As you all know by now, Chelsea and I (mom and daughter) set out on June 4th, 2006, to ride our bicycles across the United States, with Alex – my youngest son and Chelsea’s younger brother – as a support team member. We were intending to cover 4280 miles and cross 13 states. We intended …
I am writing today from Wichita KS, currently from a McDonald’s fast food place. Having been rained out yesterday, we were up and ready to go again today, but realized as we left that our tension levels are pretty high, as a result of being so out of touch, and not having Internet for two …
August 2nd & 3rd, 2008 Chelsea and I got up earlier than usual to get a good head start on the day, after how gruesome it was yesterday, with the heat and the wind and the trucks. We made it to Toronto itself, a good hilly 8 miles, and we stopped to take pictures, preparing …
August 1st, 2006 Absolutely grueling ride, and some amazing local color – and took a side trip to Eureka for swimming and food…stay tuned for more information…
July 31st, 2006 Very fun experience – we really liked it
July 30th, 2006 Hot, hot, hot – over 111 degrees…
July 29th, 2006 Absolutely wonderful experience…we felt like visiting royalty…
July 28th, 2006 Our first experience with city parks – a totally new concept to us
We can’t go any longer on this trip without talking about our tent. As you know, Peter Glenn of Vermont is one of our trip sponsors, and we have blessed them so many times, I can’t even count. They donated a Columbia Raptor (actually it’s the Cougar Flats model) – which must be the king …
July 27th, 2006 Today was a new twist on things. Chelsea and I were so exhausted after yesterday that we couldn’t even move this morning. We woke up, and went right back to sleep. After talking about it, we decided to have Alex take us to the next stop, and give ourselves a recovery day. …
