LA2JAX - A 9 year old boy and his dad cross the USA by bicycle

The story of a 9-year-old boy and his dad as they cross the USA by bicycle.

Will is not really pedaling in this picture

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Will is a 3rd grader from St. Anne School in Barrington, Illinois. He enjoys baseball, soccer, and GameBoy. Dave is a 47 year old Air Traffic Control Specialist at O'Hare Approach Control in suburban Chicago. He has been married to Lynn since 1984 and they have two other children, Katie (15), and David (13).

Preliminary research indicates that Will may be the youngest person ever to cross the USA on the front of a tandem!

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This was a tough climb!!

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LA2JAX

dep LA		3/04/03
arr JAX		5/12/03

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Wednesday, December 25, 2002
Merry Christmas!
Santa was good to us this year! William received several items for the trip: a "Pocket Parafoil" lightweight kite, an LED headlamp, and a watch/chronograph. His Pocket Fisherman is on its way from Ronco. Typical GPS V display

We also received the coveted Garmin GPS V. This device will increase our level of safety (but decrease our level of adventure!) since it will drastically simplify our efforts to find campgrounds and hotels.Without this GPS, we would've "hoped for the best" at the end of the day, and scrambled for whatever accommodation was available. Some days we would've settled for something earlier in the afternoon rather than risk going forward. Now, we will be provided with all campground/hotel/restaurant info at the touch of a button. Will and Dave make a checkerboard and backgammon board on their Thermarest mattress

Will and Dave make a checkerboard and backgammon board on their Thermarest mattress

We will then call ahead to make reservations, with an accurate estimate of arrival time. We are currently setting up our route on a laptop; we will then download the data to the GPS. The GPS will provide a moving map as we cover our route, with audible turn prompts and heading/distance/speed/elevation information. Accuracy within 4 feet at times, which is more precise than a typical instrument landing system at O'Hare! Should be good enough for our purposes :-). Click here for Will's audio message. (Will's audio message is a BIG file; dial-up customers may prefer not to listen.)