Sea-to-Sea NA Day 51 Last night we stayed at the Peter and Rita Beerda’s place - a kind of reunion of 2005 riders. We left camp after pelaton and returned for breakfast before 7AM so it was a short but nice visit. Today John Bloomendal joined me on the ride. John is one of the many avid bike riders who would love to do a Sea-to-Sea ride but can’t take the time at this point in their lives to do so. These people read blogs and dream about what we get to do every day. So when the tour comes close John likes to ride and did the same in 2005 for 2 days. The ride today was from one feeding station to the next. Tomorrow will be a repeat performance with the stops even closer together. The weather was great today and promises to be the same tomorrow. The reception and enthusiasm shown by the Canadian churches has been special to us. These people too want to be part of this great event in their church community and help in some way and they can do this by feeding and welcoming us. Many conversations between young and old, riders and supporters have taken place. Today we had stops in Ingersol, Woodstock, Brantford (two) and the last one in Ancaster when we arrived at Redeemer University. There were many families along the roads with signs and some with refreshment too. John and I set a pretty strong pace for the first leg to Ingersol, gathering other riders as we went. After that we rode with the two of us at a good clip until we were both ready to slow down some on the third and forth legs of the day.