Day 9: Defeat

So today is a very very very sad day. After much thought and debate ... we have decided to fly the rest of the way to BC and to try and get physiotherapy. Hopefully with proper care and physiotherapy we can continue to bike all around Vancouver Island and possibly the mainland for our cause and maybe even bike the equivalent of our original journey in kilometers within this next month and continued on in the summer. Melanie and I are still pretty shell shocked at our final decision. We will be flying back tomorrow morning. We really hope that we haven't disappointed you all too much. Trust me if we thought we had better options ... we would take them. We talked about renting a car and only one of us biking at a time, without gear on. We also talked about just staying here in Caronport for a few more days and then try biking again and just bike as far as we could before flying back, or just biking as far as we could today (but at the rate we were going it would have been very very slow and painful) and then hitch hike the rest of the way to Swift Current. If we had an extra month to do this we would definitely just hang out here for awhile and then try and bike again ... but unfortunately we only have until the 25th of May to get to Thetis Island BC. We are praying that this is the right decision and we hope that you will all support us in it ... as it is already extremely hard for us to accept this decision. We also don't want to cause permanent damage to our knees/achilles, which we are very aware is possible. On the upside ... this now gives us an opportunity to raise more awareness and funds in the areas that are more affected by Camp Columbia. We plan on visiting the majority if not all the Anglican Churches on Vancouver Island. Thank you for all your support and prayers! We will try to keep you as updated as possible.