Day 9: 50 Flat Miles
Breakfast was provided by our amazing host! But no matter how much food I ate, today my hunger was insatiable! Erin (one of our…
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Day Eight: My Parents Visit
My amazing parents, Jenise Parris and Bob Hoshour, visited me in the Ithaca area yesterday and today! They were both surprised, to say the…
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Build Two: Groton, NY
Days have begun blending together, each taking a similar shape–biking, building, and learning more about the amazing people surrounding me in this experience. Cyling…
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Day Five: Heat
Today could be summed up in one word: heat. The heat ruled our whole day. We were up at five in the morning to…
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Day Four: Over a Mountain
Today was a long and beautiful day. So I’m keeping it short, and promising more from tomorrow’s 70 blistering hot miles. After crossing into…
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Day Two/Three: Hills
The last two days have given me a new respect of the landscape. Cycling allows riders to become intricately connected to the land, especially…
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Day One: 38 Miles
Today was our first day actually moving ourselves forward across America. It is starting to become real–31 of us will be cycling about four…
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Build One: Providence, RI
The past few days have been nothing but a flurry, and better than I ever expected. Everyone on the trip is the kind of…
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To Move Forward, Stay Where You Are
Riding a bicycle for any distance forces one to stay in the present moment. I have found that despite my best attempts to mentally…
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What if Everyone Had a Bike?
Would the world be different if everyone you knew had easy and cheap access to a bike? I think so… We might cycle instead…
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Sweat Gets Things Done
I’ve been so busy cycling and blogging about cycling, that I haven’t shared with you why we are doing this crazy trip. We are…
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We Put the “Fun” in Fundraising
With only 33 days left until orientation, Avry and I are in our last sprint to fundraise for our pledges of 4,500 dollars each! We…
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