A cyclist on an incredible 23,271 kilometre North American journey has reached Brandon for the second and particularly symbolic time.
Lynn Salvo of McLean, Virginia is in the process of tracing a route around the continent that forms a peace sign in support of the Canadian Friends Service Committee and the American Friends Service Committee.
After having passed through Brandon last July in drawing the top of the sign, this summerâs journey would see an over 1500 km ride from Wichita, Kansas back to the city in tracing the centre line of the sign. The two rides officially intersected to create the signâs North spoke when Salvo and fellow-rider Brenda Mueller reached the cityâs 26th Street and Victoria Avenue intersection yesterday afternoon:
Mueller rode the entire distance from her home in Wichita to Brandon alongside Salvo, which Salvo tells me covered 22 days including three rest days. In total Mueller has ridden for over 3000 of the approximately 20,000km undertaken so far.
Brandon was chosen as a key juncture on the map for its proximity to the International Peace Garden, which the pair reached on Thursday.
With this summer's goal reached, Mueller was to now head back home to Wichita by car with Salvo to fly home out of Winnipeg today. The final ride to complete the peace sign along the West Coast of the USA and the lower BC mainland is planned for 2021.
You can read more about the journey on Salvoâs blog at https://lifeislikeabike.wordpress.com
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