with the destruction of Hurricane Igor was amazing. It is an absolute tragedy that so many islanders have been forced to be away from their family and land to work in places as far away as Fort McMurray Alberta. In honor of this province I had a meal of Fisherman's Brewis last night - cod, hard tack, scrunchions and molasses. We will return some day - although I may never do the brewis again (sorry)!<br />
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A late addition to the blog - after I posted and before we left Nfld we met up with Melissa for one last goodbye. Of course how could we leave without just a bit more hospitality - a nice lunch/supper "for the road". Thanks so much for everything. I tell you, some single 25 year old (or so) guy could be a very, very lucky man some day.......<br />
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and thanks to Noreen's cousin Helen (almost like an aunt to Melissa) for the Apricot raisin cake - it will definitely be appreciated in the RV on the long way back - YUM!<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Some more thanks are in order</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To all my "informal board" members a great big thanks. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You must understand that they were "asked" to be a part of "an idea" which we were trying to formalize - a difficult, if not impossible task. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tom - for the driving, all the quotes, the encouragement, the critiques and the openness and acceptance of it all</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Joe - for everything over a lot of years. If Les is going to heaven because she is married to you, you are at least going to purgatory for putting up with me.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Les - for all the scientific reviews and background work, driving and being part of the road work through one of the most demanding parts of the tour</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Rob and Dorte - for all the critical and candid words of advice and wisdom and for helping hold down the fort back in Calgary. All the little things meant a lot!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Gab and Eric - if I say any more, people will start to think I'm just making it up, you have both contributed in so many different ways</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Blair - your insight and professional wisdom was critical in defining the mission and message of the tour, your contribution early on was the foundation on which the whole tour was built.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A huge thanks to Corey Brennan of Green Acre Designs who did all the graphics design for the tour - media, web, correspondence, merchandise, RV etc., etc. He was professional, immensely creative, open to our needs and suggestions, very available and extremely efficient. More than all this he is an easy going, great guy and one which we would work with again any day. If anyone has any need for the best graphics designer in the country - look him up, you will not be disappointed.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A few more thanks tomorrow....... <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tour Day Sponsors are Evan, Camille, Charmaine and Sullivan Strong of Calgary - thanks again so much for the encouragement and very very generous support.</div><div style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">(Not so) Random quotes of the day about Newfoundland and Labrador</span></b></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 13px;">"The place where land, water and sky <br />
embrace like old friends." </span></b><i><span style="font-size: 13px;">Newfoundland & Labrador Travel Guide </span></i></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
"The far east of the western world." <br />
<i> </i></span></b><i><span style="font-size: 13px;">Where To Go, Newfoundland & Labrador Travel Guide </span></i></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
"A land with thousands of miles of coastline, endless forest, <br />
and ancient mountains. Western Newfoundland runs from <br />
Port aux Basques to the top of the Great Northern Peninsula." </span></b><i><span style="font-size: 13px;">Western Region, Newfoundland & Labrador Travel Guide </span></i></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
"Our destination is the scenic coastal waters off <br />
St. Anthony, Newfoundland - Iceberg Alley. <br />
This area has the largest concentration of icebergs in <br />
Newfoundland and is one of the best locations in <br />
North America for whale watching. " </span></b><i><span style="font-size: 13px;">Northland Discovery Tours </span></i></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
"Come enjoy the scenery and dance your cares away <br />
with the friendly folk of the Festival Coast." </span></b><i><span style="font-size: 13px;">Festival Coast </span></i></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
"...the original Red Indians of North America. Central Newfoundland <br />
has several historic sites where you can learn more of these <br />
remarkable indigenous people." </span></b><i><span style="font-size: 13px;">Central Region, Newfoundland & Labrador Travel Guide </span></i><br />
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</div>dr jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454866941574714080noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935774795511375658.post-91053668996664587052010-10-18T18:41:00.000-07:002010-10-19T03:05:24.316-07:00After Mile ZERO, the next day's in DILDO<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7A35MPb5XEDOZ7AF6Q5LPybxfU_qACAZcA_ktTNxCBKLyhlakXIN2kxw7mrjrPTFGn8JWShRo4vRKiLdXe4Tv_c79izLOy8LlSL1_YHsSqy0yHqghD8kchqnMxBI36nzfVmSlh4fIKxb/s1600/IMG_6578.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7A35MPb5XEDOZ7AF6Q5LPybxfU_qACAZcA_ktTNxCBKLyhlakXIN2kxw7mrjrPTFGn8JWShRo4vRKiLdXe4Tv_c79izLOy8LlSL1_YHsSqy0yHqghD8kchqnMxBI36nzfVmSlh4fIKxb/s400/IMG_6578.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
