Ride For a Reason 2008 - Our Blog

Well, we made it, Finally

2008-08-11T18:31:00.002-04:00

Well, we made it, Finally. We arrived in San Diego, CA August 8th in the evening after an entire day of meandering aimlessly throughout the city/cities. More picture and a follow-up will come soon but for now i just thought that I would let everyone know (we know you have been on the edge of your seats) that we made it to the Pacific. Actually we made it to the real Pacific on the 9th. We made it to the harbor on the 8th- we were too exhausted to ride all the way to mission beach once we arrived at the harbor that night being that we had no place to stay or food in our bellies. Now Mims prepares to head home and Billy and I (now, a couple of the last Mohicans) will head north to LA and San Fran for some more adventures. Unfortunately neither of us has a camera so we will only have words to add from here on out for the most part. Hopefully Mims will get the chance to throw up some pictures and reflect a bit... stay tuned

2008-08-02T15:10:00.004-04:00

From Prescott - The Desert's Fringe

2008-08-02T14:24:00.002-04:00

We've bought extra water tanks, we're about to get extra batteries, we've got rid of some of the more useless gear, and we're about to embark on some night journey's through the beautiful and grotesque deep south west. Somewhere in virignia a lady from Arizona told us that being here is like blowing a hot hair dryer into your face, and thats about the reality of it. We didn't get too many pictures from this section despite the sublime beauty of it because as hot as the wind in your face is while riding, stopping is twice as bad. In the last few days we've been through a few amazing places and met some really cool folks.
The Grand Canyon was pretty impressive but we all agree that you probably really need to explore the canyon for a while to have a realistic appreciation for how incredible it is. We went from there to Flagstaff by way of hitch hiking with a bunch very different types of friendlies, so that we could get a few bikes fixed that weren't going to make it much further otherwise. Thanks Jessica, Levi, & Grand Canyon Mike for the rides and great company.
Grand Canyon Mike - a real Grand Canyon mule trip runner slugged beers faster than we could order them, ate sushi with us, and told us why Budweiser is the Tyrant of all beers (amongst other great stories).
Jessica- good luck in the rest of your travels around the country.
Levi- congrats to you and Lisa on your marriage, thanks for breakfast, great conversation, and getting the Juno soundtrack stuck in our heads--oh yeah, and introducing us to the dude who made Freddy Kruger's gloves. Lisa, we feel like we know you even though we haven't met, and our ladies assured us that you are a lucky gal to have caught levi. We're sure they're right.
In Flagstaff we also met Tim the EMT - who has the privledge of being flown through the Grand Canyon in a Helicopter so he can save the dehydrated and banged up canyon venturers. Good work man.
We stayed with Joel Olson , professor at Northern Arizona State, who kindly put up with us coming back from the bars in no small stupor, and entertained us with some good conversation. Thanks a lot Joel and Family.

From Flagstaff we headed through the red rocks of Sedona, and the beautiful Ponderosa pines of Fry Canyon. Thanks to the owner of Mountain Bike Heaven in Sedona for fixing Aaron's spoke for free.

From Sedona to Prescott (pronounced Prescuit) was a pretty warm ride...fun I guess. But once we got to Prescott, got some great Mexican food, Ice cream, watched some Appalachian bluegrass things started looking up. Then we got offered a place to stay by Mike who also led us to a really cool coffee shop that had two acoustic sets and some real interesting folks. Thanks a lot of the hospitality.

Into the Desert! Soon to be in California, wish us luck. Thanks yall...until we write again - Congrats Walker and Stephen on your arrival--Jonathan, Colleen, Anne, Zoe, Chuck, you are all missed.
- Billy, Shawn, Aaron (the last of the Mohicans)

Websites with more pics

2008-07-25T13:27:00.001-04:00

http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=223465090/a=138032790/t_=138032790

www.biketransam.wordpress.com

It's been a while (yet again) but we're almost to the desert now

2008-07-25T11:23:00.009-04:00

So, we just made our way through the incredible Rocky Mountains putting to shame just about anything else that we had seen yet. Much has happened since our last blog: people have graced us with their hospitality, new friends have been made, way too much time has been spent, mountains have been conquered, and sadly, as of now we are down to only three people from the original group- Aaron, Shawn, and Billy. Here is a recap:

