This was a ride to commemorate my Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis anniversary. It was 10 years ago yesterday, July 4, 2012, when I was diagnosed with PD. This ride was to mark that day in defiance of and to say FU! Parkinson’s Disease! I felt really good today so I rode farther than yesterday’s plan which was a bad day and I was in a lot of pain. It was also a mostly rainy day here so I went for my ride today instead. As I was still feeling good, in little pain, and stronger than yesterday When got to the 6 km mark and decided to do the full 25 km ride instead of the planned 10-12 km ride. This route is my favourite route and was only lightly hampered by some high water and flooded trail warnings and closures. The Fraser. river was the highest it’s been so far this year with several of the closed Edgewater Bar campsites underwater. This was a minor inconvenience to me and just meant I couldn’t ride the full length of the TCTrail from 208th to Ft. Langley and had to use more of the roads. This traffic is very light along these roads so as I said it was a minor inconvenience.