If the George House - Inn by the Bay wasn't made precisely for the SAD no more Tour. (no edits on this picture - this is really the colors in the setting sun!)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">POST SNM Tour Day 1</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">really?? .........well what would you call it??</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After a celebratory evening out with Marc, Colette and our wonderful hosts Monique and Dave, life got back to normal - if you call "normal" doing a presentation and driving to the next town. There will be no real normal for another few weeks, the time it will take to drive back to Calgary. And even then, my guess is that our lives will be far from normal (stay tuned, this sentence will make a lot more sense very soon). Having said all that, I am looking forward to the next few weeks which should allow some introspection and distillation of the last few months that we have passed through. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We said very early morning goodbyes to Colette and Marc who flew back to Winnipeg, via Ottawa to get in a quick visit with their son Patrick. As I have said repeatedly, they were such a great help and such a steady, calm presence to have on this tour. We wish we could have provided them with better weather but I think they got a great taste of Newfoundland - the vast and varied geography and the great people. We will miss them greatly on the drive back, thanks so much to both of them for being a part of this tour - particularly during the culmination of the running/cycling leg. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We also left the beautiful new home of Monique and Dave and must thank them greatly for their generosity and welcoming spirit. They had hosted another Cross Canada tour earlier in the summer - Wayne Stremel, a Canada Post employee who cycled across the country raising funds for the Canada Post Foundation who is committed to mental illness initiatives and is a main sponsor of the MIAW campaign. Dave and Monique have direct connections with Canada Post and this was a very special tour for them to support. So their home in Newfoundland has now been listed as "THE Canadian Tour Stop Destination" and they live up to the billing. It was interesting listening to Marc, Monique and Monique trying to make all the connections between friends and families living in Ste Agathe and surrounding areas. You can move to Newfoundland, have a sister in Australia etc etc - but connect the dots and is still this is a very very small world sometimes!! Thanks Dave and Monique for your openness, kindness, genuine interest and support of the tour.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The presentation today in St John's was at the Health Science Centre which is on the Memorial University Campus Complex. It was a very good turn out and we had a lot of time for open discussion about a number of topics including mental illness stigma and difficulties accessing mental health services. During the talk I caught myself having to change from the present to the past tense, ie I am no longer running and cycling across the country, I HAVE ran and cycled across the country. So I now need to revamp all my presentations with this in mind. I probably will now incorporate some of the photographs taken on the tour as well as add some more stories and anecdotes. This should probably extend the running time (pardon the pun) of the presentation an hour or so (to all the venues which are waiting for me to arrive to speak - JUST KIDDING - there will be no presentation longer than 4 hours, you have my word on this)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The issue of the "success" of the tour was brought up today. Initially my own board, as well as some of the sponsors demanded that I define what success of the tour would look like. I have a very well thought out and detailed answer to this very question but maybe one member of today's audience got it right. I hope I am quoting him correctly when he said - "Even if you touch only one person and because of this it saves their life, then your tour is a success". I may never know if this has happened already or will happen in the future. Mental illness can be challenged and recovery is possible - I stand as living proof of this. If this tour, or my own story has even planted a tiny seed that may someday grow to give someone the courage to seek help or the inspiration to make small positive changes to their life or the will to live another day - then all the efforts of the past months will have been more than worth it. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There are so many people to thank at this point in time. I'll acknowledge people over the next few days in this blog. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Monique deserves so much credit for how smoothly things went and will continue to go. If I am the dreamer, she's the CEO, CFO and Manager of all the rest. She has taken these many roles on unselfishly and with a dedication and competence that is unmatched. None of this would have happened without her skills and unwavering committment to the mission of this tour. I owe her everything and I love her dearly. Living in such close quarters as an RV for months (and not being retired or on vacation) is a challenge to any couple. I can say that through it all we've only learnt a little more about each other and have a deeper love for each other. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I must thank Gabrielle and Eric so much for their understanding, support and hours and hours of hands on help. How many frustrating moments we all spent trying to figure out web / IT / cell phone/ social media things. How many times they patiently gave opinions on graphics ideas, mission statements, logistical dilemmas etc. They have both become intelligent, responsible adults and we were able to depend on them as peers/colleagues in many of the critical decisions. Monique and I are very proud of their involvement in this tour and in our lives. I am grateful for their acceptance of my "coming out of the mental illness closet" and becoming a public figure in this regard. They are great kids! Thanks also to their significant others Jen and James who have been so supportive and helpful.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">More thanks are in order tomorrow - stay tuned.</div><br />
