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The Highway of Heroes Stage is the fourth stage of our journey across Canada to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Motorcycle Ride for Dad’s fight against prostate cancer and to show support for our troops. This Stage has been described by many as potentially the “Jewel of the Tour” and an event that will live in people’s memories for years. It is a Stage where our attention is clearly focused on the sacrifice of our troops and their families. The Highway of Heroes Stage may only be one day long, but it has many characteristics that make it a very unique Stage. On the day itself, we marshal in Kingston and Ride into the CFB Air Base at Trenton. This hallowed ground, as every Canadian knows, is where Canada accepts home her fallen heroes. It is where they rejoin their families and loved ones before the escort along the Highway of Heroes to Toronto. The Vangaurd and Riders of the Motorcycle Ride for Dad Xth Anniversary Tour, representing hundreds of thousands of Canadians, will by their presence convey a respectful thank you to those heroes and their families. The Tour will then lead the riders onto the Highway of Heroes for a solemn and memorable ride into Toronto. Turning north we travel to just south of Barrie where be welcomed at CFB Borden for some entertainment. (as of yet undetermined)
Total Stage Time: 1 day
Total Stage Mileage: 277 km.
Accommodation Required: 2 nights (including the night before in Kingston)
Stage Start: Kingston ON
Stage End: Barrie ON
Tolls: none
Events: Opening Ceremony, (2) Parades (2) Military Ceremonies, dinners and breakfasts.
Day.1 Thursday August 12st
This should be both an exciting and emotional day. We will begin with a breakfast meeting, then gather at a marshalling location (yet to be determined ). Depending on numbers we will either take Hwy.#401 or Hwy.#2 west to just outside of Trenton. We will them Parade to a location at the Air Base for a Military ceremony.
After the ceremony we will parade west on Hwy.#401.the “Highway of Heroes”. We will follow that due west to Hwy#400 where we will turn north until we reach an exit for Hwy#89. We will regroup and parade into CFB Borden, where there will be a Military reception and entertainment. Afterwards we leave the base via Hwy#10 to Hwy#90 into Barrie.
Distance Traveled : 277 km
Some of the towns we will pass through, or close to on Day #1:
Napanee, Belleville, Trenton, Brighton, Dundonald, Cobourg, Port Hope, Bowmanville, Oshawa, Ajax, Pickering, Toronto, King City, Pottageville, New Market, Bradford, Cookstown, Alliston, Angus, Barrie.
If you are out and about, come give us a wave !
This wraps the Highway of Heroes Stage of the Motorcycle Ride for Dad Xth Anniversary Tour. We travelled an emotional 277Km together and now we look north, to the rugged beauty of the Northern Ontario Stage of our Tour !
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