Lee Go / Stop PolioCoast to Coast via bicycleMarch / April 2016
San Diego CA to Atlantic Beach FL
WHY?To answer a simple question that had been on my (alleged) mind for a long long time; can I ride coast to coast…..on a bicycle.
The SIX’s tourTurned 60 years old Jan 2016
Average 60 miles a day
Take no more than 60 days
Spend no more than 60 dollars a day
Finding and riding with a purposeFor a penny per mile…...it adds up.
As of Oct 2015, Rotary International has contributed $1.5 BILLION
In 1985 there were 1,000 new cases of polio per DAY
Navigation was easy, when using $70 maps and $10,000 arrows
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Riding with Ken, Matt and Bo…… and also solo
We were 2 days in and Leo Ast 2 days from 60 and 2 days from end.
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Easter SundayMarfa Texas
March 27, 2016
High desert gives way to Texas Hill country
And waterAnd reunion
The happiest of all Rotary Clubs? Moon Light, Boerne TX
Lockhart TXPrettiest of all courthouses.
And there were many.
An Oasis in Texas
After 1,083 miles…Texas is in the rearview mirror
The BIG muddy, the MIGHTY Missisip
Another warmshowers.org stay
If towns were ranked by how they take care of cyclists?..
Missisippi roads and hearing the birds sing
And miles started to come to me. mile after mile after mile. And easy.Even 110. With no tailwinds or rides in pickup
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Crossing Mobile Bay via ferry and into Florida
And a very different mode of transportation.
and very different experience
With mom in Valdosta GAAnd the magnolia tree I crashed into
many years ago.
Photo and story was on front page of
Valdosta Daily Times on Mother’s
Day
One long stretch to Fargo GA and on to the sea
Just one mile to go….
And now we are “this close”And the ride goes on.
Bike Ride Across Georgia, June 2016
Lake Michigan Coastline, Aug 2016
Mountains to Sea NC, Oct 2016
Rotary International Convention
June 2017