Riding the Winding, Seeking the Sun

I've always liked cycling: the wind, the sun, the quiet of the road, the beating of my own heart, and the opportunity to be near to God.  It is almost meditative and even more beautiful when it is through the prairies: golden wheat all round and an occasional sun flower field, bursting with joy and color celebrating the sun.


This July I will be in Ride 2012.  Strangely it feels like I've joined a marathon that I have not quite adequately prepared for.  But the prairie wheat fields beckon me to come, the conola fields perfuming the air, the sun drenched days ahead, calling me to play, and the memories of my teenage years riding in the coolies and hills surrounding Carstairs seems strangely wonderful.  I'm not sure if I'm trying to recapture a moment in time when things were simple, but I know this opportunity may never arise again.

The cycling leg of Ride 2012 will start in Winnipeg to Regina to Calgary to Kelowna and finally to Vancouver.  I will ride from Winnipeg to Calgary.  The purpose is to raise funds for inner city development, to reach out to those who are hurting: http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=1364682&langPref=en-CA.  I, of course, would appreciate your prayers and sponorship.

I'm not sure what my parents will say when I tell them that I will be riding the long route of 1,440KM.  I don't know if my father will call me crazy or silently wish he was the one riding.