http://whythebike.com/blog Blog for The Expeditionary Man Bike Tour Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:42:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I will be one of the speakers at the CBMC Family Conference at Schroon Lake, NY from Aug 28-31. During my sessions, I’ll be focusing on the core themes from my book The Expeditionary Man and well as the bike tour. This year will be the first time my family ... http://whythebike.com/blog/2008/07/29/cbmc/ We made it home last night. It's very strange coming home after nearly 40 days of travel—the longest time, by far, that we've ever been away from home. Coming downstairs this morning, the first thing that got my attention was the total silence around me. We've been around people, traffic, ... http://whythebike.com/blog/2008/07/29/highlights-struggles-and-more/ We biked across this bridge at the very end of our journey Charleston Justy Jared happy with the ride's completion Walking through the streets of Charleston Paparazzi surround Rich and Kim Visiting relatives as we wrap up the tour http://whythebike.com/blog/2008/07/29/pictures-from-charleston/ Just a quick note letting you know that we made it home safely last night at 3:35am. We praise the Lord for his protection throughout all of the miles as we've criss-crossed the country. We look forward to reflection on the overall experience with you this week on the ... http://whythebike.com/blog/2008/07/28/home-at-last/ This is not our final video of the tour, by any means. We'll be doing some more refined and fuller videos when we get home. However, here is a 4-min video giving some highlights of the tour, particularly over the past week. http://whythebike.com/blog/2008/07/27/tour-video-recap/ Tonight is our last night in Charleston. Tomorrow at 6:30am, we'll leave the hotel and head towards our home 958 miles away. However, this time, we'll be going at 65mph, not 17-22mph. All of us are glad to be heading home, but to be perfectly honest, I am really saddened ... http://whythebike.com/blog/2008/07/27/feeling-bittersweet-a-last-night-in-charleston/ Wagners celebrating the start of the final ride Approaching Charleston Taking a break Dipping our tires into the Atlantic Ocean Ad Alta Simul Interviewed by local ABC station Celebrating with cake Local CBS interview http://whythebike.com/blog/2008/07/26/stage-24-pictures/ ABC affiliate in Charleston on the tour: http://www.wciv.com/news/stories/0708/538813_video.html?ref=newsstory http://whythebike.com/blog/2008/07/26/ch-4-news-story-on-our-tour/ Pictures to follow of Stage 24 on Saturday! We finished!!!! Today's ride may not have been our favorite of the tour, as we had a lot of traffic to contend with as we approached Charleston. However, it was a joy finishing the tour together—ad aqua simul! We started the ... http://whythebike.com/blog/2008/07/26/stage24/ After several days of intense riding days and a combined feeling of fatigue, today was a welcome change. We had a blast! We knew it was going to be our last long riding day (90 miles), so we wanted to finish strong. Also, we soon passed into our final state ... http://whythebike.com/blog/2008/07/25/stage23/