WEEK 13

Sunday 29th Aug till Sun 5th Sept

The last week at long last! We finally met up with Dave and Linda after hearing about them many times along the way. Dave , at the ripe old age of 70 is riding a Penny Farthing bicycle from Kansas City to Yorktown. Twenty four years ago he did the first half of the route and he decided it was time to finish it! His other talent is fiddle playing! We spent a great evening at John and Paige's place where Dave entertained us all with his fiddle playing. John is a fellow trans Am cyclist whom we met early on in the trip and hadn't seen him since July 4th in Montana.
We really cycled hard this week to reach the end on schedule. The weather was hotter than last week which also made it harder. On at least three days and maybe more we cycled for 1o hours a day, even in temperatures of up to 100 degrees. It was the challenge of a lifetime but we finally reached our goal, Yorktown ,at noon on Sunday 5th September. We cycled right up to the Victory monument and there the Big Bike Ride ended!
I will finish up with wise words I came across on a fortune cookie "TAKE THE CHANCE WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THE CHOICE" .
I hope our achievement will inspire others to do things they never imagined they would be able to do as I have done. I had never in my life done a bike touring holiday (I use that word loosely!!) and had hardly ridden at all in nearly 30 years apart from a few day trips so I feel that most people could achieve most things if they really set their mind to it. All it takes is blind determination and a will of steel and you're halfway there!