Jonathan- The night before heading into Colorado, Jonathan got up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night and hit a metal beam sticking out leaving him with a gash on his forehead and all the way down his nose. He eventually had to be sent to an out-of-town hospital for surgery accompanied by Shawn and Helen. (Luckily they were camping next to a hospital at the time) Realizing that we had to get him home we had to cheat and get a ride from Kansas to Colorado Springs, CO. (thanks so much to Big John for helping us out by giving us the 200 mile ride.) After finally meeting up with everyone, we had to see off Jonathan. I must say, saying goodbye was extremely tough, I found myself actually fighting back a bit. To spend that much time with someone on this type of new journey, things were really put into perspective on how far we had really come. We were in Colorado. We left from Maryland, the East Coast, the Atlantic Ocean by bicycle. People don't even associate with the East Coast just as we Marylanders/NC'ers don't associate with California. Each state we have had to get more and more general in our description of where we were riding from. By then we didn't say any towns or anything, only east coast, Maryland. That is how far we had come, and to see someone not be able to continue on was very grounding after such a journey. We enjoyed your company Jonathan, and look forward to touring again in the future. Miss you man.

Ah, now I am realizing that this post is taking far longer than expected and computer time is limited. I'll try to update with more info later (although i don't know how accessible the internet is in the desert.) Just want to say thanks and bye to some more people real quick, but more to come:
Steven- thanks for hangin with us and your patience in helping out with our un-bike knowledge. Have a safe journey on to San Francisco, look forward to catching your stories on your blog.
Walker- good times man, sad to see you move on, but it was awesome, enjoy the meeting of the ocean and Denmark next semester.
Patty and Jeremy- Wow, thanks for the incredible hospitality/food/help in welcoming complete strangers into your home. Congratulations on getting married!
Daudi, Tania, and Reuben- Also, thanks so much for letting us into your home, you made Durango one of our favorite places so far. Look forward to visiting again.... no but seriously. Thanks so much for the food, raft, car, ripsticks, and time with you all.
The Dutch family- thanks for the ride through Mesa Verde.

Pics...

Sad day, so long Jonathan

Garden of the Gods, awesome campsite in the bush the night before

What a badass

Headed down to Johnson Village, 13 mile downhill, can't beat it. Although, Monarch Pass followed it

Cerca de Mesa Verde

Bill and I saw some snow and decided that climbing to 11,312 feet on bike wasn't enough so we climbed to 12,000 to build a snowman

Bridge in Durango. Walker actually had just slipped off the Guard rail and is now trying to re-straighten himself before hitting the water. Also: movie fact- this is where the Sun Dance Kid jumped off the rocks in Butch Cassady and the Sun Dance Kid

Daudi, Tania, and Reuben at their home in Durango

Heading to Ouray up towards Red Mountain Pass and Silverton- probably the most beautiful part of the whole trip

At the top of Molas Pass, ~10,900 feet

Our highest climb

Action Shot

Jonathan in the hospital

Kansas....(its not flat by the way)

2008-07-07T11:28:00.006-04:00

Dave and Cookie on their way to church, nicest couple in the world, found us in town after 100 mile day and let us crash in their yard, shower, use the internet, and cooked us oat-filled pancakes for breakfast, amazing by the way, thanks yall!

Guard chicken outside a convenient store

Random PHoters by Steven

2008-07-03T16:44:00.005-04:00

I figured I'd put my two cents in since we've got a rest day today. A few of me favorite pics. Shawn destroyed in a library in Lexington VA.
Fields in good ol VA.
Walker, after being brutally sack-tapped by a stray dog that REALLY did not want us to leave. It chased us down the road for about a mile after we freed ourself from it's grasp. Poor pup.
Cooking time. It looks like this every night.
Crazy sunset in Carbondale.
Way back when. Bourbon capital of the world town.
Carbondale again. Unreal looking sunset/thunderstorm/ corporation strip combo.
Amish country.

Mammoth cave rotunda. Big.

More Pictures!

2008-07-02T20:21:00.007-04:00

Our hair is growing really fast..
Campsite at Ash Grove City Park

View from atop fire tower (climb at your own risk!)

