The story of a 9-year-old boy and his dad as they cross the USA by bicycle.
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Tuesday, October 29, 2002
School issues
Lynn and I met yesterday with Ms. Battaglia, Will's 3rd grade teacher. She offered her support and will give us a detailed run-down of what Will is going to miss; she will scan her tests and e-mail them to Will for his completion. We didn't discuss exactly how our school was going to be involved in following our adventures. We hope that we can provide some educational benefits to any school that wishes to participate with us. Some ideas of things we might be able to provide: reports on weather conditions, descriptions of topography, collections of soil/water samples, interviews with people of different cultures, etc.. We could provide timely answers in any of several formats (.jpg, .doc, .wav, .mov) to questions presented us. Our trip may help some students with map-reading skills and the math required to determine daily goals and speed averages. If anyone is aware of any schools that might want to work with us, have them drop us a line.
The Adventure Cycling Association has picked up our web site for their listing of on-line journals. I recommend a visit to their site; they have a lot of good stuff there. This is the organization that has produced the maps that we will use. They have been making these maps since the '70's, and been adjusting and updating them since. The maps also have listings of bike shops, campgrounds, hotels, and other useful info.
Sunday, October 20, 2002
Transportation to starting point
We purchased tickets today to take us non-stop from ORD to SNA (John Wayne Airport). Our good friends Kenny and Lois Kertz have offered to host our departure point from their home in San Juan Capistrano. We paid about $190 each for round-trip tickets. Since the one-way fare was about a grand, we bought round-trips and we'll just blow off the return portions. Our flights are non-stop, and SNA is fairly convenient for our hosts. Right now we plan to arrive in California on Sunday evening, March 2, and spend Monday putting our rig together and tweaking the adjustments. Maybe we'll dip our tires in the Pacific on Monday, too, before we depart earnestly on Tuesday. Things are shaping us nicely; there's no stopping us now! We had previously purchased tickets for Lynn and David to fly to El Paso during David's Spring Break. My parents have graciously offered to keep an eye on Katie (whose Spring Break is later) during the visit. We should be within a day or two's ride of El Paso when they arrive; we thought we'd share a few touristy things with them before we put our heads down and head east from there. Click here for Will's test audio message.
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