Hey Everyone,
This is the first posting of A Fool's Journey...bike trip from St. Paul to NYC. It came about because of my love for biking, wanting to do something exciting in my new "retirement" from corporate america - yay!!!!!, and the desire for an adventure. I chose New York as a destination because I lived there for many years and have been wanting to visit. The date has been tentatively set for June 11, 2012. Six to seven crazy weeks of biking! I am so psyched for this adventure, even in these very early planning stages! With this bike trip, I hope to inspire everyone to get up and move a little more!
I started riding last summer. The first half of the summer I put a lot of miles on my old Schwinn. I felt like it was time to upgrade. When I picked up my Long Haul Trucker, and rode it away from the shop, my buddy, Reed, chided me, "Fool, get out of that granny gear!" I did and then rode 2,000 miles in 4 months.
I just rode and rode and loved it more each day. John F. Kennedy once said that there is nothing quite like the simple pleasure of riding a bike. For me, it is a simple pleasure and the best part of my day. Everything just gets better when I get on my bike. I appreciate the world around me, I get to see the world from my bike and I get to interact with that world, in a way that you never would from a car. Not long ago my daughter, Emma, asked me, "Mom, remember when you were normal, and just rode your bike once in awhile?" We both had a good laugh over that one!
Jacque from Solidago Riders recently helped me so much in planning a route and with such great practical information for the trip. Thank you so much, Jacque!
In the near future, I will be selling some really fine t-shirts as a fundraiser, a must-have, haha!
I'll post again soon!
