Below is our proposed time line for our journey. This is quite rough, and will likely change as the trip progresses. We're trying to keep our daily averages around 60 - 70 km to allow for days off, bad weather, big mountains, side trips, bear chases etc... We'll try to keep it updated as we go.
- First Leg: Warm-up Toronto to Chicago
- Distance 1,140 km
- April 25 - May 10, 2012
- May 11 - Fly from Chicago to Anchorage, Alaska
- Second Leg: The Great North Anchorage, Alaska to Prince Rupert, British Columbia
- Distance 2,600 km
- May 15 - July 5, 2012
- July 6 - Ferry Prince Rupert - Port Hardy (northern-most town of Vancouver Island)
- Third Leg: Vancouver Island: Port Hardy, British Columbia - Sooke, British Columbia
- Distance 613 km
- July 7 - July 17, 2012
- Ferry Victoria, BC to Port Angeles, Washington State
- Fourth Leg: US Pacific Coast Sooke, British Columbia - San Diego, California
- Distance 2,850 km
- July 17 - August 29, 2012
- Fifth Leg: Baja Peninsula, Mexico San Diego, California - La Paz, Mexico
- Distance 1,600 km
- August 31 - September 24, 2012
- September 26 - ferry La Paz - Mazatlan
- Sixth Leg: Mainland Mexico Mazatlan, Mexico - Cuidad Hidalgo, Mexico
- Distance 2,300
- September 27 - November 9, 2012
- Seventh Leg: Guatemala Cuidad Hidalgo, Mexico - Copan, Honduras
- Distance 595 km
- Short interlude for Glenn's brothers wedding in Costa Rica (Nov 16 - Nov 21)
- November 10 - November 27, 2012
- Eighth Leg: Honduras and Nicaragua Copan, Honduras - La Cruz, Costa Rica
- Distance 1,224 km
- November 28 - December 29, 2012
- Ninth Leg: Costa Rica and Panama La Cruz, Costa Rica - Panama City, Panama
- Distance 1, 171km
- December 30, 2012 - January 16, 2013
- Tenth Leg: The Darien Gap Panama City, Panama - Buenaventura, Colombia
- Distance ~ 100 km cycling in and between little villages, the rest was by boat!
- January 17 - January 27, 2013
- Eleventh Leg: Columbia and Ecuador Buenaventura, Colombia - Macara, Ecuador
- Estimated Distance 1, 900 km
- Buenaventura, Colombia - Quito, Ecuador January 29 - February 23, 2013
- Pause in Canada March 5 - June 5, 2013
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