Take This Challenge

Calgary here we come...5pm in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan and we just finished a very cool ride from Swift Current...We were met by a few local fireman who gave us a full Fire Truck escort (very cool) through town. Ryan Hunter, a local fireman and newbie cyclist, road with me for about 40km, while his buddy turned on the sirens and ripped us through town. This was great support and much needed socialization as we have been alone on the road for a long time. Ryan was just like everyone else we have met this trip, he was totally excited to meet us, ride with us and support us. Ryan and the Swift Current Fire Department presented us with a cheque for $250.00, this was just awesome, and was iciing on the cake from a great person and town. This to me was a great gesture of support, and Team H2V wants to challenge other Fire Departments across the country to donate also, whether a dollar or one thousand dollars, all money is welcome.



This was not our first challenge of the trip either. On our first day, Earl from the Halifax Canaccord office challenged all 140 Canaccord offices to meet and beat their $1000.00 donation. Think about how much that raises, wouldn't that be awesome!!

Tomorrrow morning we arrive in Calgary, hopefully we will be there at our projected time which is 7:45am. We will be riding through Calgary as a team, which will be totally awesome as I miss riding with the boys. We will be meeting with some local dignataries who will be presenting Team H2V with White Cowboy Hats. For Calgary this is equivalent to becoming honary citizens and getting a Key to the city.

So many cities across Canada have come out to support us, whether big like Halifax or small like Massey, people have come out and given what they can to our great and urgent cause.

I want to right now challenge all Western Canadian cities to come out and support Team H2V. We want your support for what is going to be the toughest part of our journey, the last few days as we get close to home. We want your support in the following ways; (a) come out and ride with us, become someone who helps make history, like so many have done so far (b) come out to the side of the roads and cheer us on, yell, scream and make some noise for us (c) the most IMPORTANT, DONATE NOW!!! It has been asked before but i will ask again, PLEASE DONATE NOW!!!! JDRF needs your money, donate to our EPIC JOURNEY and become part of history. Team H2V is doing something special by riding across the country and raising awareness for Juvenile Diabetes, but we are nothing without your DONATIONS, and we will never find a cure for a disease that is a horrible part of so many families daily routines.

On a personal note, I just have to say that this trip is becoming very emotional for me. This morning I read about twenty emails that were sent to us from our info email account. I started reading them to Rider Support 1 (my RV group) and the tears started. We were called heros, saints, people want to meet us, they want to be near us, they were thanking us for doing somehthing that no one else has done. This was very tough for me and my team mates to swallow, we have always thought of this as a great way to help a friend, raise money and awareness for a terrible diesease, and embark on an EPIC adventure, But never to be called a hero.

I can't wait to see you all Saturday at the Beach House in English Bay, for what sounds to me like the Pary of the year....

Don't forget also, please donate, this journey will be for non without donations to help cure this Disease!!!

Keith Nicoll, RV 1.........