Suppp everyone! This journal has been a long time coming! This summer I spent an amazing summer backpacking thru Europe with my good friend, Elda Trevino!! For a total of ten weeks I immersed myself in European culture. We traveled to England, Spain, France, Italy, and Greece! People always ask me what my favorite place […]

I’ve always known that the majority of the money that I raise would come from panhandling. Panhandling, if you’re unaware or haven’t been reading past Texas 4000 blogs, is the art of standing on a street corner, sign in hand, anxiously waiting for some sort of donation. This past summer I spent every day for […]

I’ve been thinking a lot about why exactly I ride. When I first thought of joining this unique and amazing organization, I knew my motivation wasn’t necessarily common. Unlike a lot of people, my life hasn’t been directly impacted by cancer – that is, only one person in my family has had cancer, and she […]

Summer does crazy things to a person. I’m not saying I had a horrible summer, but something about being away from Austin and, more importantly, my Texas 4000 family made me become blurry about why exactly I am doing what I am doing. Over the summer, I did not forget Texas 4000 existed, it was […]

I checked my Kintera account this morning and discovered that someone I have never met has donated in honor of one of the main forces behind my ride to Alaska: Stephanie Flores. I can only describe it as one of those moments where all your emotions are funneled into just a few seconds. Riding “in […]

Dear Charley, You are 4 years old right now. I love you more than anything. Someday you will read this, but right now you are most interested in dressing up like a Princess (Rapunzel is your favorite) or going swimming. But, one day, a long time from now, you will understand why I am riding […]

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages… Thank you for visiting my blog! If you are religious, I would love for your prayers. If you are not religious, all I ask for is your belief in us as the 2013 Texas4000 team and your commitment to keep hope alive in this fight […]

Well, it’s about time for that first blog post. Just so we’re clear, I’m planning on this blog being quite the obscure compilation of stories, memories, inspiration and motivation. With that, let’s dive right in. Texas 4000 means a lot to me and I ride for a lot of reasons (more on that later/in my […]

When I was 6 years old, my parents took away my training wheels. Each day after dinner, my father ran behind me and my bike, simultaneously cheering and instructing his son to pedal just a few feet forward. And each day ended with fresh bruises and cuts, to which my mother ceremoniously applied healing agents […]

Day 70 August 10th Palmer to Anchorage AK Miles: 60 Wakeup time 5:30AM. Many of us couldn’t sleep at night. Probably because some of us were out for the night or for me it was just the nervous anxiety that this is really it…I’ve made it this far. I made my way to the stalls […]