Author: MikeDiazTheFirst

Mike was born in Queen, New York to a blue collar family. An avid self educator, artist, and traveler he’s traveled around the globe three times while immersing himself in the culture of 48 different countries and counting.  Read about his journeys and musings here.
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Day 53

We woke up and took the long walk to to the room next to ours for breakfast. Yesterday we encountered a couple as they were coming in from a smoke. It wasn’t really any big deal and I wouldn’t even bring it up if right when we opened the door they weren’t standing there. It…

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Day 52

Waking up today I am full of the thought that this is the end. Every day stepping closer and closer till tomorrow we will arrive in Astoria. It will have taken 53 days but on the morning of day 52 it feels like it snuck up on us. It’s hard to imagine how this happened,…

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Day 51

We woke up slightly hurting again. Still in good form but the alarm snuck up so quickly. We waked over to the place in range that had pancakes. On the walk over we talked about how it may be too much. It was a very nice place and I’m sure the food would be great……

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Day 50

Yesterday was draining. There were so many turns, to stay on the same road, customs / border control, taking in all of the sights, sounds, smells of it all as we ride. I’ve done this for the entire trip, but yesterday felt… more. Maybe the hang over, maybe knowing this is the end, what ever…

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Day 49

I woke up a bit rough. It was almost nice to have that kind of uhhhhh wake up. I mean sprinting awake well rested knowing you killed it yesterday is better, but I did enjoy the novelty of having the grog. We got ready and headed to the 24/7 dinner… the only place open this…

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Day 48

We woke up a little later today. I called about an early check in but they said they could not promise anything, and such a short day… Why kill ourselves to run to Vancouver? We’ve gone thousands of miles, climbed hundreds of thousands of feet and persevered through countless miles of wind to get here……

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Day 47

We woke up and headed across the street for some breakfast. Walking down the street I all I could think of was Rambo. Inside the dinner it was what looked to be a typical morning. Mostly locals getting their breakfast on their way to work and one guy getting his “dinner” on the way home….

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Day 46

We woke up and headed over to the dinner on the other side of town for some breakfast. The other side of town being just over a mile away. I was confused and a little worried about weather this would work. On line I found three different places all with the same address with three…

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Day 45

We woke up and rolled over for a few more minutes. Neither of us had a great sleep. Shortly Jerry got in the shower and I started packing up. We walked a block or two to go the the cafe the hotel recommend us for breakfast. No pancakes! Their french toast came fried and covered…

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Day 44

We woke up and went to the connected dinner for some breakfast. I was excited for an early morning start… for the last 400, maybe 500 miles everyone has warned us that Osoyoos is the hottest place in Canada. Everyone warned us to make sure we have enough water, and are properly dressed. One one…

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