Today we left Portage and cruised into Winnipeg! The weather for the last two days has been absolutely phenomenal. Upon coming into Winnipeg you realized how much this ride means to many here. Cruising into the Winnipeg area we stopped in Elie where we were greeted by a woman named Carol Fossay! Let me tell you this lady treated us like gold! She brought cool waters, cookies, and a extremely generous donation! She even offered up her hot tub if I had sore muscles!!! Following this I received an email from my friend Gene Dunn from Monarch industries and the picture consisted of 30 employees here in Winnipeg wearing Chase the Cure T-shirts!
I had a fellow right at the perimeter lean out of the yelling “Keep Going Wes Bauer Keep Going!”
The Chase moved forward into Winnipeg, and met up with a group of cyclists!!! Devon and the Winnipeg Police service had organized one of the neatest escorts down Portage, which is a extremely busy street in Winnipeg. It was great to watch these Policemen on motorcycles cruise in and out of traffic allowing us to move through red lights!!! The crowd that cycled was composed of all ages, it was great to see many familiar faces and unfamiliar faces. Special thanks goes out to Jon Oosterhuis and Doug Brown for coming out and riding with us representing the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
After arriving at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Stadium a BBQ was set up and many media interviews were conducted! I appreciate all the reporters that came out to the Chase the Cure ride in to make a difference in the fight against cancer! Many that rode with us made extremely generous donations and I thank them for that!
Today was a great experience and enjoyable to share it with so many lovely people I know that over the next few days Chase the Cure will reach new levels as we have many events taking place while we are Winnipeg!!!!!
Goodnight for now!!! Together We Ride
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