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.




Thursday, June 17, 2010

Guess Who is Coming to Dinner?

June 17, 2010 - Ottawa, KS  Odometer reads 708 miles.

Not much of a post to write tonight.  It is getting late and not enough time left to put down today's news except for the best news of the day.  As Mary Kay and I had just ridden up a large hill and came around a corner coming into Ottawa, KS I saw what looked like a familiar van.  Then I saw some people getting out and one had on a shirt the same color as our Spokin Home riding shirts.  Much to our surprise and delight our daughter Krysta and grandchildren Madeline, Mallory, Beck, and Ruby had driven all the way from Plymouth to surprise us.  We have missed all of our grand kids throughout the ride and so this was a very special and unexpected treat.  After we got our showers we spent some time at the pool then went out to eat, and are now getting ready to go to sleep.  There will be pleasant dreams tonight for sure!!  I will try to blog more tomorrow.

Do Something for Others Today!!  We certainly had our day brightened.


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  1. LindaJune 18, 2010 at 2:07 PM

    Krysta told us she was doing that. What a wonderful surprise.

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  2. UnknownJune 19, 2010 at 12:39 AM

    Glad things are going well and you're steering clear of the tornadoes! Sounds like it was great to see Krysta and the kids. We talked to some more friends tonight who are following the blog. Everyone is very inspired by your journey! We miss you.

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