Pics from the road (Illinois/Missouri/Mississippi)

2008-06-30T12:04:00.006-04:00

Well its been a while since we've updated the blog, we've been out in the middle of nowhere for quite some time. We finally made it out of god forsaken Kentucky the other day, we were all quite happy to do so.... (Although we did want to say thank you to Violet and Bob for their awesome hospitality and food at their Church and Home. We were basically given thanksgiving dinner, beds, bigscreen tv, and four square) But other than that, it still stands as god forsaken. Funny, as soon as we crossed the Ohio river into Illinois we arrived found two awesome towns immedietly... Cave in Rock and Elizabethtown. One had a huge cave in the rock (hence Cave in Rock) and the other set us up with a campsite and an awesome view of the river. The next day we arrived in Carbondale, Ill where at the last second we decided to all get a hotel room and we stuff 7 people into a one bed room for 6 bucks a person- very nice. The following morning we really just hung out and eventually made it 50 miles down the road to Chester, Ill, just before the Miss. Right before leaving we had to say good-bye to Anne and Colleen, two huge losses. Not a good idea not to have someone to keep 6 boys from being idiots, or make us brush our teeth before bed. I had a really good time with them and am really sad to see them go. Thanks for a good time though guys and for coming with us...

We stayed right at a park with an awesome pool with a high dive that, although closed, we eventually decided that a. we all smelled, b. we wanted to go swimming and c. how could we pass up a high dive. So we hopped the fence and did some olympic diving. The following morning we made it on accross the Mississippi into Missouri where we were all really were blown away by the power and size of the river at its height. We saw some flooding but nothing like we were seeing on TV or in the paper. After that we hit the Mississippi bluffs and have been climbing up and into the Ozarks since then which is where we are now. Hopefully we'll make our way down them by tommorow-ish and on into exciting and dynamic Kansas. To get away from the hills will by very nice though. Hopefully more pics to come and I'll have someone else insert their thoughts next time..

Campsite along Jacks Fork R.

Ozark Mtns.

Flooding..

Mississippi R.

Illinois!

2008-06-27T12:20:00.009-04:00

Lunch at Delaney's - free pie/cake for bikers!

Good sign!

Camp site on the banks of the Ohio

Ferry across the Ohio R.

Kentucky..

2008-06-18T13:47:00.003-04:00

More pics from the road...

2008-06-16T17:22:00.010-04:00

Exhaustion

Rare double rainbow

Rolling hills countryside

Our apologies, it's been a while since updating

2008-06-16T14:03:00.004-04:00

Yes, we have been a bit behind on updating this thing so we will try to jam as many pics and as much info as possible to get up to speed. Last time we posted from Lexington, VA. We have finally made exit from VA and are now in Hindman, KY. It has been a pretty wild past couple of days. We are certainly in more rural areas than we have ever been in. We were warned today of two big hills (which were fairly tough), trucks that will run us off the road (which is pretty accurate) and elk everywhere (of which we did not get to see one). So for our warnings, we were 2 for 3, too bad we missed out on the best one. Kentucky's moto is apparently "the land of unbridled spirit." We can defintely concur with their claim. Everyone drives around in four wheelers, huge american trucks (funny how few imports we have seen... Chevy's marketing department may actually know what they are doing), no one wears a helmet, everyone has dogs that are just insane and bark all night and roosters are always crowing everywhere. But, so far for the most part everyone has been very nice to us, so we are quite greatful for that.

Now we'll try and give you some idea of what we have been up to the past couple of days. After Lexington we headed towards Christiansburg, VA out side of Blacksburg and VT. Our maps began in Christiansburg so we arent pulling out hairs trying to make routes anymore. Riding into town the sky was black and things were looking ominous but we met a fellow cyclist at the supermarket who let us stay in his back yard, and the weather turned out fine anyway. The friendly fellow was a biochemist who worked at VT and had about 6 old cars he was working on including 2 Karmann Ghias, 2 volvos, and a bug. We passed out after some oversized omlettes made from fresh local farm eggs (18 for 3$) and the next day we were on our way to Wytheville, VA. Walker beat the challenge at a local restaurant to eat two sizable cheese steakes in a half hour, and got the $18.72 meal for free. We slept on a stage in a local park that night surrounded by a nice meandering creek, christmas lights up in the trees, and cooling rain. Next day we hit Damascus VA, where the Virgina Creeper, Appalachian, and Trans am bike trails all converge. We met some awesome AT through hikers and shared about 7 pitchers with them, then we cleaned house at the grocery store. Someone ate a zebra cake, star crunch, fudge round, and two hostess fruit pies that night... Damascus is a great town with super friendly people willing to help you out with whatever you need, anything from long distance phone service to a free place to stay. We stayed at a hostile known as "the place" for 4$ a night, which was a great deal for the showers and beds. The next day on our day off we fixed up our bikes, swam in the creek, caught some fish, and generally rested our bones. Best hamburgers this side of the mississippi, for the best price can be found at the Dairy King in Damascus.

