An article about a couple of young Canadians, Meredith Lewis and Alex Neuman, caught my eye the other day. After graduating from college, they decided to tour the coast, starting in Victoria, BC, and ending in Panama.
As my friend Ken McGuire, bicycle and pedestrian coordinator for CalTrans, says, "hundreds of cyclists pick the Pacific Coast Bicycle Route every season; it draws people from all over the world."
What made this couple unique is that they didn't worry about the details, like training or reviewing the exact route they'd take. They just did it.
That kind of tour isn't for everyone (thank goodness, or our Routes and Mapping department wouldn't have any thing to do!) And really, at my age, I like to know where I'll be going in the day, and where I'll be resting in the night.
However, for young twenty-somethings, it seems a perfect way to explore self reliance, perseverance, endurance, human compassion, and, dare I say it, adventure.
They've obviously been rewarded with all these things and more. Read more about their trip and listen to their podcasts by visiting nowheresoon.com.
photo courtesy Meredith Lewis and Alex Neuman
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CONNECTIONS is posted twice a month by Ginny Sullivan, Adventure Cycling's special projects director and features the cultural, historical, geographical, and human connections created through bike travel. Find out about our award-winning Underground Railroad Bicycle Route.
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