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Ride between the Stars: Slice of Cycling Heaven
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Ride between the Stars. Follow novelist TJ Forrester as he cycles cross-country to raise awareness for MDA. Ride between the Stars. Tuesday, May 3, 2016. Slice of Cycling Heaven. Zephryhills, Florida to Springfield, Georgia (Miles 401-758). Rick at Allen Road Bike. Shop in Zephryhills sells me a set of wheels, chain, spare master link, and side-view mirror. I spend a few hours behind his shop, installing the new gear, pedal away relieved to have a sound bike for the next leg of my journey. Yeah, those sm...
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Ride between the Stars: You Idiot, You need a Horse
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Ride between the Stars. Follow novelist TJ Forrester as he cycles cross-country to raise awareness for MDA. Ride between the Stars. Friday, July 15, 2016. You Idiot, You need a Horse. Berea, Kentucky to Murphysboro, Illinois (2,192-2,588 miles). The couple on road bikes outside the convenience store ask what I'm doing, and I explain I'm on a 12,000 mile, two-year cycling ride. It's such a beautiful day," he says, "I'd think you'd be out doing something else besides riding a bike.". Need a horse," he says.
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Ride between the Stars: I'm going to Die!
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Ride between the Stars. Follow novelist TJ Forrester as he cycles cross-country to raise awareness for MDA. Ride between the Stars. Monday, November 21, 2016. I'm going to Die! Santa Monica, California to San Diego, California (6,762-6,900 miles). Can I have a dollar? Her voice turns strident. What about that water bottle in your pack? Can I have that? Her brow pinches and she leans in the guy's direction. "Hey, can I have that? Can I have that water bottle in your pack? Dollar each," they mumble together.
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Ride between the Stars: Donate
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Ride between the Stars. Follow novelist TJ Forrester as he cycles cross-country to raise awareness for MDA. Ride between the Stars. This magical button takes magical people directly to the MDA site. Thanks so much for joining me in the fight against these diseases. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Ride between the Stars. The Beginning (miles 0-30). White-knuckled Death Ride (miles 30-76). Blood-sucking Insects and Aching Knees (miles 76-401). Slice of Cycling Heaven (miles 401-758). Miles 2,588-2,956). Seattl...
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Ride between the Stars: Ride between the Stars
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Ride between the Stars. Follow novelist TJ Forrester as he cycles cross-country to raise awareness for MDA. Ride between the Stars. Ride between the Stars. Ride between the Stars. Is a two-year bike ride between the four corners of the lower 48 states, and it is my effort to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Please click on the donate button, which will take you to the donation page on the MDA site, and help create a better world for future generations. New comments are not allowed.
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Ride between the Stars: Gotta Love Cycling North Carolina
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Ride between the Stars. Follow novelist TJ Forrester as he cycles cross-country to raise awareness for MDA. Ride between the Stars. Monday, May 23, 2016. Gotta Love Cycling North Carolina. Little River, South Carolina to Sunbury, North Carolina (Miles 992-1400). I ride into North Carolina and take a road that leads over the Intracoastal Waterway. Aside from a few beach shops garishly decorated with alligator entrances or tsunami themes, the North Carolina barrier islands are less aggressive with their ad...
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Ride between the Stars: The Beginning
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Ride between the Stars. Follow novelist TJ Forrester as he cycles cross-country to raise awareness for MDA. Ride between the Stars. Thursday, April 14, 2016. Key West to Big Pine Key (miles 0-30). Sixty feet to go. There's still time to slink away and forget this crazy notion. Forty feet to go. A man and a woman end their photo session, and the line shuffles forward. Ten feet to the buoy. If I answer her truthfully—if I speak the words out loud—this is the moment my dream becomes a reality...The buoy ...
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Ride between the Stars: Trying to Survive the High Altitude in Colorado
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Ride between the Stars. Follow novelist TJ Forrester as he cycles cross-country to raise awareness for MDA. Ride between the Stars. Saturday, August 6, 2016. Trying to Survive the High Altitude in Colorado. Canon City, Colorado to Rawlins, Wyoming (3,683-4,065 miles). I leave Canon City, have a 57 mile day planned that will take me up and. Will I be so tired, I'll be forced to take a day off? My buddy Richard Collins from LA. I'm going for it. Around me at high speeds, sometimes squeezing between me and ...
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Ride between the Stars: Will This Trip Ever Go Right?
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Ride between the Stars. Follow novelist TJ Forrester as he cycles cross-country to raise awareness for MDA. Ride between the Stars. Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Will This Trip Ever Go Right? Murphysboro, Illinois to Clinton, Missouri ( 2,588 - 2,956 miles). I'm fast at this," Oak says. I cringe, hope he hasn't jinxed himself. Oak, Leah, and I are 65 miles into the day's ride, venturing across east St. Louis, north toward the KatyTrai. To air up the tube. I'm thirsty and tired, and I want. I do not tease him a...
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Ride between the Stars: Links
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Ride between the Stars. Follow novelist TJ Forrester as he cycles cross-country to raise awareness for MDA. Ride between the Stars. Ann M Amodeo (Zen of Writing). Blake Butler (No One Does That). Elizabeth Glixman (In The Moment). Endless Knots (Jessica Lipnack). Gabriel Orgrease (Orgrease Crankbait). John Matthew Fox (BookFox). Kay Sexton ( Writing Neuroses). Perpetual Folly (Cliff Garstang). Ravi Mangla (Recommended Reading). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Ride between the Stars. The Beginning (miles 0-30).
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