Day 14 & 15: Adventure!
While cycling with 30 other young people (we are all between 18 and 28), adventures are bound to happen. And today was chock full…
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Day 12 & 13: Pain
My previous blog’s meditative and joyous state gave way to pain over the last two days. Pain is cyclical, like almost everything else–so over…
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Day 10 & 11: Meditation
Cycling is a solitary sport. You get on your bike, set a goal, and pedal off towards it. In the last ten cycling days,…
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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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