Bicycle from Sea to Shining Sea
3 Cross Country Bike Tours-USA
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The damp, earthy, pine-infused redolence of the Pacific Northwest seems to permeate into our blood. Thick, salt air along the coast seems to cleanse and heal even our mental and emotional wounds. The sweet scents of honeysuckle lighten our heads. The subtle whiffs of rock and tumbleweed in the dry southwest air, accentuate our 360-degree views of vast, rugged, unpopulated, colorful, and glorious earth.
Easier Than Walking
A great benefit of bicycling is that with very little physical exertion, we can roll. Even when our cycling is slow, we are making progress toward our destination. I can bicycle one hundred miles just about any day. I think it is easier than running or long-distance walking. Many of my friends have taken on the challenge of walking twenty miles a day with the 3-Day Walk benefiting the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. With walking, if I do not pick up that foot and press on, through blisters, or foot, ankle, knee, or leg pains of the previous day’s endeavors, I will not make progress toward the current day’s goal. On my bike, I press that pedal a little and roll a lot.
Another benefit of bicycling compared with walking is that I am not pestered with bugs biting my skin and sucking my blood. There is none of that pesky buzzing around my head or bugs darting into my eyes. There is no slapping my arm or neck or leg in reaction to a pest chomping into me.
Climbs, however, are when cyclists really work out, and ascents are my challenge. To me, climbing on a bike is like running. If I do not press that pedal another revolution, I am not going to make progress to the top. I try to welcome climbs and the variety that they
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