A cross-Canada motorcycle event celebrates prostate cancer awareness and support for the military in August.

We couldn't say it better than the website, so here, in their words, is the deal: "The 10th Anniversary Motorcycle Ride for Dad's Celebration Tour is a once-in-a-lifetime national event that links the Military Families Fund and Motorcycle Ride for Dad, a grass-roots national movement of people who have a shared passion for motorcycling and prostate cancer awareness. Starting in windswept St. John's Newfoundland on August 1, 2010 and finishing in stately Victoria, British Columbia on August 29, 2010, an Army of Chrome and leather will weave its way through the Canadian heartland spreading the twin messages of Prostate Cancer awareness and Support for our Troops."

The tour is divided into seven stages, each being from one to eight days in duration. Most stages will involve a parade and a major event at a Canadian military base.

Total length of the ride is about 9,200 km. Riders can complete any number of stages, so you can join in without doing the whole month-long tour.

On day four, for example, the riders head south from Revelstoke, B.C., to the ferry crossing at Shelter Bay. After a half-hour boat ride, they hit the ground running for 50 km through forests to the logging town of Nakusp, then down through the pastoral Slocan Valley to South Slocan and a slight eastward diversion to Nelson, a heritage city.

The Ride for Dad is a national event that takes place in May and June in centres across the country. This 10^th anniversary ride celebrates the Ride for Dad.

For more information, see ridefordadanniversary.org.