Arvid and crew will leave Riverbend at 5am heading to Oakville to participate in a bike parade and church picnic with Newton Community Fellowship followed by an evening banquet in Winnipeg. It will be a busy day cycling 200+ km…

Today is Arvid’s only planned day off from cycling as he and our family and the crew spent a lovely afternoon and an evening program at Riverbend Colony. Riverbend is building a house with all proceeds going to MCF. Ndondo…

On Friday Arvid cycled 195 km to the Acadia Hutterite Colony, 50 km east of Brandon. They were joined by his family, including 11 grandkids. Ndondo Mully and Faith, an MCF beneficiary landed in Winnipeg at 2pm. Thanks to Paul…

Arvid is almost in Manitoba as of Thursday night. He completed 311km on Thursday!

This will be our last crew crew post as others will assume this task. We just crossed over the Saskatchewan border into Manitoba. We are heading to the Acadia Colony near Carberry. “Crossing Over” for people of faith from this…

Arvid is right in the middle of the prairies, having biked 386km on day 6. Here he comes, Manitoba!

There is nothing like a great truck “truck driv’n ” song to get a person up to pace in the morning. Willie Nelson’s song is this mornings choice: “On the road Again… making music with my friends…going to places I’ve…

Had a flat in the ‘Toon”, Get back to you soon.

I have tried calling you guys a few times this morning. Could you please tell arvid that the visas have been granted. I have to leave for work. (Text from Ruth Loewen this morning) Arvid and Ruth have been concerned…

Four Am comes early! Sleep deprivation reins. Our main man is struggling to even get one eye open. I comment that, “We’re beside a cow pasture and we have four bars! A voice responds ” And cows don’t even drink…

Arvid is through Edmonton and into the Prairies! He has his sights set on Winnipeg, where he’ll see his grandsons and interact at several events at supportive Hutterite colonies, then arrive for the MCF banquet in Winnipeg. On day 5…

A Canadian country singer, Corb Lund, wrote a very humorous song about cows: “Everything is better with some cows around…” We parked for the evening beside a cow pasture just east of Maidstone Saskatchewan. Arvid completed an amazing 400 K’s…

It’s in vogue in social media to post pictures of food! Posted is Arvid’s lunch! From the Roadside Cafe just east of Vegreville Alberta Recipe available on Grandpas Can.

The Slick Stick is a mechanical device invented by Jodi Friesen, (Avid’s Daughter) The purpose of the “Slick Stick) is to pass food and electronic devices to a cyclist from a moving vehicle. Operational guidelines: – This is not a…