Grueling heat and several thousand feet of climbing over the past two days have made it hard to remember much of what we did on the bike, but I’ll do my best here. One of the most exciting moments of our trip came Saturday (Day 22), when we crossed into California. We started in Tonopah, […]

  We got into Missouri yesterday and minus the first two hours of rain it’s been an  amazing time. Yesterday was personally hard for me because I hadn’t ridden a lot in the past four days because of our rest day, rain outs, and support and gear. So even though it was only 58 miles […]

We’ve summited roughly 10 mountain peaks in 100+ degree heat over the past couple days, all while riding along the border of Area 51, so this post may get weird. We left Caliente, Nevada bright and early Thursday morning, knowing full well we had a long day ahead of us. Before we had even made […]

Day 21: Brent’s Place “Littlefoot” is a toddler with leukemia. At Brent’s Place, he and his family have an opportunity to be treated at the nearby children’s hospital and live free of cost in a comfortable, clean, healthy apartment. We may be cycling 4,500 miles, and today 40 miles headed to Niwot, CO, but Littlefoot […]

Day 20: Out Living It and Three Keys to Happiness On our rest day in Denver, we visited two places: the offices of First Descents, and the Pearl Izumi factory. “Out Living It” is the motto of First Descents, a nonprofit that takes cancer patients on adventure trips. Founded by a professional kayaker, First Descents […]

Day 19: It’s All Downhill During training last war, I was sometimes charged with the responsibility to motivate my teammates to keep pushing their pedals. Occasionally I was a “Ride Lead” or a “Sweep,” riding at the front or back of a group, respectively, and I had to yell at my friends to keep going […]

Cleveland’s furious comeback in the waning moments of last night’s NBA Finals kept me up a little later than I had planned, leaving me a little groggy when I woke up to a friendly call from the Marriott front desk this morning. I was driving the support vehicle today, which also means being responsible for […]

Day 17: First View of the Mountains For two consecutive summers I’ve been drawn to the mountains. Last summer at this same time, four other friends and I took a road trip to camp through several national parks along the Rocky Mountains. The trip was my first experience with team dynamics in wilderness with poor […]

Day 18: For Purple Mountain Majesties/Above the Enameled Plain! Along our 70-mile day to Colorado Springs, we had a lunch stop generously set up by Mrs. Mary Foerster at the Garden of the Gods. The Garden of the Gods is a massive series of rock formations created millions of years ago by geological forces. Standing […]

It’s funny how we travel 1,200 from Austin, Texad and still receive the worst possible weather in the country. The spurradic change in weather reminds me of the days in Austin when we receive 95 degree weather, a thunder storm, and then 40 degrees all in 24 hours. It’s day 20 in Eureka Springs and […]