Patti Kagawa

From Sea to Shining Sea Patti Kagawa

This book is one woman's story of her trip cycling across Canada, sharing the ease, joy and trials of her adventure, traveling mainly off the Trans Canada Highway; up and over the mountain passes of British Columbia, against 50 km per hour winds in Saskatchewan, enjoying hospitality of friends and strangers across the country and the joy of meeting up with friends and family en route. Contents: Preparation; Planning, Training; The Journey through British Columbia; Across the Prairies; Alberta Cycling and Statistics, Saskatchewan Cycling and Statistics, Manitoba Cycling and Statistics; The Widest Province, Ontario; La Belle Province, Québec; he Maritime Provinces and the East Coast, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Cycling and Statistics; Epilogue, References; Decisions, Decisions; My Final Choices, Packing List;

About the Author: Patti is a professional forester, mother to Kai and Naomi, her children, and wife to Peter, a senior civil servant. She was born in Guelph, Ontario and lived in rural and urban Ontario and Alberta before moving to British Columbia, where she has lived for over thirty years. She has always enjoyed sports, currently plays underwater hockey, and cycles 15 km to and from work. In 2008, when she was 52, she spent three months cycling across Canada, sometimes alone, often with partners