It didn’t cross my mind that I may get to visit your Mausoleum when I was chosen for the Ozarks route. But once I put two and two together I knew I had to make it happen. I made a decision when you passed that has been on my mind for the past three years. […]
Today was the Ozarks route first true century. Coming into it I know it wasn’t going to be easy, we had a rough day before and we were looking at 93 degrees with no cloud cover. With little sleep we awoke for our ride dedication circle. For myself and most of our route, Lake Charles […]
Today we bikes into Louisiana and into Lake Charles for the first time ever. We were faced with 95 miles of costal highways to cover the distance. For me it was my first support and gear day where I was not on the bike. Given our distance and our allotted time I knew today was […]
Day 9: Hydraulic Jacks Today we rode from a community of probably 1000 people to another community of probably 10,000 people. From Watonga, OK to Elk City, OK, we increased our surrounding population by an order of magnitude. Today I drove our support and gear (SAG) trailer and waved to the cows cheering for us […]
Day 10: There’s Never Enough Time to Do All the Nothing You Want Calvin, from Bill Watterson’s “Calvin and Hobbes, sums up his summer days such. When you sit on a bike for 96 miles heading to Pampa, TX, there remains a lot of nothing to do. Luckily, I recalled a joke -and told it […]
Wow. We’ve made it in 10 days into New Orleans from Austin. That in itself is so astonishing, but to think we have 60 days left is a true privilege. I say privilege because by no means is this a right or a vacation. So far we’ve interacted with a beautiful set of children in […]
Day 8: All Gave Some, Some Gave All At dinner in Watonga, OK today, I sat next to Lloyd, a retired Air Force veteran who dropped troops over Korea. He now flies Cessnas, Pipers, and other small planes for fun. As my long time dream has been to get a pilot’s license, I had a […]
Today was a relatively short day on the bike, as we rode just 50 miles from Santa Rosa, New Mexico to Santa Fe. But despite its brevity, today’s ride was undoubtedly my favorite of the summer ride thus far. Renee, Connor and I rode together and chatted much of the day, but the past part […]
We were only about 10 miles out of Clovis, New Mexico, where stayed last night, when we turned onto a country road and noticed something very odd. Off in the distance was our support van and trailer, forming a V shape in the middle of a farmer’s field. Puzzled by the sight, our ride group […]
Day 7: Cycling Communities Jeff Bennet is an Olympic decathlete who finished fourth in 1972. He was just yards away from the Munich terrorist attract in the Village, served 32 years in the military as a Lieutenant Colonel, and is now the Associate Dean at Oklahoma Christian University. Henry majored in petroleum engineering and worked […]
