Winnipeg

Hello All!

Well, we had a beautiful westerly wind on Tuesday and rode it 200km...all the way to Winnipeg where we decided to take the next day off and enjoy the city. It was extremely enjoyable to stay in a warm bed for the night and escape the past few nights of crazy weather (apparently there were even tornado warnings in the area we were camping....eeek!) The Udows were so great to us and we really appreciate their generous hospitality!

Yesterday morning Katie and I were also able to meet up with Winnipeg's Huntington's Society president Vern and his wife Ellen. Vern was actually able to organize an interview with us and CityTV Winnipeg because they are coincidently doing a story on Winnipeg's new movement disorder clinic that caters to many patients suffering from HD. They asked us a bunch of questions regarding our little adventure and the taping is scheduled to air this morning here in the city. It was a really cool experience and hopefully it will further help to raise awareness for our cause! After the taping we were able to visit an HD patient and his wife at a nearby nursing home. Helen and Llyod were very pleased to meet us and wished us well on our journey. After this we headed to a wonderful Greek restaurant for lunch with Vern and Ellen who treated us to the city's best Gyros! Vern then continued to give a very informative and first hand tour of the city...thank you so much Vern, we really appreciated all that you did for us!

As it was our first time in Winnipeg and there happened to be a jazz festival going on, we were convinced by the Udows to take in some of the festivities. We went to a neat little place last night and enjoyed some Winnipeg Jazz...it was fantastic!

Now, we are just about to head back out onto the road and the plan is to make it across the border and into Ontario tomorrow morning! Thanks again for all the support....we miss everyone back home and hope all is well!