Big bike trip!

Simply put, it is just a trip. A 24,000 mile, 24 month, physically challenging, self contained expedition -- but still just a trip. Lisa and I are just regular people that decided to pursue one of those "wild hair" ideas. Neither of us is an especially gifted athlete. We are in the position to do this adventure both because we have the desire and we don't have any responsibilities that would stop us. We are free spirits lifting off for our final flight before we are inextricably caught in the confines of a rigorously stable middle class life. There are hundreds - maybe thousands - of exciting, adventurous, and truly interesting places to see along the way. We are going to try to see them all. Maybe we will see half... maybe less.

Mostly, we want to have fun. It isn't a political statement, it isn't a philosophy we are willing to die for, it is just the kind of people we are. I want to climb some mountains. Lisa wants to meet every kind of person there is to meet along the way.

This site is mostly for us. It is also for others like us who have spent many long hours searching for some as yet unknown piece of equipment that will make everything better only to have it arrive and wonder what in damnation could I have needed with this thing!! We have been there. We will be changed in some small way... maybe not so small. It is an adventure... a journey toward no particular discovery, yet we will definitely find new people, places and things.