In the summer of 1967, an American thirteen-year-old named Roger Nolan wanted to go to Expo. With his parents’ permission, he rode his bike all the way from Ohio to Montréal! In this video, Nolan looks back on his unbelievable adventure.
In 1967, Roger Nolan was thirteen years old and obsessed with Expo. He would have given anything to visit the world’s fair. The one hitch was that he lived in Ohio. So Roger came up with an improbable scheme: he would ride his bike to Montréal! Even though he was only thirteen, his parents agreed to let him go—on the condition that he phone home every night.
Roger hopped on his bike and began a series of adventures that would lead him to Expo 67. And while he truly discovered the whole world once he arrived, travelling there was also an epic journey full of adventures and experiences he has never forgotten. In this video, Roger Nolan tells the incredible story of the trip he took in the summer of 1967.