We depart from Howey-in-the-Hills at 7:56 am under bright blue skies full of excitement as we head for Ormond Beach. Our steepest climb of the day is just outside my drive as we head up the hill to SR 19 and go northward.
In 2003, my son bicycled across the USA and then discovered weeks later that he had
cancer. (He emerged from treatments healthy in 2004.) He inspired me to start biking, and in 2005 I raised over $15,000 for cancer research by making my own trans-America bike trip (achives under March and April 2005). I now work at a bike store but continue to go on long-distance bike trips, both in the US and internationally.