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Hi Mark, Love your video, thought you should know I do check up on your page every once in awhile to see what you are up to.

Thanks for all the comments. Thanks Jodi for the cookie info. Thanks Janis for enjoying what I've been writing. Thanks Aunt Marilyn for following my ups and downs. Thanks Mary for watching my Enchanted Highway video. And thanks Dad for thinking of me. As for my India plans ... all I know is I'll be there for a couple of weeks. I'll find out the rest as it happens. Oh, and yes I saw Cass' comment. And thanks for all the other comments - I read and appreciate them all.

Hi Mark! We ran across your video of the Enchanted Highway when North Dakota Tourism shared it on Twitter. It's fantastic! The drone is working out beautifully! We're sharing it, too, on Beautiful Badlands ND social media. Sure enjoy the documentation of your journey, and glad you got a glimpse of our state! Best of luck to you in your continued travels, Mary of www.BeautifulBadlandsND.com

Hi Mark!
I enjoyed reading your entry and I hope you get some crunchy peanut butter soon:).

We met you at the big grasshopper on the Enchanted Highway! It’s so cool that you are biking all that way! Stay safe and good luck on the rest of your travels!!!!

Hope your trip goes well. You left a card and said you stopped to cool off

It was great to meet you today! After meeting you today and hearing your story we decided that you are a very ambitious person since neither my wife and I have no desire to follow in your footsteps! All the best with your trip we will check in to see how you are doing. Great drone shot!

Hi Mark,
I usually go through your blog when I visit the warmshowers website which I hadn't done in some time. Its been quite some time since your trip to Miami. Good luck with your travels and the documentary.

Hi there...

For what it is worth, you can tag two more readers for your current blog traffic.

Betty and I are paying attention and looking foreward to whatever stories you can conjure up in BC!

Travel safe and have fun!

M & B.

Great to see you enjoying Scottish weather Mike. I remember motorcycling around Scotland for five days. It rained for four of them. Stood under a tree to get out of it for wee while. Locals said "Scottish summer," was June 28th! Enjoy the rest of your journey of British Isles.

Glad to know you're back in Florida! Will you be coming through Bell or Gainesville (Betsy's town) again, do you think?? We'd love to see you!!!

Hi Mark. I'm looking forward to following your latest adventures.

YOU SO ROCK! CONGRATS!! Utterly amazing feat, my friend. Very, very proud of all you've accomplished. Put those feet up for a while! (In those shorts... LOL)

Here's to a vanquished toothache! Sure enough was a grand visit with you here in Bell; know you are welcome your next time around.

http://www.bicycling.com/culture/people/how-to-ride-around-the-world-in-6-years?cid=Soc_Facebook_OUTSIDE_120715

maybe it's a Canadian thing? ,-)

Mark - so glad you decided to stop in Bell with us! I saw your hang gliding videos. Very cool! I think Tracy would definitely love to try it. Me, ummm maybe? I hope the road continues to be kind to you & God Bless! ,-)

Pick up a new camera and a good set of teeth and you should make it to Fla. If that's not possible grab a hot chick at one of your next stops and head back to Waterloo County and we can have a homecoming party. I am sure all your friends back here will be OK with that. Take care and HAPPY motoring..

If u keep cool u will never sweat but I have not been able to find a solution to keeping the rain out.Now that the Subway maverick has been given 15years u may have a hard sell to get their sponsorship.Taking your Dad to Niagara on Sun.so your money problems may be over.Take care and HAPPY BIKING.
Cass

We are settled back in Schalamar in Florida and hope to see you sometime in the near future. Hope you don't get into all those storms and rains in southern Texas.
Aunt Marilyn

Hope all is going well and you have clear sailing the rest of the way. I just finished being with all the boys and your Dad making saurkraut and all went great.I was talking to your buddy who is the new voice of the Rangers and he wonders how you do all that crazy biking across Canada and the States.Stay cool and you will never sweat and see you when you get back.
Doug Cassidy

Hi Mark, Anne of the Tiny House here,I am following your blog with delight and am glad you are continuing eastwards cos that means more vicarious fun for me. Our trip to Switzerland was amazing, Switzerland is a cyclists heaven. I wrote a journal on Crazyguy so if you need any enticement to cycle in Switzerland have a look at the journal "Clean, green and hilly".
Anyway all the very best on your travels and thanks for a wonderful blog.

Hi Mark, I was told about your site from your brother Steve. I was cycling in Norfolk County, where your brother lives and heard about your travels, had to visit your site to find out more about this adventurist guy! Congrats, you are certainly living the cycling dream. Stay well and keep the excitement going!

Hi Natasha, I've been following this blog since it started last year.

Since you are a Subway store owner, have you browsed through a few pages of this blog? I've lost track but there must have been 30 or 40 subway store photos. This is such an awesome opportunity for Subway to get some good mileage (no pun intended) from a feel good story.

Maybe you can share the link and Subway exposure with your head office! I'd hate know how much this guy has spent on Subway food. 2 or 3 subs a day - and all of his trip to Newfoundland and down to the keys last year too!

