The day we had long awaited finally arrived around our 21st day riding. We rode many miles through the hot, barren, mountainous desert before climbing 10 miles into the adorable town of Virginia City. We walked around admiring the beautiful view and ate barbecue from the restaurant locals told us was the best food in […]

Day 27 Because of this year’s LIVESTRONG Challenge date in Davis (it was early in the summer), our route was left with many more days to get creative with the route after June 22. I decided four new towns would be great additions to our trip: Napa (CA), Calistoga (CA), Eugene (OR) and Corvalis, (OR). […]

To you who made kale and eggs and who cleaned out our coffee dregs who fixed our bikes through the day and had enough room for rowdy ruffians to stay and rode right on through steep san fran hills and city streets until the trek across the bridge was complete to the man of mystery […]

Day 30 From our campsite, we cannot see across the harbor. Our campsite is entrenched in the sandy beach facing the open Pacific Ocean, and we cannot see more than 100 feet into the great body of water. This is troubling cycling weather. Fishing boats pass through the thick fog and the foghorn of the […]

Wow. As I sit in this school computer lab in Point Arena, CA, I am kind of in shock at the realization that it has been a month since we first started this journey. I wish I was able to blog more, but there never seems to be time or internet available. This is actually […]

Day 29 I slept in the hammock last night at Fanny’s Bed and Breakfast. When I woke up this morning, I truly forgot what green and lush paradise I had awoken to. Deanna prepared a tasty and healthy breakfast for us, and eventually we waved goodbye to Deanna, her sister, and her brother in law […]

Before we started today Ross, sweep* told us “Take today to remember why you ride.” Granted we take most days to remember why we ride and we use this phrase when we’re tired or looking at a hard time ahead of us, I really contemplated it today. Of course I ride for specific people and […]

First, an apology: I really, truly intended to blog about every day, but I was honestly so tired from the SIERRA SPRINT across the desert I have obviously let this slide. But I’ll do better from now on– I literally have hours and hours to think in silence while I’m on the bike, and it’s […]

This is how we earned California: we rode through the DESERT. This is my first blog of the summer. I am one person out of two on my route who does not have a smart phone, so I can’t just blog on the side of the rode like some of my team mates do. I […]

Day 18 After quickly packing up from our elementary school, we made our way to the Owl Club, where the restaurant annually provides the team an incredible free breakast. In the early dawn, with the bottom half of the restaurant to ourselves, we dined on a buffet of eggs, pancakes, french toast, danishes, and juice. […]