Fund raising ride - final update

Side note:
To read my first blog on my fund raising bicycle tour around lake Erie, click here.
To read my second update of the tour, click here; my third update, click here.
To sponsor me, click here.

Just 10 days to D day. This will be my last update before the big ride.

Fund raising:
Amount raised as of today, August 7 2014, $4,455.00. Thank you all for your generosity. We are not far from the goal of $5000.00, please encourage your family and friends to sponsor me, thanks.

If any of you, my sponsors, have not received a receipt from CNIB please let me or Theresia know about it. We will contact CNIB and make sure that you will received it in the mail within 2 weeks.

New sponsors are: Andy Sucipto, Stephen Lee, Thomas Tobin, Anthony Scanga, Patricia Goff, Martha Lee, Clayton Reynolds, Cindy Jue, Gudelia Sato, Mia Samadi, Trevor Martins, Pamela Munjal, Philomena McGuiness, Albert & Terry Shea, Irene Carr, Adrianto Suhendra, Camilla McDonald, Bernard Souche, Richard and Maria Danyo, Charles Thomas.


Preparation for the big ride:

Training:
Had done a reasonable amount of cycling, I feel that I am physically good to go on this tour.
For the next 10 days, I will take it easy, cycling short distances - 25 to 30 km - every other day. My muscles need to rest and be fresh on D day. I will do the short distance rides with some load on the bike.

Shadow, with about 80% of total load.

Navigation:
The route around lake Erie was divided into 11 days, cue sheets were printed for each day. The whole route was created using 'ridewithgps' software.

Here is the itinerary for my cycling tour around lake Erie. Clicking on 'Day x' will show you the route map for that day.
Day 1.
Sunday morning from home in Brampton to Oshweken - 102 km.
The Bear's Inn, 1979 4th Line, Oshweken, Ontario N0A-1M0 (519-445-4133)

Day 2.
Oshweken to Port Colborne - 87.5 km.
Best Value Inn, 10134 Hwy 3, Port Colborne, Ontario L3K-5V4 (905-835-5202)

Day 3.
Port Colborne to Irving, New York - 87 km.
Light House Inn, 965 Main Rd., Irving, NY (716-934-3877)

Day 4.
Irving, NY to Erie, PA - 102 km.
Clarion Hotel Lake Erie, 2800 W 8th St., Erie, PA 16505 (814-833-1116)

Day 5.
Erie, PA to Painsville, OH -  km
Villa Rosa Motel, 2140 North Ridge Road, Painesville, OH 44077 (440-357-7502)

Day 6.
Painsville, OH to Lakewood, OH - 107.2 km.
Days Inn, 12019 Lake Avenue., Lakewood, OH 44107 (216-226-4800)

Day 7.
Lakewood, OH to Sandusky, OH - 88 km. and on to Pelee Island by ferry - M.V. Pelee islander 3:30 PM
Pelee Island ferry terminal to Vu Shorgo, 957 East-West Rd., Pelee island, ON - 5.6 km + 88 km.
(519-990-6961)

Day 8.
Pelee island ferry - M.V. Pelee islander to Kingsville 9:00 AM, to Blenheim - 82 km
Kingsville ferry terminal to Blenheim, Silver Motel 398 Chatham St. S, Blenheim, ON N0P-1A0
(519-676-5156)

Day 9.
Blenheim to St. Thomas, ON - 88.5 km
Cardinal Court motel, 10401 Sunset Rd. RR#7, St. Thomas, ON N5P-3T2
(1-877-774-8380)

Day 10.
St. Thomas to Brantford, ON - 110 km
Days Inn, 460 Fairview Dr. Brantford, ON
(519-759-2700)

Day 11.
Brantford to Home, - 97.5 km.

Note: The stated distances would be the minimum distance for each day. From my last tour experience, most of the time I cycled further than what was stated by the planned route. This is expected from an unsupported bicycle tour. More often than not, I got lost and cycled 'off course' each day. Sometime I had to go 'off course' for meals, water and other necessities.

Logistic:

Start collecting stuff that I need for the trip. Clothing, toiletries, medications, tools and spare parts, first aid kit, communication and navigation tools, and emergency food.

My set of clothing, they go in the dry sack, then into the left pannier.

We activated our InReach account and started testing and re-learning the tracking feature. There is a new Mapshare feature that will allow you to follow me as I cycled around the lake. I am still learning and testing this feature. Everyone on the CNIB donor list will received an e-mail about the link and password for this Mapshare.
You can also follow me on my face-book; whenever possible I will post my progress each day.

Thank you for your support. End.