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tour Day Sponsors are Evan, Camille, Charmaine and Sullivan Strong of Calgary - thanks so much for the encouragement and very very generous support.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Random Quote of the Day</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>One of the greatest labor-saving inventions of today is tomorrow</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Vincent Foss</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Silence is a source of great strength</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Lao Tzu</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(and on that note - shhhhhhh and a good night to all!!)<br />
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</div>dr jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454866941574714080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935774795511375658.post-19026142615867831892010-10-17T13:17:00.000-07:002010-10-17T18:17:13.321-07:003,2,1..........ZERO! whew, I guess I can safely say, I am SAD no more!!<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6OIn3zBI9xIOMictAgDVlMBkdVMctp9N3m9PflAlg9AeivHed6BWUD-Cm4kmGKbprF9vtpFfDuLKt6CgbvIBZqhGlMJU_E5bTU557DKOrAaaBa3rjOCT7OwwvmRJJEYmT1TEDfHcrkB1K/s1600/IMG_6126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6OIn3zBI9xIOMictAgDVlMBkdVMctp9N3m9PflAlg9AeivHed6BWUD-Cm4kmGKbprF9vtpFfDuLKt6CgbvIBZqhGlMJU_E5bTU557DKOrAaaBa3rjOCT7OwwvmRJJEYmT1TEDfHcrkB1K/s320/IMG_6126.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">SNM Tour Day #78</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">WE DID IT!!</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We passed Mile 1 Centre (formerly known as Mile 1 Stadium). Then we stopped at Mile 0 at City Hall for some quick photos and video. Then onward to the Terry Fox monument which was Terry's Mile 0. I stopped there and did a "speech" on video - which will be used for media locally and nationally and for the SNM video that Byrnes is compiling. Monique had a big cry and it was a very emotional time for both of us. We headed over to the Harbour Side Park where there was access to the actual ocean and I dipped my tire (well actually the entire bottom half of my bike when a wave came in off the rocks) in the Atlantic Ocean. </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ocean to ocean - 7600 kms or so of running and riding has been completed. The goal has been accomplished. The dream has been realized. With Monique by my side, Marc and Colette close by and so, so many people with us in spirit we successfully completed the run/cycle part of the SAD no more Canadian Tour 2010!!</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have much thanks to give - we have a long drive ahead of us, so a lot of time to contemplate, summarize and say what needs to be said. I have learnt a great deal about a lot of things. As an educator, I may have learnt more than I taught over all the miles. I have learnt so much about Canada and Canadians, about mental illness and stigma, about Monique and about myself. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My life will never be the same. You cannot do something like this without being touched and changed. Again I will ponder and blog about this in the days to come. First it's time to CELEBRATE!!</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tour Day Sponsor is AJ and Evelyn Malik - thanks so very much for the generous support now and throughout the years. </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Quotes of the day</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Roald Dahl</i></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
The thing about performance, even if it’s only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.</b><i> </i></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Sydney Smith</i></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div>dr jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454866941574714080noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935774795511375658.post-87221655820263214522010-10-16T17:28:00.000-07:002010-10-16T18:03:04.291-07:00Tomorrow we'll be done at Mile 1, and we'll shed a tear - oh, oh, oh at Mile Zero 000<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-5PXeFVAvcErPAeZIutXji3zUSyyH6oNtB7NR1VncgO0OdR4LBmcqsN-tP6fnzW0GMgwbuShdxId_b2b7x6B6LvAbBw6U3ZeZV4fQH77b6tyugnXGKVWAKD82UiHFrxT5X7jXBhsjIP9/s1600/IMG_6004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-5PXeFVAvcErPAeZIutXji3zUSyyH6oNtB7NR1VncgO0OdR4LBmcqsN-tP6fnzW0GMgwbuShdxId_b2b7x6B6LvAbBw6U3ZeZV4fQH77b6tyugnXGKVWAKD82UiHFrxT5X7jXBhsjIP9/s400/IMG_6004.