Alright...the next day. Headed to Breaks Interstate Park on the border of Kentucky and VA. Today was supposed to be about a 60 mile day but it turned into 80, and the last 10 or so were up hill. 8 miles in an hour and a half doesnt equal fun, but getting to the top was worth it. A special thanks to Shawn's mom for flying in and letting us stay in her hotel room that night. It had rained for the better part of the 80 miles we rode that day, the fog was bad too and a few spirits were almost broken; howerver, a couple of cold ones, little ceasars pizza, a mexican dinner at "Mi Finca # 4", a spectacular view of the Kentucky/ Viriginia border canyon country from our ridge top motel, and the end of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc boosted our spirits enough to take us to Virgie Kentucky the next day (June 15). We slept in the side yard of The Virgie Middle School as trans american cyclers have been for years, and we ate some pretty impressive camp-style curry. Either a hound or a harp seal howled through the entire night, and in the morning it took a lot of Little Debbie treats and coffee to get us to where we are today, June 16th, which is Hindmen, KY. Along the way we found out why the call the bike route through Kentucky "the dog pound," and a few people had pepper spray ready incase any of the dogs chasing us had more than just a chase in mind. We also heard the lovely sound of rooster's crowing all day, and someone was kind enough to donate one to us. He has been a bit camera shy so far, but hopefully we'll get some pictures of him up soon.

Zoom in on that....

The Hindmen library has agreed to let us camp in their back yard so goodnight. (3:32 pm).
Also, thanks for the donation from Aaron's Uncle Bud!

So uh those mountains right there? Thats what we're doing eh? Interesting

2008-06-09T12:41:00.003-04:00

So we just arrived in Lexington, VA home of VMI. After doing a swift 20 miles this morning we decided to get out of the heat and hit the library. The past couple of days have been pretty wild, the mountains kind of snuck up on us coming out of Charlottesville, and before we knew it we were headed straight up the side of one to the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was extremely hot out but we were all so excited and anxious to get to the top that we ended up biking all day up to about 3300 feet. It was by far the hardest day that we have had thus far. But while it was hard it was also just as satisfying to load ourselves and all of our own stuff up the side of and accross the mountains. Everyone made it that was with us in good time, quite proud of ourselves. Unfortunately in Charlottesville we had to leave Colleen, Zoe, and Chuck. However, we will hopefully be seeing Colleen soon, on the other side of the mountains.

The night before the big climb we stayed at one of the most beautiful sites yet. A family (wish I could remember their last name) let us stay in their back yard on a hill overlooking the valley with mountains off in the distance. There was a calm wind all night and few bugs, for the first time, that made it my most restful and comfortable sleep.

After descending from the top of the mountains at literally warp speed; last night we stayed at Gernie's convenience store just off the route. They let us in on a swimming hole where we got held up by a gun for diving. It was pretty awesome. This morning we got out a little late but I did find out that we are only about 115 miles from Christiansburg. So we can finally stop using a camera to guide ourselves. ha

Awesome Charlottesville visitors center... a big help to us

Beautiful campsite just outside the mountains the night before scaling them
Slow and steady
Almost lost Jonathan
Much of this, very beautiful

First Day Off in Charlottesville, VA

2008-06-07T11:01:00.003-04:00

So, we are taking our first day off today just outside of the mountains. The coming days will be fairly rough, we are predicting, as we head into the Appalachians for the next week or so. We plan to ride about 20 miles out of town tonight to get a head start for tomorrow. The heat is still a huge issue, already it is only 11 o'clock and it is 91 degrees outside, feeling like 102 due with humidity- ouch.

Last night we stayed at a fraternity at UVA which was an awesome location to be able to hit the town and relax for the first time. We had a really good time last night hanging out on the roof and going to main street. A lot going on and the more and more we all hang out the more excited I am about the rest of the trip. We have really, really lucked out with our group and everyone's ability to just roll with the punches.

