ISBN: 9781641706544
Editorial: Familius
Autor: Day, Leah
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 256
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: Review"Riding across America is about so much more than covering a few thousand miles by bike. Leah Day writes about her adventures, both internal and on the road, with insight and empathy, bringing readers along for a view of magic moments, big and small."—Alex Strickland, editor of Adventure Cycling Magazine"As an educator and bike tour guide, I've found the bicycle to be an ideal way for young people to learn to interact with the world around them. The bike facilitates adventure, encourages exploration, and provides limitless opportunities for the curious mind. Experiencing the open road and the people, places, and communities along the way empowers young people to make connections and opens worlds of possibilities. More than a form of exercise or mode of transportation, a bike is the perfect tool for discovery for young and old alike!"— Jesse McDonough, director of the Breakwater Bike ProgramWhat happens when a mother and her 16-year-old son drop everything to bike across the country? On the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail, they struggle up hills in the pouring rain, they feel soreness in muscles they didn’t know they had, and they learn more about each other than they ever knew before. When licensed clinical therapist and self-proclaimed “reluctant adventurer” Leah Day felt herself drifting from her son, Oakley, she decided to make a drastic play to reconnect. In this memoir chronicling the journey of a lifetime, Leah and Oakley find that if they can push themselves to accomplish physically exhausting and emotionally taxing milestones on a bike, they are capable of anything!About the AuthorLeah Day lives on Peaks Island in Maine with her husband, four children, and dog, Cricket. A licensed clinical therapist and former Outward Bound instructor, she now owns and operates Lighthouse Bikes in South Portland, Maine, and documents her outdoor adventures on her blog bikemum.com.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Places of interest:Before we left, the bike shops that helped us get started:1. Brad’s Recycled Bikes, Peaks Island, Maine (advice, fixes, moral support, solid friendship, corny jokes)2. Allspeed Bikes, Portland, Maine (bike boxes; good cheer)3. Gear Hub, Portland, Maine (built our bikes despite our help)Towns and places where we stayed overnight:Start: Astoria, Ore. (Bike shop: Bikes & Beyond)1. Fort Stevens State Park (coastal Oregon)2. Manzanita, Neakahnie, and Nehalem State Parks, Nehalem, Ore. (coastal Oregon) (Cannon Beach; Haystack Rock)3. Cape Lookout State Park, Tillamook, Ore., with stops at Sand Lake Rec. Area and Sand Lake Dunes4. Grande Ronde, Ore.5. Independence, Ore.6. Armitage Park, Eugene, Ore. (Willamette Valley) (Bike shop: Peaks Sports Bike Shop)7. Belknap Hot Springs, McKenzie, Ore. (McKenzie River Wild & Scenic River)8. Sisters, Ore. (Over McKenzie Pass) (Mt. Washington Wilderness; Three Sisters; Belknap Lava Crater; Mt. Washington; Dr. Wright Observatory)9. REST DAY Sisters, Ore. (Paulina Springs Book Store)10. Ochoco Lake State Park, Ore.11. Spok’n Hostel, Mitchell, Ore. (Painted Desert; Ochoco Pass)12. Mt. Vernon, Ore. (John Day Valley; petroglyphs at Clyde Holliday State Rec. Site)13. Prairie City, Ore. (Bates State Park) (Strawberry Mtn., Monument Rock)14. Baker City, Ore. (Bike shop: The Trailhead; Betty’s Books) (National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center)15. Oxbow, Ore. (Oxbow Campground; Wallowa Mtns.; Snake River (Wild & Scenic); Hells Canyon)16. Cambridge, Id. (Mundo Hot Springs)17. New Meadows, Id.18. White Bird, Id. (Hoot Café) (Salmon River – Wild & Scenic River) (Frank Church River of No Return)19. Kooskia, Id.20. Wilderness Gateway, Id. (Clearwater River – Wild & Scenic River; Nez Perce Reservation; South Fork Campground)21. Locksa Lodge, Id. (Lolo Pass)22. Missoula, Mt. (Adventure Cycling Headquarters – provided maps for our journey) (Shady Spruce Hostel)23. REST DAY Missoula, Mt.24. Darby
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