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Regrettably, I am not finding time to write blog entries on this tour.  I try to post a brief update on my Facebook account once in a while.  If you'd like to follow our progress, please friend me on Facebook.   Thanks.

Sunday afternoon

I wrote this on Sunday but couldn't past it until now.

Even though Sunday is the first day of the week, today feels like the end of Week 1. It truly is a gift to have a day of rest while on the tour. 

It is so very warm here in Vernon.  It looks like we'll have more of the same heat throughout the next week. Since it is cooler in the early morning, I did some laundry in a bucket before breakfast. It reminds me that we are fasting from some of the normal comforts of Western life in order to provide justice, food, shelter, clothes, etc., for people around the world.  Check out the work of World Renew and Partners Worldwide on their websites and the Tesfa Foundation on Facebook.

There is WiFi here at the school, but for some reason, it's not connecting on my phone and the signal is too weak for data.  I'm not sure when I'll get to post this.  Life is like that on the road.

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Have a wonderful week, wherever you are and whatever you're doing.

Settling In

We're already at the end of Day 4 on Sea to Sea 2017.  Everything is going well--no accidents or injuries thus far and only 8 flat tires. For some reason they have us report our flats and keep a running tally.

Wade and Meika came to White Rock, BC to see us off on Monday, along with Rudy's mum and sister-in-law, Wendy.  We also got to see several of the Folkerts' nieces and nephews on Sunday.

Tuesday was an uneventful 60 mile ride with a stop in Rudy's hometown of Chilliwack.  Rudy's mom even biked with us for a few miles.

Yesterday we biked from Hope, BC to Manning Park, BC.  We climbed over 6,000 feet in about 42 miles.  Some of it was 9% grades. Yes, it was steep!  I felt better at the end of the ride than I expected, but my legs were a little sluggish today.  Tomorrow we'll bike 81 miles. 

Tonight a local Baptist Church here in Princeton, BC made supper for all 90 of us and told how they are serving people in this community with their food bank and their firewood ministry.  Once a year they have a picnic out in the woods and everyone brings their chainsaws and they cut and split wood to be given away the following year.  

We're getting used to the group camping thing again and are amazed at how quickly 60 pounds of gear (what we're allowed per person) can become so disorganized!   I just heard another rider say, "I gotta get organized here!"  My thoughts exactly! 

That's it for tonight.  Thanks for checking in!