Archive for the ‘VA Beach to Nashville’ Category

Record Shattered and a Time Zone Crossed!

a time zone down… three to go! September 21, 2008 In an effort to shatter the 100 mile distance record set just 24 hours ago, the team spent 12 hours riding through the upper Cumberland Plateau in hopes to reach it to Nashville in time to spend the night on the town. The city lights [...]

Gang Warfare is the New Higher Law

September 20, 2008 Back road Tennessee can become a very scary place. With the disbursement of rural communities being so spread out, a tax dollar deficit has sufficed bringing an unstable political vacuum into the region. With the lack of Marshall Law, ruthless gangs of canines have been growing in power vying for the countries [...]

Shoot Me: I’m Lost, Starving, and Miserable

This is a blog I wrote when I rode a bicycle across the country… I am moving it here from cycling4acause.org to preserve it in a single location! Enjoy! xxop Pete Eich was a little upset at me… I think I lost my map privileges after this September 19, 2008 While traversing the mountainous regions [...]

The First Century

First Century, and we slept in the woods behind William and Mary College (3rd oldest college in the country) September 20, 2008 Sunday marked the first Century Day, where the riders had to complete 100 miles in a 24 hour period. With the mountains keeping them at a slow pace, they managed to complete the [...]

All Hail King Walton… Literally.

September 19, 2008 Ever since Samuel Walton overthrew the middle man, cut out employee benefits, and designed an automated inventory system, he created a consumer mecca never seen before in the history of human gluttony. No where else can you buy 600 calories of ‘Spagghettios’, two bananas, and can of pineapples in heavy syrup all [...]

Southern Hospitality: The Finest in the World

a moonshine documentary camping behind a southern church September 18, 2008 While setting up camp behind an empty old church in middle Tennessee, the team was visited by an old man cruising down the highway in his mule drawn carriage. The boys jumped on for a ride into the sunset, while they danced in their [...]