Hong Kong: It’s been nearly two weeks since I completed this transcontinental journey, and I am still basking in the “halo effect” of this enriching and empowering experience. Here are some of the things I learned while cycling from sea to shining sea. This ride across America is definitely a life altering experience, but I am not [...]
Archive for August, 2010
What I Learned Cycling Across America
Posted in Uncategorized on 22 August 2010 | 4 Comments »
How to Donate to A New Day Cambodia
Posted in Uncategorized on 20 August 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hong Kong: Several of you have asked how you might donate to A New Day Cambodia (ANDC). There are two options: Directly with ANDC via pay pal. An US tax receipt can be issued:- http://www.anewdaycambodia.org/ Or via Variety Hong Kong, in which case a HK tax receipt can be issued. Click through the TransAmerica option:- [...]
Keep Pedaling.
Posted in Uncategorized on 9 August 2010 | 13 Comments »
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: The bike ride that began without fanfare or fuss 50 days and 3700 miles ago in Astoria, Oregon, today reached the Atlantic Ocean at high noon. Escorted by police for the final stretch and fuelled by determination, my quads and plenty of delicious ice cream along the way, I crossed a continent and was greeted [...]
Top 10 Things I Heard While Cycling Across America
Posted in Uncategorized on 9 August 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Manchester, New Hampshire: Day 49 of my cycling trip isn’t about the cycling. It’s about family. A mile into the day’s ride we entered New Hampshire and passed through some pretty towns, including Keene and Greenfield, on a Sunday morning. But the highlight was intersecting with my family near Francesville. They were driving from the East and I was cycling [...]
Brattstock
Posted in Uncategorized on 8 August 2010 | 1 Comment »
Brattleboro, Vermont: Today was nearly a perfect day of cycling, the kind of day that makes me sad this journey is nearing the end. It’s a day when we crossed the entire state of Vermont (albeit the skinny part) in a day. Brattleboro is just one mile from the New Hampshire border, and is “close to [...]
Meet the Cast
Posted in Uncategorized on 7 August 2010 | 1 Comment »
Seven weeks ago we convened in Oregon as strangers. Today, thinner with funky tan lines and perhaps a bit sore in some delicate areas, we’ve become an extended family of cycling fanatics with a powerful and, I think, forever lingering shared experience. The camaraderie among my fellow cyclists and the mix of colorful personalities have made this epic bike ride between the [...]
Just Around the Bend . . .
Posted in Uncategorized on 6 August 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Latham, New York: This week we have crossed New York state and New England is just around the corner. There are 33 miles to the Vermont border and only 227 miles to the Atlantic. For the next two days there will be some speed bumps in the form of the Appalachian mountain range, but after thousands of miles of corn fields, speed bumps are [...]
Cats and Dogs
Posted in Uncategorized on 6 August 2010 | 2 Comments »
Little Falls, New York: Today was a soggy day but proves the truism that after the rain comes the sun. During the first ten miles of the day’s ride we tried to out speed the rain, then spent the next 40 miles in a wonderfully robust rain shower. It poured. Rather than trying to take cover as some cyclists did, [...]
Breezin’ by the Erie
Posted in Uncategorized on 5 August 2010 | 2 Comments »
Liverpool, New York: Had a delightful early morning ride on the Erie Canalway Trail, which hugs the Erie Canal for about 20 miles, and passes through some charming historic towns. This was a welcome change of scenery from corn fields. Whereas my previous mantra was “Are We There Yet?,” these days my mantra is “What’s the Rush?” I enjoyed a [...]
New York State of Mind
Posted in Uncategorized on 3 August 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Henrietta, New York: This morning we left Niagara Falls for a four-day swath across upper New York State, bypassing the major cities of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse. It’s great to be back in the Empire State and into the state of mind that comes with it. This is the final week of our transcontinental journey. Today’s [...]
