Pat Around the Americas 2012

Barcelona Pat

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My apologies to all for the lateness in uploading this episode of the journey - not far and not long to go now. Don´t know about you, but I´m getting excited!

Big mountains and big sights this time out. And a big thanks to one and all as the stats mount up. 28,000 kms on the trip so far, and over 23,000 hits on the website. You´ll also see more updated stats for the journey if you click on the stats tab on the top of my website.

Now, if only the fundraising stat could match some of those. So pleeeease, if you haven´t already given to help the neediest children of the world, there is no time like the present. Guidance on how to do that can be found by clicking here: http://www.justgiving.com/patrickmccarthy

http://patonabike.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/day-110-to-111-to-prince-george-canada.html

And the usual taster photos:

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Go on, share the website link with mates, like it, share it, +1 it, promote it and help raise awareness and funding for this great cause.

Cheers
Pat
 

herm

Adventurer
too bad we missed you in Rock Springs. Great Picture of White Mountian and the smokey sunset, we have had a lot of those this year. Hope your short stay was great!
 

mervifwdc

Adventurer
You seem to be enjoying this too much, Are you sure that's allowed? :)

Enjoying your journal.

Take care, Merv.
 

Barcelona Pat

New member
Cheers Herm and Merv - thanks for posting. Glad you liked the shots - there sure have been a few toasty moments this summer! Hope all is back to normal now. And, yes, loads of fun - but probably the hardest thing has been dragging myself away from many of the places... this gets touched on again in the latest update where I clock up 30,000 kms in the ongoing saga of (what seems to be) my 4 month battle against strong winds!!

Lots more to see and do though... but will I make it to Alaska?

If you like reading the scribbles as much as I enjoy writing them, have a think about how you can help Unicef enable loads of kids have more fun too (through your donation).

See link: http://patonabike.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/day-112-to-114-to-whitehorse-canada.html

Cheers
Pat

Oh. Almost forgot... here are some taster shots from this episode:
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Barcelona Pat

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In this last post about the trip, I wrap up the story with some thoughts looking back... and looking forward.

http://patonabike.blogspot.com.es/2013/02/the-epilogue.html

I continue to update the supporting pages of the website - and have, for example, just finished calculating the final full costs (I was putting that bit off). I knew I had blown my budget. By the time I got to the USA and encountered those baking hot days, it was all I could do but dive into some aircon powered motel! Nevertheless, it wasn´t quite as bad as I thought. And it gives me a firm target for my fundraising - so please feel free to give to UNICEF if you haven´t already.

Work on the book is well underway, and I hope to be bouncing drafts around in the coming months - so watch this space on that front also. And, just like the blog and website, the book will also be geared towards raising funds for UNICEF. Please do what you can.
 

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