Kam to Salm 1

Monday May 25,
We had an amazing day today starting with interviews at two radio station morning shows in Kamloops - Steve and Cheryl at B100 and Stan and Hank at 98.3 CIFM. As well there were two interviews with the newspapers in town - Dale Bass at Kamloops This Week and Michelle Young at the Kamloops Daily News. We are really reaching larger audiences in our campaign of building awareness! Doug Sage, the Executive Director of the CMHA Kamloops branch had set up the interviews by drawing upon his numerous media contacts. Doug shared his personal philosophy on "friend raising" for mental health awareness which we all agreed was very aligned with our own approach.
Harry Erskine and I then headed off toward Salmon Arm. Both Harry and I had bike issues along the way and when we arrived in Salmon Arm we dropped in to the local bike shop - Skookum Cycle and Ski. Coincidentally the newspaper office, the Salmon Arm Observer was located right next door and Carol and Lindsay stopped in to drop off a brochure and to see if a reporter would to speak to us about the Ride For Mental Health. The next thing I knew Carol and Lindsay came into the bike shop with the writer/photographer in hand to take pictures of Harry and I as my bike was being worked on and to hear about the Ride. I'm sure there will be a great article tomorrow in the Salmon Arm Observer helping to raise awareness in this beautiful town.
After 108 Km's today we start out in the morning for Revelstoke. Looks like it will be a rainy 105 Km's tomorrow. The good news is we get another day closer to Calgary.
I hope everyone is staying tuned to the website as the response to the blog updates have been positive. Be sure to check out Simon Hung's collage of pictures, music and video at www.siforce.net/mel It is incredible.