Many co-workers and friends have asked me why I want to do this. Thus I thought I would use this first blog to explain why I want to bicycle to Portland, OR. Last summer I started bicycling a lot and really enjoyed it. I, eventually, rode to Eagle, NE which was about a 20 mile ride. I felt so accomplished after that ride. Then I studied abroad that summer in Moscow, Russia and really missed, among other things, my bicycle. While in Moscow I had some free time and then I decided that the next summer, aka this summer, I would bicycle all summer. I then, though, saw an opportunity with the Defense Intelligence Agency for an internship. I applied and did not get it and that, then, solidified my decision to bicycle.
Additionally, I was really disenfranchised with the United States after coming back from Russia. Thus I want to do this tour because: I have had too many people tell me I can't do it, I want to see America, I love to bike, and its a goal I have had since last summer!
Now I have to wait for one phone call to make or break the idea!
