Nebraska!

Hello Everyone! Thanks for stopping in and checking out my blog. Your support seems more crutial at this stage. I am a person who should definitely be Canadian... I dont do these 100 degree plus days in the beating sun well and it sucks the life out of me. Other than that it's been a great experience this week.

We've been out and about in all these communities talking to all the locals and telling them about the cause and hopefully leaving a trail of good behind us. The people of Colorado and Nebraska are terrific! Very warm and welcoming.

At the beginning of the week we started out in Colorado, then I think on monday we crossed into Nebraska... I'm not sure though. Every day has been drifting into one another. Mostly because the heat.

On Wednesday, my riding partener Mark took a big fall. No broken bones but he ripped his skin off nearly to the bone. It was pretty sick. Really deep. He was pulling into a driveway in front of me and some loose sand just ripped his bike out from under him and bango, he hit the ground on his hip, elbow and knee.

The rest of the week was corn, corn, corn and more corn and a great diner on the border of Nebraska and Colorado. It had the most wonderful coffee and so I had 4 of them... hehe... oh, and trains that go for 2 miles. 120 cars was the longest.

For all the Americans reading this... I'm a canuck so, guns are something very foreign to me and they're neat to see in real life!

and one of Mark holding the old Colt cowboy gun.

This weekend we are in a town called Fremont. We are currently stationed at the YMCA, which also has the only hockey rink within a 400 mile radius! And the ice is in. And its hard and olympic sized. Its great being in this good of shape. I think when I get back i'm going to join a church league hockey thing or something. Its great going for 4 hours on the ice continuous without loosing my breath at all, even after a 20 min rush. CRAZY! Im still not the best hockey player, but it was sure fun! Played shinny with a bunch of locals.

This week we're heading through Iowa. Another state I can knock off my list! I'm getting through them pretty good. I should buy a map and start colouring in the places I've been.

As we're going its pretty amazing how much poverty there is locally in all these small towns. Alot of them are ghost towns with people struggling to find jobs. I cant imagine my life after this trip. I dont think I'll be able to not do anything to help people when I get back. Georgetown, and the entire southern Ontario is so rich though. Anways, I'm glad I'm helping... well my sponsors are helping these strangers as well as neighbors. Thank you again to all the people who gave to this amazing cause. After doing the DRS (disaster response services) in mississippi, i have seen first hand the peoples lives that this touchs and how worthy a cause the CRWRC is and how efficiently the money is used to touch peoples lives.

I have to hit the sack... another night.. another town.. another hundred or so miles again tomorrow! Maybe one of these days i'll wake up early and leave early. rather than sleeping in! lol.

Finest Regards to all my readers,

Bryan Flikkema