So here I am, beginning my second foray into the blogging life,* chronicling my humble musings on what it's like to bike across America, and sharing what will probably be some spectacular pictures from the road.
After a rollercoaster couple of months of trying to switch routes and not being sure if I'd be able to do Bike and Build at all, I've finally landed on Boston to Santa Barbara (B2SB), and I'm thrilled. This is a pretty sweet route: we ride through the mountains of the northeast, the wide open plains of the midwest, and the deserts of the southwest. Highlights include getting our kicks on Route 66, alien-spotting in Roswell, NM, the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, and much much more.
The big source of excitement right now is that as the long saga of my college years draws to a close (turned in my thesis a couple weeks ago, got the presentation over with on Tuesday, turned in my last paper on Wednesday, just got out of my last lecture, and I'll be totally done forever a week from Saturday), I'm able to finally spend some time training and getting all of my other ducks in a row for this summer.
More stories will follow soon, but first I want to say a huge thank you to the people who have donated thus far (in the order in which they donated):
Katie "Tingting" Grube (one of my best friends in the world, who lives on the other side of the world)
Kerry Flannery (probably the coolest boss ever)
Jason Demarest (he drives a racecar)
Spencer and Jean Belon (my roommate's girlfriend's parents!)
Karl Laubscher and Tina Hansar (parents of the infamous Andrew)
Liz and Bill Adams (relatives on my mom's side and hosts of the annual Thanksgiving bash)
Debra Castillo (her daughter is one of my old friends from Ithaca)
Claude Goldstein (my awesome landlord)
Karen Ash (one of my mom's friends from her book club)
Buzz and Linda Lavine (parents of probably my oldest friend from Ithaca)
Lynn Negus and Sally McCoy (who are even more adventurous than I am)
Jim Dennis (a member of the Tompkins County legislature with my mom)
Dr. Harold Horwitz (my rheumatologist and an avid biker himself)
Christine Schelhas-Miller (on the faculty in my dad's department at Cornell)
Dorothy Pasternack (also in my mom's book club)
Diane Weissinger (her son and my brother were great friends way back in the day)
Thank you all so much--until a few days ago I thought I would never get to $4000, but my hope has been restored because thanks to you I've already raised $1230 in a single week!
*The first has stories from my first year in China, and it's still out there in cyberspace: http://www.luojiazaibeijing.blogspot.com/
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