By Ryan Iafigliola
This morning we headed out from our new friends at Calabash Covenant Presbyterian Church, which had a couple of church leaders spend the night with us before joining us for devotions in the morning for our sendoff. This remarkable smallish church hosts a service every Sunday on the beach that averages a thousand people! After a group picture, we headed out for our 71-mile day.
By Heather Contorno
The ride from the red rocks of Sedona to the Ponderosa pines of Flagstaff (home of the NAU Lumberjacks) was absolutely beautiful.
By Alice Caldwell
We set off from the First Baptist Church of Georgetown, South Carolina, for our destination, Calabash Community Presbyterian Church in Sunset Beach, North Carolina.
By Suzanne Stack
Today was the dreaded 97.8-mile uphill with 6,000’ climb day. Tom Davies, a 5-time RAAM racer who came by to visit us at Salome High School advised going a different way. But our Neil is a studier and (after who knows how many hours of consideration) stuck to the original route.
By Paul Rouse
We left our host church in Charleston, NC – Bethel United Methodist, at 7:45 AM and headed for the Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge. The climb of a little more than 200 feet seemed relatively easy as we set out on fresh legs. The views of the Charleston Harbor and downtown were breathtaking. We then rode past stately old homes in Mount Pleasant and the Isle of Palms before heading out into the countryside.
By Randi Topps
Today we said goodbye to California and began our journey through Arizona.
By Tim DeClue
We left Walterboro with fond memories of Southern BBQ and quiet, peaceful mornings.
By Diane Dunton Bruni
We ride. We gather in community. We pray. We share stories.
By Carol Mulligan
Last night Okatie Baptist in Okatie, S.C., served a lovely dinner of spaghetti, multiple salads and a smorgasbord of desserts, lots of conversations with the hosting group and a prayer from a church member youngster — 91-year-old motorcycle man and his motorcycle mama.
By Michael Wieser
I would like to start out by thanking everyone who had a hand in planning this ride. Without all the volunteers that stepped forward and made calls to secure hosts, this bike adventure would never had gotten off the ground.
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