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 21, 2008

Garth Brooks - "Two Pina Coladas" - Saint Louis de Kent - REST DAY

Now I’ve got a smile
That goes on for miles
With no inclination to roam

I’ve gotta say
That I think I’ve gotta stay
‘Cause this is feelin’ more and more like home

So bring me two pina coladas
One for each hand
Let’s set sail with Captin Morgan
And never leave dry land...

- Garth Brooks – Two Pina Coladas


Aug 20, 2008

Sam Cooke - "Chain Gang" - Petit Rocher – Saint Louis de Kent – Day 62

All day long they work so hard
Till the sun is goin' down
Working on the highways and byways
And wearing, wearing a frown
You hear them moanin' their lives away
Then you hear somebody sa-ay

That's the sound of the men working on the chain ga-a-ang
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang

- Sam Cooke - "Chain Gang"


The Eagles - "Take it Easy" - Atholville to Petit Rocher – Day 61

Well I'm running down the road trying to loosen
my load, got a world of trouble on my mind
lookin' for a lover who won't blow my
cover, she's so hard to find
Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own
Wheels make you crazy...



- The Eagles - "Take it Easy"

Aug 19, 2008

Tina Turner - "Proud Mary (Rollin on the River)" - St. Damase to Atholville – Day 60

I left a good job in the city
Working for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleeping
Worrying 'bout the way things might have been

Big wheel keep on turning
Oh the proud mary keep on burning
And we’re rolling, rolling
Rolling on the river

- Tina Turner - "Proud Mary"

Aug 18, 2008

Opus - "Live is Life" -Trois Pistoles to St-Damase – Day 59

When we all give the power
We all give the best
Every minute of an hour
Don't think about the rest
And you all get the power
You all get the best
When everyone gets everything
And every song everybody sings

And it's life (nanananana)
Life is life (nanananana)
Life is life (nanananana)


- Opus - "Life is Life"

Aug 17, 2008

The Scorpions - "Winds of Change" - Riviere Ouelle to Trois Pistoles – Day 58

I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
An August summer night
Soldiers passing by
Listening to the wind of change...


- The Scorpions - "Winds of Change"