(I wrote this last week but forgot to hit publish- what a dork!) Our unofficial send-off is this Friday morning and our Day 1 Atlas Ride is Saturday. 48 hours left”“ CRUNCH TIME! I can’t believe how quickly the last year has passed by. There are so many blog posts that I intended to write….The […]

I’ve been saying that for two years now and it has become a natural thing to say. But I realize how weird it is now that I’m actually doing it. The first few days, it kind of hadn’t hit me. Being surrounded by all our family. and friends made it feel like we weren’t really […]

So I’ve officially ridden my bike to Oklahoma. It feels weird to say, but I guess it’s not that big of a deal seeing as how I’m barely 500 miles away from my starting point. I’ve never ridden my bike in the state of Oklahoma before this, either, but I’m happy to report it works […]

One thing I’ve been struggling with is knowing when to stop–at what point is it too dangerous or unwise to go on? Tonight, I gained perspective on limitations after meeting a woman in Carrollton. Today was our rest day in Dallas, except that we were actually very busy. Some teammates had family in the Dallas […]

Well the ride finally began and I would like to just tell you all some highlights. Day one was a success and great turn out for Atlas. Sadly day two we had to leave our Sierra teammates but with a good send off from 2010 we had some solid adrenaline to get us into Stephenville […]

I’m sorry that it’s taken until now to post a blog! I’ll try to give a re-cap of the past week in as best detail as I can without boring y’all. Day 0 (6.3) Woke up early after a late night and went to the UT campus with my mom and my bike. We had […]

We have been riding for six days. Only six but it feels like a whole summer could have passed already. In the short time since the ride started I have been stuck in a tree, seen amazing swaths of beautiful Texas country, gifted with the guardianship of an inspiring tradition, and experienced copious amounts of […]

Okay. I’ve given myself a time limit of 25 minutes to finish this blog- I’m currently in a 1A high school gym in Lindsay, TX and in dire need of a few hours of sleep before tomorrow! The folks we’ve met here have been absolutely amazing and took wonderful care of us- they school-bussed us […]

Sunday of Finals week, what a blur. I had already gotten through my two tests on Wednesday and Thursday, and patiently awaited my last test on Tuesday. And by patiently awaiting I mean frantically studying and cramming a whole semester’s worth of Differential Equations and at often times losing track of what day of the […]

Where do I even begin to describe the happenings of this journey… I’ll start by saying how incredibly warm and gracious all of our hosts have been to us. I mean the generosity and willingness to take time out of their day to feed and house us for a night is something to be said […]