Farewell Quebec…we laughed,we cried we communicated food orders and directions using hand gestures. Thank you for your robust personality your abundance of rest/food stops and cleanliness. Your expansive beauty and mountains along the St Lawrence “this isn’t good bye this is I’ll see you later”
NT The Sage Knight…🌹
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On a journey like this you can only bring so much I have one book other than my notebook. A book my beautiful sister gave me on day 2 after breaking out of the huge Toronto GTA sprawl.
It’s a book of poems written by my great Aunt Maxine Tynes called “Save The World For Me”
I would definitely describe myself more of a writer than a poet as I’ve never really dabbled until recently. Near the end of the book Maxine talks about the joy and fulfillment one feels putting pen to paper and creating a poem so I decided to give it a try during rest time. This Knight’s princess is also a magnificent poet giving double inspiration.
I named this poem “The Field Where I Slept” I hope you enjoy it.
Pushing pushing pushing then pushing a little more… Pushing pushing pushing…what is it all for? It’s exploring and imploring…it’s never boring… Pushing pushing pushing the body begins to call for rest… Everywhere is somewhere you’ve never been… Over there a church…over the bridge there’s a school… Pushing pushing pushing got a feeling something better is ahead… Pushing pushing pushing bingo! an abandoned farm a gift from the skate gods…a big open field with tall grass unkept…This big open field under the stars and fresh air is where I slept.
NT The Sage Knight…🌹
I’ve been approaching this year’s journey like the 4 quarters of a basketball game. Yet this is not just a regular season game, this is a crucial play off game in the second round…
The San Antonio Spurs (The good guys) have come out clicking on all cylinders.The ball is moving as if it’s magitized and the rim seems to have expanded just for them/us. The Spurs went into the second quarter up by 11 pts but they cannot ease their foot off the peddle, for The wiley Dallas Mavericks (The Road/The Elements) are no slouches and Dirk is just waiting for Duncan to take his customary 2nd quarter break.
I’ve notched 800 kilometers in 17 days and now we’re nearing halftime (The 1000 mark) Sometimes I’m numbed to it and sometimes I’m beside myself… Quebec driving culture as I’ve been warned is very intense and aggressive even when I go out of my way to not be in the way I still get the angry honks and those comical loud engine revvings.
Like Tim Duncan I must only keep/give focus on the greater goal and not get sucked in. I conduct myself like a visitor in somebody else’s home and on the other side of things that has granted wonderful French Canadian hospitality.
Thinking very often of my friends and loved ones back home thank you from the bottom of my heart to those whom have been supporting PushingCanada26
Blessings from somewhere on the south shore of the St Lawrence 🙏🏁💐
The First PushingCanada video is now live! Check it out here https://www.instagram.com/pushingcanada26/reel/Da6pKFJxLtT/
A lot of folks have been asking “are you raising funds?’ Yes we are just like last year our goal is to raise funds for the Holy Trinity Community Hub which yours truly is a volunteer for and where the Chess Club I facilitate is housed.
Here’s the link https://civi.holytrinity.to/civicrm/contribute/transact/?reset=1&id=9
Just specify ‘”in honor of Pushing Canada” and we’re golden. This is also completely separate from Noah’s Canteen just to make things clear.
Love you all, thank you tremendously for the support 🙏
Much of what is now behind me feels like a blur sometimes I walk about these little towns and I think “am I even here?” It can really feel like a waking dream.
highlights? Pushing Canada finally got it’s first skitch (skitching is getting towed by a vehicle on a skateboard) A black Mini covered in spray paint driven by a man dressed exactly like Where’s Waldo (I couldn’t make this up if I tried) “you want a tow?” How could I say no.
My right hand firmly gripped the wheel well and I told Waldo to start slow then let her rip. Notched about 70kmph and let go when my board began shaking.and my skateboarding instincts told me to.
Waldo gave a friendly wave and sped off. I coasted about 2 kms without moving a muscle…More Canadian kindness “free speed” and tremendous momentum 🏁
here’s some pictures from the road I love you all
Greetings from Montreal dear friends. Well we`ve hit the first quarter mark for Pushing Canada 26 East (550 KMs) Leaving Toronto July1st passing through Durham region to Cobourg to Kingston then Cornwall then into rural Quebec then into Montreal…
I have always wanted to skate to Montreal so there`s another goal to cross off the list after lunch we set off for New Brunswick!
Blessings to you all
NT TSK
Greetings from Kingston Ontario!
Well friends here we are again. We’re off to a great start reaching Kingston in 5 days. Had to set up new wheels already! thank goodness Robert Penrose set me off with a spare set of cruiser wheels or I would’ve been in a serious jam someplace between civilization.
Taking a rest day in Kingston eating burritos and sleeping in the mid day sun… Back on the road come sunrise.
The day has arrived… Come one come all to “The Push Off” Embarking from Toronto to St Johns NL July 1st Canada Day 1pm at Jack Layton Ferry terminal (we’ll be by the bike statue)
Push off with your Sagely friend as far as you can go at 3:33pm. Thank You dearly Mike Hartman,Vans,So Hip and Caribbean Corner for supporting the journey.
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