Day 38 and 39 July 9th Calgary to Banff Tunnel Mountain AB Miles: 82 Wakeup time 5am. The church provided us cereal, toast and great juice for breakfast. Our hakka today was given by Jessica on behalf of augi. It left us all in tears. I can’t wait for alaska. The ride to banff required […]
July 8th Miles: 92 Wakeup time 5am at Claresholm. We headed out to roys place for an amazing breakfat they prepared us before they even opened. On top of that the Wimbledon final was about to begin so jonash, nick and I got some glances of it before heading about. We all rode cousin loli […]
My grandparents fell in love many years ago and got together in quite an interesting way. Living in Orange, Texas after getting married, they had 9 children within the span of 18 years. It was very much of a “Yours, Mine and Ours” household. My mom, the youngest, always tells stories about how the house […]
It’s all about perspective; the way you view things and how your feelings and mood can change based on that view. This trip has taught me to always put things in perspective. Sure that hill up ahead looks like an impossible climb, but compared to hearing the doctor say, “You have 6 months to live; […]
Summer 1996 — hadn’t even learned English, when I begun training for the ride of my life. My Spanish was probably questionable, too, at four years old. — it made for one of the most vivid recollections of my childhood. Stepping out onto the park pavement, my eyes registered sidewalks that went on forever, hills […]
We are in Corvalis, Oregon today. We are staying in hosts homes. Host homes are the ideal places to stay, because we get hot showers, real beds, and time to spend with people outside of the team. We get to talk about our reasons for riding in a more intimate and personal setting. I have […]
July 7th Miles: 97 Canada. A new part of this ride and a great honor to know that you crossed into the Canadian border. For a texas 4000 rider it supposed to be the one of the happiest moments of the trip knowing that you have completed half the trip. So we crossed at this […]
Day 35 July 6th Rest day in Glacier National Park Today is the halfway point of this trip. It’s exciting in so many ways. Tomorrow we will be in Canada. A huge achivement for our team in so many ways. We biked from Austin to the Canadian border. And this is just the half. A […]
I know my blogs are far and few in between, but per reference of Omar Ghani, I decided I’d share with y’all something I wrote and read for my team. If you don’t already know, every morning we ride, after our dedication circle, our team does a chant called the Hakka. A different person leads […]
Days 33, 34, 35: We spent our 4th of July grilling out, camping, and hiking in Redwood Natl Park. Every evening our team gathered for smores, local beers, and hot cocoa at the campfire. The temperature dropped, the mist set in, and the low clouds and fog took the bright sky. But we felt very […]
