Thanks for following my adventure

I rode from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington to the Delaware shore on my Fuji touring bike, Third Wind. Riding a cross-country trip has been a goal of mine for decades and I was excited to finally make this happen. There is also a personal symbolic significance to the timing of this trip: 40 years ago this summer my dear friend David and I rode up the west coast from LA to Seattle. 

More importantly, I am riding in honor of Hindy Shaman, my sister-in-law, who has been living with cancer since 2002. Hindy and my brother Mark have received services – free of charge – from Life with Cancer -- an award-winning program of the Inova Schar Cancer Institute in Virginia.

Hindy is quick to say that this fundraising effort is not about her – it’s about the cause. While this is true, I am doing this ride in her honor because her strength, resilience, courage, and perseverance are not just admirable, but truly inspiring. The pain I expect to feel when climbing up the steep Rocky Mountains and Allegheny foothills will burn like hell, but such suffering from physical exertion is transient. The pain Hindy and all cancer patients deal with is continuous; even when in remission, it is there, lurking in the background. 

I hope to post blog updates and photos during the trip, so please bookmark this page and check in on my progress. You can check out my route on the About page. And please donate! Thank you.