Made ur subs from subway in Kamloops! Seen u took photos of my store before and after. Did u still have any of them! :-)

Hi Mark,

Met you briefly at the Princeton visitor centre as you were leaving. Could not believe the load you were carrying (hope it's not all your midlife baggage ;)

We were off to get fruit in Keremeos and saw you again as we passed going through Manning Park, I was impressed with your time and distance considering the hills and construction! If you go through Hope and need a meal or shower drop me a line. Bon voyage et bon courage.

Jennifer, Jill, and Devon would be our second cousins. Their mothers are our cousins so that make the children of our cousins, second cousins. That was an easy one Alex. Carry on!

Congrats on making it all the way to BC! Your photos are stunning.

Let me know if you need a place to sleep and shower in the Bay Area.

Hi Mark,

We are really enjoying your blog. It was kind of you to mention meeting us. I hope your trip through the mountains is as nice as ours was.

Hi Uncle Mark, thank you for including those pictures of the horses, they were very nice shots! I'm sure if Janet was able to read your blog, she would have appreciated them too but there is no wifi at camp! Speaking of horses, have you thought at all about going to the Stampede while you're in Calgary? It is probably against some law to be in Calgary during Stampede time and NOT GO! Safe travels!

Push myself too hard? ME?? Never! Seriously though, it was really smokey in Regina yesterday.

Hi Mark; Thought I would let you know that your godmother is keeping watch over you and enjoying your blog as much this year as last. By the way, the picture of the poutine and the one slice of pizza across the table; the balance doesn't look quite the same!! But we all know how much you like poutine. Great pics and ride safe. Aunt Marilyn

I figured that I should get a historical entry into the blog on the occasion of the first post of the current crissis.

Travel safe and enjoy the views!

Mark, I haven't seen this blatant promo for Subway since Happy Gilmore. If they don't sponsor you, they should be ashamed.

Interesting. Looking at your legs during the shovelling video reminded me of a tabletop hockey game with the players never really "skated" but rather "slid" up and down the ice.

Keep warm! We'll soon have news that will make you happy!

Hi Mark,
We met in the middle of NL. I was quite impress by your experience. I see that you have done a long road since we met and I just wanted to let you know that I have had a little thought for you. Hope everything is going fine on your side. Enjoy and take care! MA

ROTFL at the 'trim' video. Man you need a plan.
:P

I think I got through? Good to have you back safe and sound. I haven't caught up to all of your trip but I will keep reading when I can. Sounds like the cruise was a nice ending. Are you going to write a book on all your trips? Merry Christmas and Happy New. Ken

I will do my best to ensure an endless supply of both Bud Light Lime and pizza - but the latter will only be served after midnight!

I'd have to share them?? Florida sunshine vs shortbread. Life is full of hard decisions.

I've ridden some of the same roads including the roads Miami to Key West. The Seven Mile Bridge is not a pleasant ride.

Hey Mark! Hope your travells are going well. I love the Gulf of Mexico picture!. Have a great day.

Thanks for introducing us to Quest Air! That was so much less scary then anticipated and so much more enjoyable then imagined! Enjoy the skies!

Eternal Sunshine!!!

(insert derogatory name calling here... you double entendre menace... I hope you don't get HEAT STROKE)
:P

Mark,

Met you at the subway in Darien, Ga around noon today..after talking with you I was trying to decide what I was feeling and it finally occurred to me that "envious" would be a good description.

Good luck in your travels, I will read your story this evening when I have more time. Tell the folks at the Hostel I said hello. You will have traveled south of Darien through the now marshland but in the late 1700's these were rice and cotton plantations. Rice was grown through a series of dikes and levies created to allow rice farming and the plantations were worked by slaves. Later this area was known for timbering, pine and live oak were shipped all over the world in the 1800's.

As I mentioned, I live just a mile or so from the Hostel so maybe we will meet again. Once again, good luck and safe journey.

Gary Cross
912-269-9222
805 Ratcliff Rd.
Brunswick, Ga. 31523

6,000km... can I have a big
WHOOOOO HOOOOO!!!!

Amazing feat, my friend.

Now that you are back on the road aiming for the area we winter in you certainly will see lots of hills in PA and wait until you get to the mountains of VA! We know these hills well and the senery is spectacular, especially at this time of year. Those little fury friends know what their doing! Hope we might see you at the end of the month.

Trivia question answer: I'm going with BIG. And the thingy is white M with blue background. We're still enjoying all the posts. Stay safe :)

Hello Mark! I hope you are having a great trip. You have had a lot of adventures so far. Keep hydrated.

I can't believe you were at that game tonight! There was some good old ball playing. And old fashion game in an old fashion place.

So glad to know you have recovered and are enjoying the beautiful NS scenery that I know so well and I do recognize all the pics you have taken. Your Lawrencetown beach pics are probably not far from a cousin of mine. Slow down and take time to enjoy the magnificent scenery along the coastline as you travel to Yarmouth (eg.Peggy's Cove, Queensland beach, Chester,Mahone Bay, Lunenberg, etc).Keep healthy, nourished and hydrated; your godmother is keeping close watch!!

