More MS Bike Tour Goodness

While my last post had a more general audience vibe to it, this post has more to do with what I normally blog about - random things!

Here are a few nerdy couply photos of Greg and I, one in our biking gear and the other in our neon formal attire (for the evening banquet):

Way, way back in the summer in 2006 I did research in the Gaspereau Valley on tree swallows for my honors project with my good pal Allison. As part of the bike tour we actually biked by all four of the field sites so I couldn't help but stop and take a picture with one of the bird boxes:

An interesting fire hydrant and a lovely old church in downtown Wolfville:

They had an awesome bathroom sign at the exhibition centre, I like how men's is underlined. Once we got to Sackville (where we stayed for the night) we relaxed on the deck, drank lots of coffee and took in the rain shower under the canopy. It was pretty delightful, here is Greg taking in my pictures from the weekend:

A much deserved beer on Sunday when we got back to Sackville. We stocked up on new beer at Premier Wine and Spirits off Spring Garden St. This was a very tasty choice:

MS Bike Tour, Video Style!

I volunteered to film Beth's (amazing!!) speech at the banquet on Saturday night, and that led me to think that I should video tape more of our shenanigans.

So not only do you have the chance to watch Beth's (amazing!!) speech you can check out the video and photo montage of the Neon Riders' version of the 2012 MS Bike Tour:



You can also watch Beth's (amazing!!) speech here:



In two days we biked about 2000km with a team of 18 (2 of which were our pit crew/photographer, a wonderful treat!) The Neon Riders raised over $12,400 towards MS research and had an awesome time!

For more information about the MS Society of Canada, click here.

And for more blogging fun about the Neon Riders, check out fellow Neon Rider Josh Graham's blog:  MS be Shaven

MS Bike Tour Preview

This past weekend I participated in my very first MS Bike Tour and it was amazing!!

I have lots of pictures and videos to share with you but they will have to wait until tomorrow.

Until then here is a sneak peak of some of the colourful people I hung out with on the tour:

Pictou County Bike Week

*Click the photo for a few more pictures*

Last week was Pictou County Bike Week put on by the Pictou County Active Transportation Committee and although it was a pretty rough weather week I managed to make it out to one group ride and Greg toughed it out and made it to two.

The first was on Sunday and it was just a 9km loop around New Glasgow. There were people of all ages biking and it was great to see so many people out.

After the ride we met back at the marina for ice cream and there was even dairy free options - huzzah! I know there is no ice cream in any of these pictures, but I think it's worth mentioning.  Isn't that why people ride bikes? So they can eat ice cream?