WEEK 3: (Days 15-21) Las Animas to Cheyenne This will probably be my last day-by-day style blog entry. Internet access is getting to be harder to come by, so starting next week I’ll just stick to the highlights/dedications/ important stuff. Day 15, 6-18, Las Animas to Pueblo Good ride, had a relatively easy ride (as […]

DAY 3 Woke up somewhere between 4 and 5. Pancakes and cereal for breakfast, hit the road. So, yesterday when we were riding into the campsite we were staying at it was a nice downhill coast. However, this morning was the opposite ”“ only one way to get out. Climb it all. Pushed myself real […]

DAY 2 Slept under the stars last night. Woke up soaked. The morning dew had drenched our sleeping bags. Some of the alumni from 2010 camped overnight in Lampasas with us too and woke up extra early to start making our breakfast ”“ blueberry and chocolate chip pancakes, fresh fruit, eggs, bacon. Yes, it was […]

There are so many things that I have learned in the past 30 days that even four years of undergraduate education couldn’t teach me. This ride has made me realize which things really matter and which don’t in life. Before the ride, there were many things I thought I couldn’t live without and now most […]

Today’s our rest day in the Grand Canyon. We still woke up at 4:30 am to watch the sun rise and paint the canyons with color. I walked out of my tent with my thickest pair of woolsocks, puma shorts, underarmour, Texas 4000 shirt, and a fleece. Life was good. We took pictures and soaked […]

Tuba City is part of a Native American reservation and is on a different time than the rest of Arizona. We went from being two hours off Texas time to being one hour off. The ride in to Tuba City was quite beautiful, with red rocks and dessert all around us. My teammate Ryan and […]

Today we are in the Grand Canyon, and I am amazed. There was simply no way I could mentally prepare myself for the magnitude of the park. The canyon truly is a wonder of the world. Sunset and sunrise are amazing and are images I will treasure for the rest of my days. One particular […]

Our second rest day of the trip was an unexpected one. Due to the fires in Arizona, and the resulting smoke, our team had to reroute. We are going to go north around the fires and will be back on schedule come Day 13 (June 16th) in Show Low, Arizona. My thoughts and prayers go […]

After 10 long days we have our first rest day in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Nearly every rider has some errand to take care of, be it bike parts from local bike shops, clothing from REI, or the small things like replenishing deodorant. Besides taking care of personal issues, we were treated to lunch at the […]

The route from Encino to Albuquerque, NM was marked as a “difficult” day. It was high mileage and hilly through several high traffic roads, and was challenging for the trailer drivers and the riders alike. Naturally, I was quite excited for this. It was my third day driving the van with trailer. We had several […]