When in Halifax you need to head to pizza corner and don't forget the Donair sauce! Oh and don't miss the MEC. One of my favourite places is the view of the city/harbour from the top of Citadel Hill at night. You can set your watch to the noon day gun. It makes me jump every time. Enjoy!

Doubts? None.

Expectations? A few.

LOLs? Lots.

Congrats? Bloody right. WELL DONE YOU!!!!

Holy crap, Mark. My sis and I have been following along and are astounded, not only by your cojones, but by the shear dumb luck you seem to carry around!!!
(oh.. ok… perhaps a little skill, too :)

Bravo, my friend. You amaze me.

Congrats on making it to St. John's. I think you should get screeched in and kiss a cod. I'm waiting for some photos of your hosts to be posted (if they're willing).

Congratulations!

Some would say "brave", others... "loco" (e.g. Spaniards) but either way.... well done Mark!

Hey Mark, I've been checking on your blog every few days, very entertaining, and energenic. Good luck with the rest of your journey.

Hey Mark, great reading about your adventure. Not many people would have the guts to do what you're doing. I remember hiking GM - the view from the top was so beautiful. Will check in again soon.

There is a restaurant in Montreal that has all you can eat poutine for $15 on Tuesdays: http://poutineville.com/. They've just announced that a location is opening in Toronto: http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2014/07/all_you_can_eat_poutine_coming_to_toronto/. It doesn't help you now, but maybe one day you'll be back in Montreal or Toronto.

Why is it that when I log onto the blog and wait for it to load, I look to the top right corner for the distance update, I hear Richard Dawson's voice.... "Survey says...!"

Keep on going. The goal is in sight - maybe not with the remaining hills, in in sight - literally!

Just catching up on your adventures. Watch out for those moose, I hear they can be mean! Wishing you wind at your back and safe travels.

Your poem is great even though your arteries will take a break and I can't imagine having poutine on my favourite list! Congratulations on reaching Nfld and hope the weather is going to cooperate sometimes and you miss any now mentioned tropical storms. Your cousin just celebrated her birthday in Ottawa and she is keeping an eye on your blog and I enjoy your daily updates.

Whew! Just did a whole lotta catch-up reading after a week away...I missed so much! Congrats on making it to NL. Just want to point out...remember when you said anything east of Ontario was sooo boring...and flat!? :)

Congrats on making it to NFLD! I can't believe how far you've gone in what seems like a short time. Keep up the great job and excellent updates.

St Anthony would be a heck of a detour but it's a cool spot (with a Tim Hortons). Great museum, hospital lobby art and a giant stuffed polar bear at city hall. And it would be a beautiful ride up and down the coast. Nearly forgot L'anse aux Meadows. Hope your weather holds.

Love the stories and adventures...keep them coming Mark.

Great pictures Mark. Good to see you've experienced many more good days than not-so-good. The girls are impressed with your passable French. Food tip for you: protein bars make a good meal substitute once in a while and don't take up much space.

Beautiful scenery Mark! Makes me want to travel the north shore - by car. Sounds like you've met some interesting people too. Carry on.

Mark, I love your site. You've had some great adventures to be sure. I'm enjoying reading your entries and checking out the pictures.

To everyone else, Mark has always been bad about remembering to eat. During our college all-night editing sessions, I was the one bringing snacks. He was the focused one.

Have a safe trip!

Hey Mark, sounds like a great trip so far, ups and downs and all! I look forward to reading your next adventure.

Pretty sure I will NEVER be able to say I biked to Ottawa for Canada Day...nicely done cous!! Looking forward to keeping up with the rest of your trip :)

Congrats on making it to Ottawa for Canada Day! Enjoy the down time

I can't believe I know the guy making this epic journey. I mean, he used to be so NORMAL! Ok, so I'm jealous. Whatever. I can't wait until I'm middle-aged and I can have a crisis of my own.

Hey Mark
I'm enjoying reading about your biking adventure and I like the pictures. I'll keep reading. Have fun!!!!! Enjoy the ice cream along the way. Sounds like you are. :)
Lisa

Well. Have I started to miss you yet? (She rolls her eyes as she's wondering how you sat in this most uncomfortable editing chair for 10 years....) YES. It hasn't totally hit home... I'll wait til final cut decides it doesn't want to edit one day and THEN I'll curse you. But for now, I'm so jealous and happy and hopeful for all the adventures you are about to encounter. I think you may have pulled out of dodge early this am. Fair winds. Clear skies. My hope is for smooth sailing. On wheels. Against pavement. Without aid of billowing canvas. Hey! There's something to invent while your brain is wandering... para-biking! :) Best travels, my dear friend. K

Amazing web site you have got going here.

Hello Mark. I look forward to seeing where you go next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

Wow Mark you're a good driver.

You picked the wrong time to go. It peaked (or should I say peeked) above 0 degrees today and 6 degrees tomorrow - but with rain. Have a good trip and keep up the blog entries.