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Hello friends,
We made it to Edmonton a few days ago.
It has been an incredible journey, driving at night, rain, tornado like wind, detours, bad roads, overcast weather, etc...
Due to the late start of the tour, weather related and other delays compounded by the fact the most challenging leg of the tour is yet to come, Marissa and Evan will be returning from Edmonton so they can attend to previous commitments.
They have been great, they had never seeing a solar car until just a few weeks ago and took on the challenge, they became an excellent crew. I have been in good hands.
Our unplanned stay in Edmonton gave us the opportunity to relax and finally post updates on the website, we even played Frisbee, we have been talking about it since we left Toronto :)
While Marissa and Evan are getting ready to go home they are still helping me get the word out to find two volunteers to crew the support vehicle. We went to a local radio and TV station on Friday, the DJ "Fred" was very supportive. We haven't been able to find anyone yet.
One could say "all happen for a reason". I just got a report this morning saying the Dempster Highway is closed due to washouts and rock slides http://www.dot.gov.nt.ca/_live/pages/wpPages/roadConditions.aspx
A dry Dempster highway is already a great challenge, if we attempt to drive on it wet and muddy it would be even more challenging for the solar car thin tires. Divine intervention perhaps? all the delay we encountered helped us miss all the heavy rain.
What a great adventure. We met so many incredible people who opened their doors for us, showed support, kindness. It's been a fantastic memorable experience worth writing a book about it.
Updates are now posted at the project website under "news update".
The adventure continue...
Thank you kindly for all your support, you are making this possible.
Marcelo da Luz
The Power of One, solar car project
Ph. (416) 465 9459, Mobile (416) 834 0788
E-Mail: mdaluz@...
Website: www.xof1.com
"inspired by the sun, motivated by the environment"
The Power of One, solar car project
Ph. (416) 465 9459, Mobile (416) 834 0788
E-Mail: mdaluz@...
Website: www.xof1.com
"inspired by the sun, motivated by the environment"
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