We have been doing really well with our riding. Yesterday we did between 50 and 60 miles by about 12:30, after getting up and out of Market 76 by 7.

I just want to take chance to thank Market 76, a convenience store on the Route 76 bike route for maintaining space for bikers to camp for free. Also, thanks to the guys at the fraternity in UVA for their last minute hospitality.

Resting under a tree after a tractor trailer went off the road, blocking it for a few hours

Finally, made it to Charlottesville, VA after the huge Horseshoe Hill

Hanging out in Ashland, VA to get out of the heat and shower at the YMCA

the ride is finally happening

2008-06-05T12:55:00.004-04:00

Day 4
so... just made it to a library in Ashland, VA to escape the incredible, incredible heat. Just checked the forecast and it reads high temperatures of 97, 100, 101, 101, 100, 100, and 97. Just what we were hoping for...

Anyways, so far the ride has gone extremely well, we are finding out that people are extremely hospitable. Every night we have easily been able to find a yard to sleep in and the host families have been mopre than generous. Night 1 we were given a place to sleep, our dishes washed, a fire, and marshmallows. Night 2 we got fresh fish, steamed crabs, a place to sleep, channel 591, and we hung out with their whole family. Last night we ended up getting split up after countless bike issues throughout the day but both of our groups were greeted with awesome host families- a shed to sleep in, a car port, beer, and apples. Everyone has been just incredible so far and we would like to thank them so much once again.

Yesterday we did the Tangier Island cruise. It was quite wild, I couldn't believe that I lived so close to it without knowing my whole life.

So far, everyone is really good together, we are finding similar paces and everyone is going with the punches...

Leaving from Assateague Island, VA

The "Pleasure Cruise" Crisfield, MD to Reedville, VA

Our most gracious hosts in Northumberland, purveyors of sea food.....and catfish. They say the gentlman has never left Virginia.

Until next time.. hopefully we'll all make it through the heat

Night before- busy and hectic

2008-06-01T21:30:00.002-04:00

wow, hectic day today. running a day behind but we are slowly but surely we will be on the road by tommorow. from here on out we will be hopefully better at updating this sucker. But, here we are in Baltimore right now about to drive to Salisbury for the night so we should get in by about midnight and then headout as fast as possible tomorow to catch a fairy accross the Chesapeake.
Mims got some new cookwear today that he is pretty excited about. he and the rest of us blew a bunch of money at REI tonight and that is one of the many things that came of it.

everyone seems really excited about the trip, seems like we have a awesome group dynamic... i guess that we will really find out soon. thats all for now, kind of in a rush at this point.

I want to thank my mom and dad and Jess for their help in getting us in shape and down to Salisbury. Wouldn't have worked out without all of your help!

Alright, until next time we'll let you know how the first couple of days goes.....

Zim and the ride is closing in

2008-04-26T16:20:00.002-04:00

man there has been a lot going on is Zim lately and it has been getting quite a bit of attention in the media.

Basically Mugabe's ZANU-PF (Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front) party refuses to release the election results, 1000s are fleeing the country each day, and now Mugabe is rounding up certain members of the opposition party on suspiscions of ploting to overthrow the government. The police and army is being militarized all around the coun try, keeping an eye on everyone with heavy arms. "If something isn’t done in a few days, I tell you, this country is going to be converted into a genocide zone,” said Nelson Chamisa, the opposition’s spokesman recently. Here is the link to the New York Times Web site where you can check out the situation. IT is constantly changing just about every day...

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/zimbabwe/index.html

Also, the trip is coming up, just wrapping the classes in order graduate. Pretty exciting stuff. Still have a lot mroe training to do. The temperatures have been getting into the mid 80s so i am starting to get used to riding in the heat (although yes, the desert will be worst.) A couple more people have shown some interest lately so its looking like we may have a few over seven people. Everyone seems to have similar sights for the trip so I think itll be a pretty awesome group experience. ... 36 more days

Thanks for tuning in

Elections

2008-04-02T12:17:00.002-04:00

Keep an eye out, the elections occurred on Saturday but Mugabe is reluctant to let the results out. Word on the street is that there is going to have to be a run off election between the 2 leading candidates, Mugabe and Tsvangirai. Fingers crossed.. Here's a link to the NY Times website which has fairly regular updates of the elections...