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">SNM Tour Day #77</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As predicted this was an absolutely miserable wet, extremely windy day. Given that we pushed hard yesterday to do extra mileage, we were well ahead of the game. The weather report literally said "wind gusting to 50 km, gusting to 70 km, gusting to 90 km". On the run I did go head on into winds while going uphill and I was nearly stopped in my tracks. I just kept moving my feet, refusing to stop or walk and eventually completed the run, soaken wet (with sweat) and hoping/praying/begging the road to change direction even a little as I knew cycling against this head wind would be impossible. As it did repeatedly all tour, nature and geography were kind when I needed it and I was able to complete the morning on the outskirts of St John's as planned - wet (now from rain) and feeling that even this short mileage gave me an honest, good hard workout. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today on the highway we met Wayne Morris, who stopped me to chat. He had suffered a brain tumour and abscess and was disabled for two years. He told me that he walked/ran across the province of Newfoundland in 1981 and in his life he had met Rick Hansen, Terry Fox's parents, among others who had trekked across the country over the years. It was very interesting to meet him and hear some of his stories - I wish him all the best.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCsy5lLNYHcSZhr1NLWDIXeO9x6G-H4D_0QzJenQwnjvz0rda9F8nqskUoDeo7rNZWoO5iysFZB44UprAq11-RCgyEf9h7Y9ISXavML-tRTx9-93M3OA5V3J9ArSRvszev-Q5VZmDw43u/s1600/IMG_6078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCsy5lLNYHcSZhr1NLWDIXeO9x6G-H4D_0QzJenQwnjvz0rda9F8nqskUoDeo7rNZWoO5iysFZB44UprAq11-RCgyEf9h7Y9ISXavML-tRTx9-93M3OA5V3J9ArSRvszev-Q5VZmDw43u/s320/IMG_6078.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thanks again to Vanessa from Arnold's Cove for her generosity. We wish her all the best in the future - and who knows when our paths may meet again out west! </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tomorrow we will do the ceremonial 16 km ride along the outskirts of the city, into downtown. The final destination will likely be threefold, let me explain. While in Victoria - Mile 0 is well known, well demarcated and well represented with a mile 0 placard and Terry Fox statue...St John's is the polar opposite. Where the Trans Canada Highway officially ends depends on who you talk to (and even the locals aren't quite sure it seems). There is a "Mile 1" - which is a brand new arena complex. There is also the end of the Trans Canada at the St John's City Hall on New Gower St - which is essentially right next to "Mile 1". Both these locations are a few blocks from the ocean in essentially an industrial harbour area which is not at all friendly to the public. A bit farther down there actually is a exceedingly modest (I'm being kind) Mile 0 monument to Terry Fox which is unmarked from the road, hidden in a tiny grassy area (not a park) just off a nondescript parking lot of the Port Authority Building. This is also completely fenced off by barbed wire to the ocean - so I would absolutely be unable to access the water here (was obviously quite different when Terry started here 30 years ago). Close by, there is an actual Harbourside Park which has statues of dogs and memorial placards and most importantly some access albeit extremely limited and tricky to the actual Atlantic Ocean - this is where I will dip my bike tire if I don't kill myself pulling off this manoeuver. So to summarize, we will cycle in (hopefully with police escort) starting at 10:00 tomorrow am from exit 41A (connection between the TCH and Pitts Memorial Drive) and doing photo-ops at 4 different locations (all of which are sort of the official end of the SAD no more Tour). We are not trying to extend the ending, it's just St John's - go figure!!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="sqq"><b>A goal without a plan is just a wish </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span class="sqq">Larry Elder </span></i><b style="color: red;"> </b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b style="color: red;"><br />
</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="sqq"><b>I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span class="sqq">Jimmy Dean</span></i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="sqq"><b>If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span class="sqq">Frank A Clark</span></i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span class="sqq">Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="sqq">Winston Churchill</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span class="sqq">You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span class="sqq">C.S. Lewis</span></i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span class="sqq">It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span class="sqq">Edmund Hillary </span><span class="sqq"> </span></i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="sqq"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span class="sqq">Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span class="sqq">Pamela Vaull Starr </span></i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span class="sqq"> </span></i><span class="sqq"> </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="sqq">So after 2 years of planning, almost 3 months on the road and 7600 km of running and cycling - we make a little bit of history tomorrow in St John's Newfoundland - WOOOHOOO!!!!</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>dr jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454866941574714080noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935774795511375658.post-71638152529239933822010-10-15T17:19:00.000-07:002010-10-15T17:38:36.910-07:00By Jove, we're sleeping in Arnold's Cove - In two dawns we'll be in St John's!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7iS0eEoFJSHRVh-BPcR1UBgHtO0bwjei2FuG2cQUW80fXaUbECM6kh24iptdTxNlunNMCF1ssOcYpQlWsO4jP-OOsaMZabklRM2SQsFT9p1RHJB0PYzRkw0mjPM2QEbLkekQckeWwZUO7/s1600/IMG_5394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7iS0eEoFJSHRVh-BPcR1UBgHtO0bwjei2FuG2cQUW80fXaUbECM6kh24iptdTxNlunNMCF1ssOcYpQlWsO4jP-OOsaMZabklRM2SQsFT9p1RHJB0PYzRkw0mjPM2QEbLkekQckeWwZUO7/s400/IMG_5394.