We started our ride from Vancouver Island, BC. While we rode over 6,000 miles, our ride “across” Canada was not really across Canada. Unlike our ride across the U.S., while we were still working, which was done in 74 consecutive days; our riding in Canada was done in five increments for a total of 7 months. We were retired, and took a lot of detours and side trips. It was a typical tour. We stopped for a lot of ice cream shops.
We “cheated” when we took a shortcut from Winnipeg through Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan to get to Toronto. We also have a 500 mile gap of unfinished riding between Toronto and Quebec City. And lastly, we rode from Halifax/PEI to Quebec City starting from the east coast
My wife and I were going to finish off the gap last summer, but decided against it when we saw the smoke from the Canadian wildfires. We still hope to finish the ride. We will have to rename it “Ride Across North America”.
The point of all this is that we won’t be too helpful on routes east of Winnipeg.
Enjoy your ride and best wishes on your planned venture.
