pilgrimage: a very long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a shrine of importance to a person’s beliefs and faith.

Before Jordan and I left for India, he told me about a crazy idea he had to do a long distance bike ride and raise money for an organization called Living Water International (https://www.water.cc/). Dreaming of an idea like this is exhilarating. The reality of cycling is fun and sometimes painful. But the planning involved in connecting the dream with the reality is the worst. We spent a lot of hours organizing and coordinating the details of this ride (publicizing our ride, collecting cyclists, and borrowing and fixing bikes). Finally, it’s time to just cycle.

DAY 1. Pine Bluff. 93 Miles.

3/12/11

“1st day of this ride. . . We started at Uncle Bud at Continue reading →