Inner lips split by plaqued teeth hard hit diesel truck’s moving quick pressed to pick this cyclist’s trip Safe in a line riding the right a pack of five an orange vest bright structure keeps this group alive until one man forgets to drive A chopper’s blades descend onto a site of broken inner tubes […]
Week 4 plus a few days It’s July 4th and I’m outside of Helena, Montana. I feel a lot different about the country this year, having ridden through a slice of it. It’s nice to have a feeling for the in-between spaces. We’re used to thinking about landmarks- cities, sites, etc. But most of our […]
Today marks two years since Esther passed away. I encourage everyone to read her story about how even though cancer took her life, she triumphed over it in the end. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/estherboyalapalli Her story will make you cry and give you hope. Her story and those like it are why Texas 4000 exists: so that one […]
Right now I am at Jackson Lake Lodge looking at one of the most beautiful views of the Grand Tetons. I’ve had a relaxing rest day filled with napping, eating delicious food, looking at wildlife, and now blogging. Last night we saw a Mama grizzly bear with her three cubs from a distance. We saw […]
Crossing the Colorado border is surreal and bizarre. Dust from construction is trapped between rocky plateaus as we pass under a gray sky. We welcomed winds as a source of cool in the 107 heat. If there was a headwind this day, we only realized it upon changing direction- when tailwinds blew our bikes nearly […]
Oklahoma has a subtle charm that is oft mistaken for drab. Fields of yellow, gold, and brown accented by specks of green and white blooms. The flat land taunts you, turning inches into miles. The people operate in the same fashion- their unwavering hospitality laced with an air of strength. We reached each destination hungry […]
This summer has been something else. Places of journeys to a new career to beginning to train for Texas 4000. Its all been great. I had the privilege as soon as school ended to go to the Middle East and spend 10 wonderful nights in the city of Mecca and Medina. These 2 places are […]
This afternoon I found myself in what I like to call the mid-summer doldrums. It’s that point in the summer when one realizes “wow, a whole month has gone by already!” and one proceeds to think of the many numerous, exciting summery things one could be doing instead of summer school or work, and how […]
Do you know how cancer starts? To put it in as simple terms as possible (remember I’m an accounting major, not biology), cancer starts with one bad cell. That cell then begins to self-replicate (at a much faster rate than good cells can) and begins turning the cells that surround it into bad cells too. […]
OOOH great. I definitely wrote this on June 27th- for some reason it didn’t publish. oops. From the very beginning, you hear about how this ride will change your life in all these deep, meaningful, amazing ways. What I never expected, though, is how it would change my life in so many little ways that […]
