We'll leave Redding, CA on July 18th and make for Seattle, then Jasper.... lousy 'cause the Tour de France will still be going! I wonder if any sports bars along the way will show the Tour? Haha, not likely. So 2 days driving gets us to the start of day one.... we'll ride south on Hwy 93, on the Icefield Parkway, through the Canadian Rockies for 95 miles. It seems like the route will be relatively mellow.... elevation around 6000', not a ton of climbing, although we will climb over Bow Summit. Mostly we'll just spin along the Continental Divide with our mouths open like fools because of the amazing scenery! We'll be following the mountain valley towards the a place called The Crossing, the one spot between Jasper and Lake Louise that 
has a place to get a bed & some grub. Along the way we'll gawk at snow-capped peaks, glaciers & the rivers that flow from them, the Athabasca & Sunwapta waterfalls...We'll stay overnight at the confluence of the North Saskatchewan River and the Howse and Mistaya rivers near the headwaters of Alberta's Saskatchewan river system within sight of Mt. Wilson. It'll be my goal, however, to always keep the perspective that while we're living, cycling, breathing easily, enjoying the view and fresh air.... others are struggling in a hospital and aren't sure of their future. We'll make sure to keep them in 
our thoughts as we ride. We'll be in no hurry! I figure we'll be on the bikes 7 hours a day on average, since we'll be doing basically a century every day.... and with all of the hardest mountain riding coming on the last 7 days of the trip, we'll need to make sure we ride at a sustainable pace in the early part of the trip. I imagine on this first day we'll be so psyched that nothing will keep our spirits down. Thanks for reading!
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