Courtney Taylor
Cariboo Advisor
Despite the raining weather yesterday, riders were greeted with smiles, and they were full of smiles themselves regardless of being soaking wet.
The 26 riders arrived to town earlier than expected, giving them some time to get changed out of their wet clothes and warm up a bit, they then proceeded to walk their bikes over to Boitianio Park with a bag pipe processional.
There were four riders from Williams Lake; along with the RCMP officers there were also paramedics and a media member. Our very own Dave Dickson was the civilian on the ride and to do so he had to raise $5,000, which is double what the others needed to raise. He not only meet that $5,000, but also far exceeded it by raising over $11, 000.
The money goes to help kids with cancer like Nicholas, and to programs like Camp Good Times, which is a camp for kids with cancer and their families. Terry Mitchell, one of the riders, had the opportunity to go the camp a couple years ago and could not say enough good things about the camp. He spoke to the crowd about why the camp needs to continue.
Another top fundraiser for the Williams Lake group was Mike Hacker, who raised over $3,500 for the team. This was his first year riding on the tour, and said he had a great time despite the rainy last day.
“The uglier the weather, the better for me,” said Hacker.
He said even on the longest day of 200 km, he had no complaints.
In the words of the event organizer, Erin Reynolds, the team just ‘gelled,” and it made for an awesome six days.
“We started off a little rugged, but by the second day were clipping along at 30km/h,” said Hacker.
Hacker also mentions that the tour is for such a good cause, and riding for Nicholas has made the tough parts easier.
“It’s really good for the detachment to get involved in causes like this,” said Hacker.
Following the soggy reception at the part, there was a gala at TRU.
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