Introduction...

Many people have said that the ‘Tour du Canada’ is a “journey and not a destination”. The past 2.5 months has been a journey of many respects. It has been physical journey as I regularly climbed on my bike and over the course of 72 days migrated from west to east over 7,500 kilometers of Canada’s vast geographic expanse - from the Pacific to the Atlantic. It has also been an emotional and, dare I say it, ‘spiritual’ journey. A journey through which I feel I have ‘discovered’ Canada and come to better understand how I fit into the social and cultural geography of a country for which I long proudly claim citizenship but hardly knew.


Aug 16, 2008

Sheryl Crow - "Soak up the Sun" - Quebec City – Riviere Ouelle

I'm gonna soak up the sun
Got my 45 on
So I can rock on...


- Sheryl Crow - "Soak up the sun"

Aug 12, 2008

The Arcade Fire - "Where no cars go" - Day 53 -- Hudson - Mont St-Hilaire (Montreal!)

We know a place where no planes go
We know a place where no ships go
Hey!
No cars go
Hey!
No cars go
Where we know...

The Arcade Fire – “Where No Cars Go”


Aug 11, 2008

Daniel Powter - "Bad Day" - Ottawa to Hudson - Day 52

Where is the moment we needed the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to grey
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carryin' on

You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You're faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces everytime
And I don't need no carryin' on

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day


- Daniel Powter - "Bad Day"

Aug 10, 2008

Kid Rock - 'All Summer Long' - Ottawa - Rest Day

Splashing through the sand bar
Talking by the campfire
It's the simple things in life, like when and where
We didn't have no internet
But man I never will forget
The way the moonlight shined upon her hair

[Chorus:]
And we were trying different things
We were smoking funny things
Making love out by the lake to our favorite song
Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking 'bout tomorrow
Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long
Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long...........

- Kid Rock – All Summer Long