It’s morning in Delta and the sun is shining and the sky is clear.  This will be sort of a rest day.  Just out for a short 60 miler, to keep the muscles loose.  I rode the first 30 miles with Jeff and the next 30 alone.  The other guys did the 50 miles from [...]

As a father, husband, and grandfather, I need to say “Thank You” to each member of my family who have posted messages in the Guestbook. In some cases their messages are sweet and cute, and others heart-rending. Reading how my cancer affected them is very, very sobering. My oldest daughter, Megan, wrote about the very [...]

From my very first pedal stroke, I knew I was going to have a challenge. We went up Sacramento Pass and that was the only tail wind that we had going up. Don got some chalk from Lance Armstrong’s crew to raise cancer awareness. On the top, he (Don) and Larry, wrote “kick cancer” in [...]

Three words: Perserverance, Determination, and Grace. Today was Mark McGregor day. I thought about him early and often. Mark was an example to me of all three. Today was ridiculous. We had a tail wind while we climbed up one mountain, but other than that, it was headwinds all the way. The wind blew and [...]

First off, today’s stats: total mileage: 127.1 miles; time on bike – 8:02 (hours); average speed: 15.7mph; top speed: 39.2mph; Since I didn’t finish the whole ride yesterday due to uncontrollable shivering, I started about 8 miles before the ride today. Larry and I left early to do that part. Right off the bat, we [...]

The diagnosis of cancer sets ordinary people with ordinary lives on extraordinary paths.  Life must take on new meaning, priorities must change, and a new focus comes into view.  When I accepted Jeff’s invitation to do the Ride from Reno last year little did I know the extraordinary path that decisions to do the ride [...]

I can’t thank Larry, Don, Taylor, and Mike enough for keeping up the blog each day and giving everyone their perspectives on the day’s activities and events. Their perspectives are always different because of differing abilities and experience in cycling and I find their entries wonderful as I read about the experiences I was honored [...]

Today was a hard day for me mentally and physically. To start, we came right ouside of the parking lot of the hotel and started on a climb up pinto summit. About 2/3 of the way up, we ran into some bikers riding to Virginia. I got a good rest and then started up while [...]