on this wonderful ride I met a kind of brother, Kevin
Kevin told me that for him, life it is all about the BIG YES
whatever is not a big yes one should consider it a NO
this is so true
over the past years I had given a big yes to cycling the Great Divide one day, high altitude through the immense Rocky Mountains
in 2020 we were ready for take off, Marleen to join for part of the ride, but Corona/KLM canceled the flights
as for some other places that I cherish, I kept following up on the weather in Banff, Yellowstone, Steamboat Springs, Abiquiu, Silver City
and on that sunny Saturday morning Sept 16th, Marleen saw me watching the weather app and asked, where are you?
I said that the weather was good all along the Divide trail
so you should go, don't wait any longer, just do it
it was Marleens big yes to me, that it would be fine
one week later I started cycling from Calgary to Banff and here we are now, 4000km south along the divide on the Mexican border, thankful for 30 unforgettable cycling days and more happy than ever to fly home again
Ya, BIG YES is what makes our life so wonderful❤️