SPOKIN' HOME - A YEAR OF ADVENTURE

We love to travel and especially to visit our family in Denver. Four years ago we had the crazy idea to ride our bikes home from Denver, approximately 1550 miles. Over a period of several months we told many people about our idea - the idea began to turn into a plan and before we knew it we had told enough people that we were going to do and couldn't turn back!

So over a period of four months we started seriously working towards doing this. There were some ups and downs and we certainly were not in the condition that we hoped to be by our start date. We started by doing biking on stationary bikes at the LifePlex in Plymouth, IN. We have had some good hours on the bike and were able to watch a few movies on their projection system while biking. It is great to have such a nice facility. I admit that watching Julie and Julia, instead of the 2008 Ironman is a little different workout, but it has been fun.

We had a great ride for 1,000 mile and then we had a little mishap. If you read through our blog Stick with our blog you can read more about that cycling experience and other adventure for that year.

Now we are four years down the road. Many good things have happened to our family during those years. On May 28, 2014 we will return to our last riding point, get on our bikes again and finish the last 500+ miles. Join us as we continue our adventure.




Sunday, April 11, 2010

Rochester for Lunch

Yesterday we rode to Rochester to my sister and brother-in-law's house for lunch.  The ride is around 25 miles one way.  Not a bad ride, but we were riding into headwinds all the way there.  It took us over two hours, but we didn't feel too bad about that.  You really notice the hills allot more on the bike than you do in a car. There were times when we were going up a hill and the wind would really be blowing as we reached the crest, that I wasn't sure I was moving forward. I wonder how the hills - mountains in Colorado and the Ozark Mtns. in Missouri will be? At least we will be riding West to East - the wind does usually blow that way right? So we will have the wind to our backs. Kinda like the Wind Beneath My Wings. No problem with dogs, though.  That was good. 

We had a nice lunch and talk at Betty and Bob's house on Lake Manitou.  Our ride home was much easier.  All in all it was really a great ride and day.  We had a great supper at home and woke up this morning ready to do it again -- but we didn't.  Other things going on today - birthday celebrations for two granddaughters in Lafayette (Michaela and Annabelle) and a long distance one for Phoebe in Denver.  We love them all.  I probably replaced all the calories I used on yesterday's bike ride with cake and brownies.  Two steps forward and one step back. 

In the next few days I will talk more about our hope that others will be inspired to act in their own lives for a good purpose.  We will be telling you about a scholarship that we are starting in memory of our grandson, Michael Noel Magee.  Have a great start to your week and keep with us.
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  1. UnknownApril 12, 2010 at 9:36 PM

    Not to scare you but it always seems like the wind was blowing East to West on my trips back home through Missouri!!! I renamed the state Misery.

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  2. Jack and Mary KayApril 18, 2010 at 8:01 PM

    Keegan, after a week and a half of high winds in Indiana this is not the news I wanted to hear. I ride may take a little longer than we had anticipated. If you are driving home from out West watch for us.

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