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is what we arrived to last evening</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKFdpMzY2_38utSerKtbzQBCD9XEDIrADKkAlxz0-l9OA307IwgEueEgd4SvqfG_tVTgPL2Oc00HqMZI5ix13w2pqa5_Q4Y_LDbunPFWMjhVdk7UzQVl8LU2KJp2hhblGTkBn4S4o7IHC8/s1600/IMG_5408.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKFdpMzY2_38utSerKtbzQBCD9XEDIrADKkAlxz0-l9OA307IwgEueEgd4SvqfG_tVTgPL2Oc00HqMZI5ix13w2pqa5_Q4Y_LDbunPFWMjhVdk7UzQVl8LU2KJp2hhblGTkBn4S4o7IHC8/s400/IMG_5408.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Or if you looked in the opposite direction</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Either way - paradise!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZr8-R7M4pzptl3HQi6tZsz4Iet1Ie-DNaIGc0nKp62jO9BdXNuN8n1XGOkE33bcD3XzLYuTJSKfDRBK_CzfobCyDjH-ihd0hczNfpXU98oAKY9flUcAluJq_229tpLPCpnxznebNbJ71/s1600/IMG_5452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZr8-R7M4pzptl3HQi6tZsz4Iet1Ie-DNaIGc0nKp62jO9BdXNuN8n1XGOkE33bcD3XzLYuTJSKfDRBK_CzfobCyDjH-ihd0hczNfpXU98oAKY9flUcAluJq_229tpLPCpnxznebNbJ71/s400/IMG_5452.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">SNM Tour Day #76</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUo7vVWdpwOFrz7OH9iHZNLhRQ856cu8jwzaLQCbNpz2wLMj-Nw-4X4MVZYaxhrxlKf0DDoVxic5TMVw73vyzduTeLxi-IXVgDGK-2esA2Xn-gJsH8jiZyMsvGCB-R1wXXwQnOWZotxfLu/s1600/IMG_5499.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUo7vVWdpwOFrz7OH9iHZNLhRQ856cu8jwzaLQCbNpz2wLMj-Nw-4X4MVZYaxhrxlKf0DDoVxic5TMVw73vyzduTeLxi-IXVgDGK-2esA2Xn-gJsH8jiZyMsvGCB-R1wXXwQnOWZotxfLu/s400/IMG_5499.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and here's the same view today in the early morning fog.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A beautifully sunny day - ALL DAY!! (this has been a rarity for the past few weeks). We were warned that it would be hilly and hilly it was - ALL DAY!! Had two steep ascents during the run which was a bit of a prelude to how the day would be. The cycle was a good solid work out and we put in as much mileage as possible today as the weather forecast calls for heavy rains and big winds for Saturday and Sunday. So we pushed onward today and ended off the day with only 40 some odd km left to St. John's. We have a full day to do this - so no matter how bad the weather is tomorrow, we will make it to the outskirts of the city so we can do the ceremonial ride in to complete the tour on Sunday morning at "Mile 0" (the other Mile 0). We have a videographer all set up and hopefully the media (and maybe even a police escort through the city - we'll see.....)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPl5__Xp8D6jBlE_TjNb8EOoxLUbs-XhCbsjehiNYQrRuXqUCbuKnFaSOm_Kz6RmMCKgZaEcoPmcb8C3sVp48iEJ0AitO6ojAIbWbCfs_azavIzuawhtjnVyb46jn1ZNhP4fxrcJ_AJuf/s1600/IMG_5682.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPl5__Xp8D6jBlE_TjNb8EOoxLUbs-XhCbsjehiNYQrRuXqUCbuKnFaSOm_Kz6RmMCKgZaEcoPmcb8C3sVp48iEJ0AitO6ojAIbWbCfs_azavIzuawhtjnVyb46jn1ZNhP4fxrcJ_AJuf/s320/IMG_5682.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We are sooooooooooooo close to finishing things off at this point. Nothing can stop us at this point, even if I have to crawl the last 40 km, it will be done!!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Marc and Colette have been absolutely great to have in this final push to the coast - supportive, helpful, laid back and always there when you need them. A great big thanks to Vanessa who billeted us in Arnold's Cove this evening. Talking with her, there were so many similar stories and a few people that we both know etc. She was a very gracious host, a delight to meet and we were treated to a great meal and conversation. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I got to play a little 12 string guitar (I haven't touched my own guitar for months) and a little piano - felt very, very good. I have a few songs kicking around in my head in the last week or so and I'm sure that I will have an artistic outburst when this tour is finally complete and I can let this expression out. For now, it's still all about SAD no more - running, cycling (not much more), speaking still lots and lots more!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(Not so) Random Quotes of the Day (as the end is in sight)</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span class="body">In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.</span></b> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Abraham Lincoln<br />
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<b><span class="body">I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.</span></b> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Abraham Lincoln<br />
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<b><span class="body">I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.</span></b> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Abraham Lincoln<span class="bodybold"></span></i><span class="bodybold"></span><br />
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<b><span class="body">Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.</span> </b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Winston Churchill</i><br />
