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Note: It was a year ago this very day, that I began my own trip across Canada during the 100 MPG Challenge. It was a very emotional time going through downtown Victoria and arriving at Mile 0 tonight with 100 other cars. Garry Stearns is to be commended for ‘following his dream’.

At least 95 smart cars paraded through downtown Victoria this evening, with full police escort and traffic control. Motorcycle policemen rode furiously from one intersection to the next to guide the nearly 1/2 mile long convoy to Beacon Hill Park and Mile 0.

Club smart car President Mike Tippett was in the lead car, carrying the relay baton for the last of it’s 10,000 km journey, which began three weeks ago in Happy Valley - Goose Bay, Labrador. One of the goals of the relay was to raise funds for the Bruce Denniston Bone Marrow Society.

At Mile 0, where up to 106 smart cars and nearly 200 people were gathered, Garry Stearns took the baton from Mike, and went over to Clover Point for a ‘dipping’ into the Pacific Ocean.

Bruce Denniston’s daughter Krista joined celebrations afterwards at Three Point Motors, and again spoke of how her father was a catalyst for the 150 fold increase in potential bone marrow donors in Canada since 1988.

The cross-Canada relay is now complete.

Pictures from my own camera today:

At the Shell Station in Mill Bay:

Garry Stearns on the Malahat:

Mike Tippett with the RCMP at the Langford Costco. The 26 cars arriving from Mill Bay were astounded to see another 70 cars waiting!

Scenes from downtown Victoria during the police escort:

At Mile 0, where Mike T gave the baton to Garry. (You can view a 20 second video clip here; it has no sound, and is a kinda big file, but what the heck…)

Three Point Motors reception. Live jazz band, catered dinner, and close to 200 hundred people…

Garry Stearns:

Krista Denniston with Jeff Turner (BDBMS, Ottawa):