Family and friends.....follow along with us as we make our way across the United States by bicycle. The six of us will depart the west coast on June 14, 2010....three friends by bike and three family members by car....in hopes of reaching the east coast in 8 weeks. The following journal will be updated often with stories, pictures, and videos of our journey. We hope you enjoy.

The TransAmerica Trail

The TransAmerica Trail
Our Route Across the United States

Friday, May 14, 2010

One Month Until We Roll

One month from today we will roll out of Neskowin on our way across the country. We have a lot of things going on right now. Besides the usual work and family stuff, I am trying to get a lot of riding in. We are also working on a small change in transportation for the family. The Trailblazer, pulling the pop up camper may be out....replaced with a conversion van and no pop up. I sure would feel better if my wife wasn't having to tow the pop up around everywhere. I am sure the kids would like the extra room. Twelve cubic feet per child in a vehicle for the whole summer does not seem to appeal to them.

Not much else to report except for mentioning the great help I am getting from Mike at the Family Bike Shop in Troy (http://www.familybikeshop.net/). He is going above and beyond, trying to get our bikes ready for the long haul that they will be put through this summer. If you are looking to get into this great form of excersise, stop in and see Mike and he will get you set up on a quality bike and assist you in finding the miles and miles of bike paths all over the area. Thanks again, Mike.

Bobby is coming into town for a wedding this weekend. It looks like it should be a rain free couple of days, so we should get some good miles in together. Only 31 days to go.......