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SNM Tour Day #75</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What a pot-pourri of weather today! The run and the cycle were much the same - a mix of almost everything. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you wanted sun - you got it</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you didn't want rain - you got it</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Spectactular sun showers - but of course </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Nasty black clouds - oh yeah</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Wind from either side, back or front - all there today</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Snow storm? - no, that's one thing that for some reason didn't happen today (why not? - what gives....)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhao2r0zq-m1gC7nVGflI4c5qNir7xrwSrJopHLArS6ui6fYr8QEk9lj-BHRMikg4CvTBnXzwz4QYKGYubW6VZyxskxKUjAcv_dtVPMGqxKzXQEe3itsnpT86knKBz-6qjWmmK2DOTEpjNy/s1600/IMG_4889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhao2r0zq-m1gC7nVGflI4c5qNir7xrwSrJopHLArS6ui6fYr8QEk9lj-BHRMikg4CvTBnXzwz4QYKGYubW6VZyxskxKUjAcv_dtVPMGqxKzXQEe3itsnpT86knKBz-6qjWmmK2DOTEpjNy/s400/IMG_4889.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This day is probably best described by photos, so I will throw in quite a few today as the skies really said it all today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmdLl_EbM_RZegWY0jPlDegMOe8wZyBppkmYuplRcCc0Aome_8GVg8FYEtfj2P0GQSjVAYKs1ulLrxMQKcWqY1a-xcl2dwAC9sKh0QKGn8flp44i9Nld2NdIhnCYzAa6VZaajSu1P_EEJ/s1600/IMG_4989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmdLl_EbM_RZegWY0jPlDegMOe8wZyBppkmYuplRcCc0Aome_8GVg8FYEtfj2P0GQSjVAYKs1ulLrxMQKcWqY1a-xcl2dwAC9sKh0QKGn8flp44i9Nld2NdIhnCYzAa6VZaajSu1P_EEJ/s320/IMG_4989.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhFx3xZifhBhEcj-U6JH135Jrjp1uKpWihz22XuhKs79AVC58FYIx5yBZW-uAt8mJ-gXOuJ7Wu3Wb1S3dSGrwXv9Vd8xb89QEZHv1pJaeDrX3w0TmKvYHFSx7mWjNcDr-7wTJuIWyGIIw/s1600/IMG_4977.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhFx3xZifhBhEcj-U6JH135Jrjp1uKpWihz22XuhKs79AVC58FYIx5yBZW-uAt8mJ-gXOuJ7Wu3Wb1S3dSGrwXv9Vd8xb89QEZHv1pJaeDrX3w0TmKvYHFSx7mWjNcDr-7wTJuIWyGIIw/s320/IMG_4977.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBh9wfhshBwmLT8EI7sxl6mkY4cPkU8ZnVrPcWwnbar41CPhu0IP0zeSggN6ILl4xNv_oLbxcQS5OelA2SIO0M2rnp5z8vLU1poy5BQxLMc0G9_aoO7_MZ-jeXJCjr7aGRwVQ5_tGED4B/s1600/IMG_4914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBh9wfhshBwmLT8EI7sxl6mkY4cPkU8ZnVrPcWwnbar41CPhu0IP0zeSggN6ILl4xNv_oLbxcQS5OelA2SIO0M2rnp5z8vLU1poy5BQxLMc0G9_aoO7_MZ-jeXJCjr7aGRwVQ5_tGED4B/s320/IMG_4914.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Our plan was to get at least to Port Blanford. As the legs felt good despite the abundance of decent hills, we were able to get in some extra mileage, make it a 145 km day and officially get to Clarenville (home of Don Cherry's bar and restaurant if anyone wants to know). We are now less than 200 km from St. John's and putting the plan in place for a bit of "a show" (more about this is the blogs to come in the next few days). I did a little live radio talk show with VOCM and Bill Rowe (whose show seems to be listened to by all the islanders) who was knowledgeable and a great interviewer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzi_HziT0sPN-zIS-P3YfJ8uKGsUSKqj21WJIoMBmOrxkz1vdxj_xaaH-qwzc7vd6YC8Q99iROnK0lLX1fLgDUA8Kc-3T9c4ORMa5Y5NssEKaGQEqQ6GMKIdTrpYhmOQZ0Kd5CIjhaVucX/s1600/IMG_5321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzi_HziT0sPN-zIS-P3YfJ8uKGsUSKqj21WJIoMBmOrxkz1vdxj_xaaH-qwzc7vd6YC8Q99iROnK0lLX1fLgDUA8Kc-3T9c4ORMa5Y5NssEKaGQEqQ6GMKIdTrpYhmOQZ0Kd5CIjhaVucX/s400/IMG_5321.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Random Quotes of the Day about Weather</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. </b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>John Ruskin</i><br />
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<b>Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. </b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Langston Hughes</i> <br />
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<b>Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain. </b> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Author Unknown</i> <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. </b> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Anthony J. D'Angelo </i><br />
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<b>Only those in tune with nature seem to pick up on the energy in wind. All sorts of things get swept off in the breeze - ghosts, pieces of soul, voices unsung, thoughts repressed, love uncherished, and a thousands galore of spiritual ether. Wind is an emotional rush because emotions are rushing by. </b><br />
<i>Terri Guillemets</i><br />
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<b>I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep snug and dry by such knowledge, but one misses a world of loveliness. </b><br />
<i>Adeline Knapp</i></div><div style="color: red;"></div>dr jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454866941574714080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935774795511375658.post-43924156936592163322010-10-13T16:37:00.000-07:002010-10-13T17:57:25.667-07:00Gander is great, Twilled to see Twillingate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggqt6RmUU6TnZ-YUlI03iJ_RaqVZ8ZI6wld9pcKpEng7egVlsikqreOTxFRjFpA06vDCnDBNXdtIAzvwDyhOU0b_a5e5AGZ8ByssPAaPbUOG0xcxbluwkTZiDaA6f64Yxdf0-vr5Kv2Sq5/s1600/IMG_4745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggqt6RmUU6TnZ-YUlI03iJ_RaqVZ8ZI6wld9pcKpEng7egVlsikqreOTxFRjFpA06vDCnDBNXdtIAzvwDyhOU0b_a5e5AGZ8ByssPAaPbUOG0xcxbluwkTZiDaA6f64Yxdf0-vr5Kv2Sq5/s400/IMG_4745.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
SNM Tour Day #74<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFT1U3JWiJhb3v8lIY68zvG5Ln3jIlnYMsQifTPxge9gniygap_5q_mQo6rBoaAyifQ_Y-AUXrxmBjdqWu3-iyrTnwUXnLbNbS6SpaEbuWrIAC0MbPAKS7xlR6WbTBNCovSsy8Zgawh1J/s1600/IMG_4681.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFT1U3JWiJhb3v8lIY68zvG5Ln3jIlnYMsQifTPxge9gniygap_5q_mQo6rBoaAyifQ_Y-AUXrxmBjdqWu3-iyrTnwUXnLbNbS6SpaEbuWrIAC0MbPAKS7xlR6WbTBNCovSsy8Zgawh1J/s320/IMG_4681.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Day off roadwork, so blog will be short. Today was a day for a rest, a presentation (to a small but very mighty group in Gander) and a time to play tourist with Marc and Colette. <br />
