It's Canoe Trippin' Time!

At long last, after so many hundreds of kilometres we have made it to Churchill Falls.  This entire voyage has spawned from our wish to paddle the Churchill River before a second dam is built on it, destroying the natural course of the river forever.  For so long we've been saying "when we get to the river...."  or "when we go down the river"....and now, all of a sudden we're here.  After everything!  Our latest adventure has included 4 flat tires in the 3 days it took us to ride from Labrador City to Churchill Falls.  No flat tires for over 1300 Kms, and 4 in a row. Adrien's first blew out the sidewall on her tread and with much duct tape and cursing we reinforced the tread and put a new tube in...our last one.  The bike, sitting upside down with no weight on the tire whatsoever litterally exploded as the new tube blew up in front of everyone watching.  The mysteries of life!   With some amazing support from our new motorcycle friends and a kind couple in a pickup Dave courageously finished the ride to keep our "human powered" status on the go, while Adrien took her ruined bike and all the gear to set up camp in town.  Dave is the hero, he covered 59 Kms on the worst kind of gravel in less than 3.5 hours.  GO DAVE!  We will get the bikes all sorted out in Happy Valley where there's a bike shop and happily (and hopefully uneventfully!) finish our last 10 days of cycling on this trip. None of that matters as we eagerly await the Grand River Keeper's arival with our trusty old town canoe to kick off into the meat of the trip.  There is much food to be eaten and lots of sleep to be had....we couldn't be more excited!  Over and Out!     

One other note...

We have been able to update our photos on Facebook.  It`s proving difficult to get them up on the blog so far! If you can, follow ``Greener Adventures`` on Facebook and all the pictures are there.  The videos will be a project on their own, most likely at the end of this crazy adventure. Enjoy!

Out of the Bush for 24 hours!

Although we are long overdue for a post it is not due for a lack of things to say!  We have had a very difficult time finding much internet access and look forward to lots of time at the end of the trip to properly post a lot of our observations, photos and videos.  Many libraries are closed when we roll through and in the case of the past 10 days there has been nothing but trees, trout and trucks.  We have arrived safe and sound in Labrador City after a wild ride north 600 kms on the 389.  At times paved, at times not, always exciting.  We have met amazing people, seen incredible sights and are still digesting everything.  Including our 36 timbits and supersize french fries from McDonald`s!!!!  Today has been a glorious day of calorie loading and resting in the shade (bug free!!) while doing errands.  We were lucky enough to meet a lovely man, Tom Squire on the road a week ago who offered us orange crush, strawberries and a place to sleep here should we need it.  He and Amanda with their 3 beautiful children have welcomed, showered, fed, cheered us greatly all evening and we hope to stay in touch.  Tomorrow we begin our sprint to Churchill Falls covering 250 kms in 3.5 days before starting our long-awaited canoe trip on Wednesday.  2 months down, 1 to go and spirits are high.  Bugs, stinky clothes and broken gear aren`t dampening our enthusiasm or love of this trip. What an endeavor!  We are constantly thankful for the help and support we have had from our friends, families and strangers throughout this voyage, it would be next to impossible without it.  Here`s hoping we can get some photos up tonight, we have LOTS.  Love you all.