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Day 1 – All riders arrived safely!

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All riders have safely arrived in Wawa, Ontario. “We had a GREAT day on the trail today” said Betty Randall. “We traveled in 3 groups at different spends and everyone was happy”

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The first Sleds have arrived in Wawa, Ontario

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According to satellite transponders (Spot Messengers), several of the riders have arrived in Wawa, Ontario at the Wawa Motor Inn about 4:30 P.M. eastern. We still show other riders on the trail about an hour out from Wawa, at this point we don’t know if they had problems or are taking it easy.

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Halfway Haven for Lunch

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According to Satellite tracking all riders made it to Halfway Haven (near Jeep Lake, Ontario) at 1:20 PM eastern. They will get some lunch and gas and should be moving again to their destination of Wawa, Ontario.

Note: pictures below (circa 2006)

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Day 1 – Off to Wawa, Ontario

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The teams left this morning from Searchmont, Ontario on the D-trail heading for Wawa, Ontario. They will be stopping a a Canadian outpost at Halfway Haven to have lunch and fuel up. This ride is about 200 miles with no roads or anyway to get to them if they have problems. All the Support vehicle can do is wait for them to get to come out either end of the trail. The Canadian outpost at “Halfway Haven” is an outpost with its own generators, fuel and limited accomadations. We are having technical difficulties with a few of the satellite transponders (SPOTS) today, with only Jim Dickie, Bryon Pattullo, Duane Kurniski, Don Lipinski, Garry Randell and Support vehicle (chase one) reporting their positions. Click on the MAPs page to the right for the actual trail map they are following.

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Children at Paradise

Posted in Trip updates on February 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Thanks to all the Children for the wonderful posters and good luck wishes on our 2011 journey. Also a BIG Thank-you to all the staff for the coffee and a very warm welcome to Paradise, Michigan.

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Friday News

Posted in Trip updates on February 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »

The MichCanSka ride has officially started. We rode to the tunnel in Sault Ste. Marie and was greeted by the mayor, many city coucil men and the new activities director for the Soo. The mayor read a proclamation for us and we were off to Paradise. In Paradise the children came out from the school with posters that they had all made and thanked us for all the work we do.