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It is fascinating to learn about an area by asking the locals what the "sights to see" are. The people of Gander are exceedingly humble and recommendations were understated and almost apologetic. We drove around and saw the "Silent Witness Memorial" to the Arrow Airplane Crash of 1985 - the largest airplane crash on Canadian soil.<br />
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Thereafter we went to check out the famous Gander airport, which almost all the locals said "why? it's only a big old airport...." Gander airport has runways that are large enough and long enough to land any plane that exists on this planet, including the space shuttle. This was the destination of many of the landmark Trans Atlantic flights and used to be a re-fueling destination for commercial trans Atlantic flights, many of which had movie stars, celebrities and famous and infamous politicians and heads of states. We looked at all the interesting displays and were ready to leave when Monique went to talk to Wendy at the information counter and we were given a private tour of the "International section" of the original airport which still houses the original furnishings from the 50's. This part is not normally seen or open to "the public" so this was a great treat and Wendy had many a story to tell!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span class="sqq">The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="sqq"><i>Henry Kissinger</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>dr jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454866941574714080noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935774795511375658.post-50428864716003080612010-10-12T12:19:00.000-07:002010-10-12T17:02:42.955-07:00Taking a Gander in Gander<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGVTZ2lOXoYrHCcaFC0BdhQ3cWuQcE4_53AcDCfjXWI8nU8y2m_1W4RpBHKpWRM6swH1AHzY4MmrkK9VB6BIhlXRYSRnh18wQEOKP80CRe4R2PQ9huRTtw57qbADqnh-BEDQuwYAlQ88N/s1600/IMG_4537.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGVTZ2lOXoYrHCcaFC0BdhQ3cWuQcE4_53AcDCfjXWI8nU8y2m_1W4RpBHKpWRM6swH1AHzY4MmrkK9VB6BIhlXRYSRnh18wQEOKP80CRe4R2PQ9huRTtw57qbADqnh-BEDQuwYAlQ88N/s400/IMG_4537.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>SNM Tour Day #73</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Why is Gander ranked one of the top ten places to live in Canada? It was a MoneySense magazine article that is quoted on the town signs proclaiming this honour. Maybe there is hidden fortune here, maybe it isn't even hidden. We're here to investigate and find out! What gives in Gander?!<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Had a CBC radio interview this morning and then a presentation in Grand Falls-Windsor. So quite a late start for the roadwork. The run was warm and sunny for the first half, clouding over for the last half. A quick lunch and then cycled to Gander under cloudy skies, it rained very briefly in the last ten kilometers. Once again we flirted with the weather systems and beat the odds, essentially picking the "sweet spot" for the roadwork portion of the day.<br />
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The landscape changed as we moved more inland, many more marshy areas. Lots of brooks and creeks with very large rocks. As the days are ending, the temperatures are distinctly dropping - it is definitely fall. There is now less than 400 kms to St John's and less than a week left before we arrive at the most Easternly destination point of this tour. As we see more and more signs for St John's we are repeatedly reminded that the end is definitely in sight. The weather forecasts are predicting much colder temperatures in the next week.<br />
This coupled with the much shorter daylight hours - make it a good thing that the mileage in the last few days of official running and cycling will be on the shorter side. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tour Day Sponsor is Boehringer-Ingelheim Canada, thanks again for the support.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span class="body">Let me close as I did in Gander on September 11, 2002 when I went to that community to thank the people of Gander and the people of Canada for the overwhelming support and help that was given to us in the wake of those attacks on September 11, 2001.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span class="body">Paul Cellucci </span></i><b><br />
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<b><span class="body">What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.</span></b> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Marcus Terentius Varro</i><span class="bodybold"> </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Flight is the only truly new sensation than men have achieved in modern history</b>. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>James Dickey</i><br />
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<b>More than anything else the sensation of flying is one of perfect peace mingled with an excitement that strains every nerve to the utmost, if you can conceive of such a combination. </b> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Wilbur Wright</i><br />
