Final Push

So with less than three weeks to the offical start of my trip, I've been out on the roads putting some miles in on my new Giant Bicycle! I'm having some issues with shifting, but hopefully those will get resolved in the next couple weeks. I've also been getting all my gear ready to go, and while I can't take much with me due to very limited space in our trailer, I have been getting the right gear together! The other day I went for a ride to a dentist appoint and it was raining! Although biking in the rain isn't exactly fun, I don't think I will get through 10 weeks coast to coast without at least a day of rain. Unfortunately though I got a flat during my rainy ride and while riding in the rain isn't terrible, attempting to change a flat in the rain certainly was!

In other news I've been making a final push on my fundraising effort. While $4,500 is certainly a daunting number, it has become much more managable with the help from many supportive family and friends! While I don't like the idea of asking people for money, it has been stated over and over again by those involved with Bike & Build that if you don't ask for assistance people won't know you need help and they may never even get to find out about what a great cause it is. In the past week or so I have had almost a dozen contributions made and in addition to those contributions already made in the past months I am getting so close to my fundraising goal and for that I would like to thank every single person who has made a donation to my trip!! I look forward to sharing my experience with you in the coming weeks and hope you find my adventure super exciting!

 I think these sunglasses will serve me well?

 

New cycling socks!

 

Even more new cycling socks Peace, Love, Wine!

Less than 1 Month!!

So the semester certainly but unfortunately got away from me and now here I am with less than one month to go before I arrive in Providence and get under way to Seattle! The past months have certainly been busy with planning and the next few weeks are going to be crunch time getting all loose ends tied up and ready to go. We've got a lot of great build sites lined up and will be passing through a ton of great towns across the nation. I also just found out recently that after the 10 weeks are complete and I arrive in Seattle, I will also be taking a week to drive back to the east coast with our support vehicle! One of my co-leaders, Neil, put together a great website for our trip that has more information available about our route and build sites along the way! P2S 2012 Website

Mom had her camera anxiously awaiting my brand new bike coming out of the box!

My posts will not be so few and far between once I get on the road and have more interesting things to say! In the meantime if you still haven't donated you have less than a month left to make a contribution to the affordable housing cause here!