We survived our first whole week on the road! I’m going to give a brief summary here, but let me start by saying that right now (Sunday night) we are in a motel in Herkimer, NY, sitting out the rain and wind from Hurricane (now Tropical Storm) Irene. We kept hearing about it all week,...
We officially started pedaling on Thursday, August 18. What a relief to finally be on the road! Our first two days were a bit of a “shakedown” trip. We had wanted to start in Maine, but the logistics with the train situation slowly killed that plan. So, we decided to start from John & Laura’s...
Here we are at last… the World Tour begins. Our train left the station in Atlanta about 30 minutes ago*, and only a few tears were shed (all mine) as we waved our final farewells. We’re headed north to begin pedaling in just a couple of days. My aunt gave me a book at our...
As you might know, we’ve been excited about our style of departure for a few months now. In May, we booked train tickets from Atlanta, Georgia, to Portland, Maine, to begin our grand adventure. We researched this decision carefully, and found it to be the most cost-effective and easiest option for us to get to...
Many thanks to so many of our wonderful family and friends who dropped in to see us off at our Leaving Celebration! We were blessed and encouraged by this amazing show of support. We had people come from Atlanta, Huntsville, Birmingham, Carrollton, and of course Auburn to bid us farewell. We know it’s not easy...
We invite you to join us for a Leaving Celebration on Saturday, July 9, 2011. We’ll be hanging out at our home in Auburn from 2-9 p.m., so feel free to drop in bid us farewell! We’ll be grilling up hot dogs from 5-7 p.m., so if you want to join us for the cookout,...