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<b>Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. The airplane simply carries a man on its back like an obedient Pegasus; it gives him no wings of his own.</b> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Louis J. Helle, Jr.</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>If God had really intended men to fly, he'd make it easier to get to the airport. </b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>George Winters</i><i> </i><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tomorrow I have a presentation and hopefully we can get some more media. We'll be checking out the sights and the very famous airport - if the Beatles can hang out in Gander on there first trip to North America, I think it's definitely good enough for "dr j and his entourage". Speaking of our current road crew, Marc and Colette have been absolutely fantastic. Marc has been a great driver and RV whisperer. Colette has been a great aid to Monique and is always there to help out, no questions asked. </div></div>dr jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454866941574714080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935774795511375658.post-65067595839834877662010-10-11T15:36:00.000-07:002010-10-11T18:14:48.719-07:00The wind didn't make me sore and I didn't fall today, that's grand - we're thankful we're in Grand Falls-Windsor<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_CYNPrl6qhGt0fGRGWTdE9lSJDVF6vQMCmAZHTygUafcqB2tBAzIsr4kXRBxo5NjkFOIKIB-mR_UTSU7M7UjxlX_jmxxhcQiqX6CRhYm_ueE85CQw4XPDjoWKHmlFGBHEyN5_S4fRRBE/s1600/IMG_4361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_CYNPrl6qhGt0fGRGWTdE9lSJDVF6vQMCmAZHTygUafcqB2tBAzIsr4kXRBxo5NjkFOIKIB-mR_UTSU7M7UjxlX_jmxxhcQiqX6CRhYm_ueE85CQw4XPDjoWKHmlFGBHEyN5_S4fRRBE/s400/IMG_4361.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>SNM Tour Day #72</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Happy Thanksgiving Day to all!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There is so much to be thankful for! When you are on the road for any length of time, you appreciate so many little things that might otherwise go unnoticed. A short list of what I have really been thankful for in the last few weeks:</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1. A hot shower (even a warm shower)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">2. A cloudy day where rain threatens but never comes</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">3. A nice wide, clean shoulder (without major cracks or potholes an extra bonus)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4. A tail wind (or even a relatively windless day)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">5. Sunshine (any time, anywhere, for any duration)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">6. An encouraging barp (?burmp) (not sure how to spell what Melissa calls it) aka a beep, or car/truck horn from a friendly motorist </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">7. All the comments, and especially answers to the quiz (wink, wink...nudge, nudge) in the comment section of the blog </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">8. All the great people who have billeted us - many of which we did not know prior to the tour</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">9. All our great friends and family who have joined the tour and driven with us in the Sunshine Beast.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">10. Newfoundlanders' friendliness, hospitality and amazing openness to complete strangers</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(Today we had a full Thanksgiving dinner hand delivered to our RV by Melissa from her friend Sarah and the wonderful Kelly family- this was beyond "nice", this was bordering on unbelievably great and a wonderful way for our little crew to celebrate this holiday in style). We finished off the day, full and content and very, very THANKFUL!) <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We got in a quick dry run and cycle today. Felt good and we are right on schedule! I have a radio interview and a talk tomorrow here in GF-W which will mean a later start than usual (and our dry-luck streak will likely end if the forecast is correct). <br />
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In keeping with the theme of generous hospitality, the entire extended Raham family has been very, very supportive of the tour. Thanks to all of you. Shell Raham's necklaces and zip-its have been a smashing success and everyone who gets one has been very grateful and surprised at the quality of the products - if you have children, grandchildren, or if you have ever even seen a kid (even just in pictures) you must check out <span style="color: red;">www.bubblefriendsforever.com</span>. In addition, custom work can be done for corporations, small businesses, parties, special events, birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, etc, etc.<br />
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</div><div style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Not so Random Quotes of this Day of Giving and Thanks!!</b></div><div style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. </span></b></div><div style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: black;">J.F. Kennedy</span></i></div><div style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. </span></b></div><div style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: black;">W.T. Purkiser </span></i><span style="color: black;"><i></i><br />
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</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom. </b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Author Unknown</i><br />
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<b>The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. </b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Oscar Wilde</i><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. </b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Mark Twain</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. </b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Malayan Proverb</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. </b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Leo Buscaglia</i><br />
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