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/africa/index.html

Also, Dispatch Foundation has a new campaign with information about the elections (inclsuding a comparison to the U.S. elections) and a petition that you can sign for fair elections...

http://www.thedispatchfoundation.org/headcount/

Updates and maybe some good signs from Zim

2008-02-28T11:14:00.005-05:00

I was reading some stuff on Zimbabwe recently and the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has reported that inflation has risen from 66,000% to over 100,000% within a little over a month. That is not even comprehendable. US inflation is like 2-3%. This is almost unheard of. Mugabe is printing money like it is his job to try to maintain order, pay people off, prevent overthrows, coups, etc.. (particularly, as was pointed out, since the election is coming around in March). I was talking to my professor of economics and he was saying that inflation at these rates historically points to the falling of a regime as a dictator seeks to maintain control by printing money to maintain power and position.... so maybe some light at the end of the tunnel is in sight. Hopefully this is Mugabe's last hoorah...

Sources
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080220/wl_africa_afp/zimbabweeconomyinflation

2nd Inaugural Blog

2008-02-19T17:31:00.001-05:00

Alright Ern. Nice Inagural Blog.
You know Im in the thought boat about why bike America....I hope someone might take issue with it...or atleast point something floppy out in our reasoning for argument sake.

But I hope you dont mind me changing the topic.

Bonarroouuuuooo? Whats everyone think about it?

The bike trip itself is pretty wild, but I cant shake the idea of rolling into a fesitval like a bunch of vagrants (dare not say hippies) entering woodstock. Roll in, rock out, roll out...that entice anyone else as much as it does me?

Im of course a bit swayed by pearl jam and my morning jacket's presence...avette bros...friggin state radio (chad from dispatch case you dint know it)

This might mean a little harder peddle for the first couple days, and it might be a harsh time trying to get back on a bike after a festival, but I'm confident we can cross that bridge when we get to it. We'll be well practiced in overcoming tough situations and sore muscles by then.

Going would almost definitly mean skipping mammoth cave kentucky, which is a definite downside. But it also might give us a chance to go through the great smokies.

Thoughts plz.

Meeting and a couple days till the deadline for sign up

2008-02-15T10:24:00.006-05:00

So here goes, our first official blog posting!....
We had a meeting last night at Mitch's Tavern in Raleigh (great 'potluck' beer special) to talk about the trip again. Not a real big showing but as always it was awesome to sort of dream up all of the crazy things that we will encounter on the trip.
Just a couple more days until we will really get an idea of who will be going and in what numbers. Its pretty exciting stuff, to meet people, non bikers, who have the same gunho holy-crap-we're-actually-going-to-do-this spirit.

Some interesting topics came up throughout the conversation last night which calls for a first of many- Official Aaron Heath Soapbox Moment (sponsored by Coca-Cola). The question comes up so why America, I mean we could bike some foreign country that could possibly be even more adventurous and wild if that is what we are looking for? Why not bike Outer Manchuria or Africa or something? Well here's why we bike America (and I attribute part this response to Billy).

How many times in a day do we say the word America or the US? We use this word so often but so few of us as Americans(particularly ourselves) really know the real power, the true breadth, the unforgivingness(?) of this huge area of land. Particularly college students. Its funny, as pointed out by Colleen last night- sure they've studied abroad on the other side of the planet but many of them from around here have never even been past Missouri, even North Carolina or Maryland in some cases. Sure you've been to California, but what about all of that area in between, all that area that you glanced at from 35,000 feet up. That's is what we hope to discover by being not passive observers but humble members, moving along as part of the American landscape for 2 1/2 months and 3,000+ miles. To discover the vast expanse of this country, not in the comfort of a car seat but at the mercy and the whims of nature.

So, thats the end of Aaron Heath's Soap Box Moment. All kidding aside, I think obviously, but also without a true grasp of it all, this will be a very enduring, difficult ride. It is my mind that will prove my greatest adversary on this trip, my greatest overcoming. Once you know you are about to do something difficult, your mind can still turn that monkey into a ten foot tall gorilla. Youve heard the quote- "its never as bad as it seems"- that's what I'm talking about. Perhaps the others would agree. Soon hopefully we'll have the rest on board for the blog and you will be hearing from them... Thanks for reading

Welcome to Our Blog

2008-02-04T11:12:00.001-05:00

More information and pictures from the road to come!