Fund raising ride - update 2

About 75 days to D-day, time for an update.

Side note: To read my first blog on cycling around lake Erie to raise funds for CNIB, click here.
To donate, click on the following secure link provided by CNIB -
http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=2184105&langPref=en-CA

Fund raising: As of to-day, June 15, $1760 is raised. Thank you all.
New donors are - Susan Cheeseman, Laurene Cheung, Mary Muray, Rheta Jobes, Hok An Tjoa, Lesley Wong,  Frank Kasmara, Richard Sada, John Mullins, Tony and Mady Sie, Theresa Borutski and Alice Muise.

Theresia Tahir, Sue Suave, Venice Rose, Andrea Roylance, Budi Tahir

On June 12, the CWL  at St. Anthony's parish had Venice, an ambassador of the CNIB as a guest speaker. Andrea, the Community Giving Manager of the CNIB was also present.
Venice spoke about her experiences; how she became blind 5 years ago. Initially as a very independent person she did not think that she needed to seek CNIB assistance. Now, she said, it was the best decision in her life that she went to CNIB  for assistance. It changed her life, regained her independence and enjoyed life again.
Andrea, touched on diseases of the eye that can cause blindness later in life but are preventable. She also revealed, to our surprise, that the CNIB is less than 30% funded by the government, the rest comes from donations from the general public.
And I, talked about my fund raising effort, cycling unsupported around lake Erie.
Thank you to Theresia, CWL community life chair and Sue, the CWL president, for giving us the opportunity to talk about CNIB. This will certainly help my fund raising effort.

Preparation for the big ride:
After the long and cold winter, I was back cycling outdoors mid April. Finally had a chance to ride Shadow with it's new carbon fork. It performed well; less vibrations, easier on my hands, arms and shoulders.
We went to Florida form April 20 to May 17. I did not cycle much in Florida. From May 19 till today, I managed to cycle more often and managed to slowly increase the distance. Yesterday, I did 72 km, cycling around Caledon. Barring injuries or accidents, I am confident that I will be ready for the big ride by August 31st.

So far I have not been able to find better navigation tools, within my budget, than the ones I had used on my previous tour. Google map is my main tool to find bicycle routes. I will print a hard copy of the cue sheets and together with my bicycle odometer, they will be my navigation tools.
Here is the first 4 days of my itinerary.
Day 1 - 103 km - Brampton, ON to Ohsweken, ON
Day 2 - 85 km - Ohsweken,ON to Port Colborne, ON
Day 3 - 87 km - Port Colborne, ON to Irving, NY
Day 4 - 102 km - Irving, NY to Erie, PA



Day 5, will be a rest day.

I am still working on the rest of the route. See you on my next update.

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