A lot of folks have been asking questions about our ride, so I will attempt to answer a few of them here.
Question: When are you leaving?
Answer: May 31
Question: What are you bringing?
Answer: As little as possible
Question: Why are you doing this?
Answer: We have no idea
Question: Where are you staying?
Answer: We have no idea
Question: Can you visit us on your way down?
Answer: Yes, as long as our route goes directly through your living room
Question: Have you been training?
Answer: Define training
Question: Are you scared? Nervous? Worried?
Answer: Yes, yes, and yes
Question: What are you worried about?
Answer: (in no particular order)
- Hills
- Death
- Divorce
- Cars
- Riding too many miles per day
- Not riding enough miles per day
- Big hills
- Back pain
- Ass pain
- Knee pain
- Foot pain
- Shoulder pain
- Streets with the word “hill” in their names
- Sun burn
- Sun stroke
- Failure
- Emergency rooms
- Boredom
- Dogs
- Broken bicycles
- Flat tires
- Ticks
- Streets with the word “Vista”, ”Crest”, “View”, or ”Cliff” in their names
- Hunger
- Thirst
- Dehydration
- The kids
- The house
- The cats
- Too hot
- Too cold
- Too rainy
- Mountains
- Money
- Not finding places to sleep
- Crocodiles
- Giant bugs
- Poison ivy
- Sleeping outside in poison ivy with crocodiles and giant bugs
- Long bridges
- Chiggers
- Banjo music near any river in the south