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Proudly presents: Gary and Joe's Excellent Bicycle
Adventure |
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| Trip Sponsors: Gary's bike mechanic, Shane Bolde (pictured below), is an
IU Northwest - SPEA senior and future police officer. Shane works for The Bike Shop
in Merrillville, IN, where he put together Gary's bike - a Trek 5200 just
like the one Lance Armstrong rode to victory in the Tour de France. Tom
Yeager, owner of Printek, provided computer, GPS, internet and phone access
for the trip, as well as the travelers' email access. As an incentive for
Gary to stay the distance, Mr. Yeager has pledged one dollar per mile as
a donation to St. Mary's Orthodox Church in Merrillville, IN. Way to go,
Tom! |
READY, SET, GO!!!!!!!!!!!
Joe and Gary pose with their bikes
prior to the big day. Joe is smiling, but what gives with Gary? |
Shane Bolde |
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Driver Dion Thomas and Joe plot the course prior
to departure day. |
Another Contributing
Sponsor: Performance is the #1 energy bar, and is a low-fat, highly nutritious energy
bar specially formulated to deliver long-lasting energy. We were able to
get them to donate some of these for this trip. Gary, Joe, and Dion want
to thank PowerBar for their support.
"South
Carolina Here We Come!"
This is the route planned by our bicycle riders.
Links below will take you to their daily journal, photos, and maps for
each day of the trip. |
Daily Progress
- Day 1 - Irvine, California
- Day 2 - Thousand Palms, California
- Day 3 - Blythe, California
- Day 4 - Wickenburg, Arizona
- Day 5 - Cottonwood, Arizona
- Day 6 - Winslow, Arizona
- Day 7 - Gallup, New Mexico
- Day 8 - Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Day 9 - Las Vegas, New Mexico
- Day 10 - Tucumcari, New Mexico
- Day 11 - Amarillo, Texas
- Day 12 - Erick, Oklahoma
- Day 13 - El Reno, Oklahoma
- Day 14 - Okemah, Oklahoma
- Day 15 - Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Day 16 - Morrilton, Arkansas
- Day 17 - Brinkley, Arkansas
- Day 18 - Miller, Mississippi
- Day 19 - Tupelo, Mississippi
- Day 20 - Jasper, Alabama
- Day 21 - Oxford, Alabama
- Day 22 - Atlanta, Georgia
- Day 23 - Crawfordville, Georgia
- Day 24 - Bamberg, South Carolina
- Day 25 - Charleston, South Carolina
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