July’s just around the corner and with that comes GrandpasCan 2012, the double world record attempt across Canada. Parts of the crew are mobilizing and already moving towards Vancouver. The 15-seater van that will take the MCF group is on its way, Arvid is driving the follow vehicle and is almost at the BC border (or already past it), the MCF group will be arriving in Vancouver on Saturday, Ruth (Arvid’s wife) will be flying to Vancouver on Saturday, and myself (Paul, Arvid’s son) and Bernie will be flying out on Sunday. Paul Boge (author) and Dylan Watson (media) will be arriving sometime this weekend too (I’m not sure of the details). Somehow we’ll all end up there. And then it’s just a matter of getting the cyclist to the start point at 6am on Tuesday. Sometimes Arvid looks forward to the start of the ride because it means that he can finally stop worrying about logistics and ride his bike. I’m not sure about you, but I’d take the stress of logistics over riding my bike for 16 days straight pretty much any day.
See you all in Vancouver. Follow along on twitter at www.twitter.com/grandpascan, on Facebook search for Arvid Loewen, and get ready to hit refresh on this page – a lot.
