Welcome to my blog - a whole new experience for me! I started this blog because of an exciting adventure which I plan on participating in this summer which will consist of cycling across part of the U.S. from Denver, Colorado to Jersey City, New Jersey. This challenging adventure begins for some who are starting from Seattle, Washington on June 28th and I will be joining them in Denver, Colorado on July 28th.
Now why would I want to participate in something so huge at my age which will be 63 this coming July. This trip is not only an exciting bike trip but has another purpose which is more important than the cycling I will be doing. I am committed to raise $8,000.00 which will assist in raising money for the cause of global poverty. I am also doing this trip to experience God's awesome creation from the seat of a two wheeled bike. This entire trip will take 5 weeks and 3700 kms. across this great country. I was inspired when several of us, 11 cyclists and 5 support team went to New Zealand last March and cycled both islands , South and North for a total of about 2200 kms. What an awesome experience! Very challenging but what a beautiful scenery we enjoyed along the way. I'm not sure I would have attempted this great feat if I had realized the number of steep climbs we would be cycling up. So now I am busy training for this trip and the training is going well. I hope to use this blog to inform my children, extended family and friends along with church family back home as to my progress in training and eventually a diary of my experiences along the way so.........stay tuned!!
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