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1. The Rides
2. Why We Ride
3. Adversities
4. The Joys
5. Southern Crossing Experiences
6. Northern Crossing Experiences
7. Central Crossing Experiences
8. Packing and Planning

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Why We Ride

Why do we bicycle across the United States? There are so many answers. For some it is the mountain; it is there. It is an excellent way to meet the local people across the country. It broadens one’s horizons by experiencing the land that others live in, seeing their homes, communities, and way of life, and by meeting and talking with these people.

Some people have to set a goal and prove that they can achieve it. Michelle Sahle, from Glen Oaks, New York, cycled across the country to prove to her boss that he was wrong. He said that she could not do it. In 2004, in defiance, Michelle bicycled from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Her boss was wrong. She did it.

Some bicycling enthusiasts dream for years of cycling coast to coast. They truly want to pedal their bicycles continuously, every inch, from sea to shining sea. When Neil Sardinas from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, was a teenager, he wanted to pedal across the country with some high school friends. Instead he went to college. After college he longed to join college friends setting off to pedal the crossing. Instead Neil got married. Now with his two exceptional, intelligent daughters in their teenage years, finally Neil made his dream, since his teenage years, come true. He had procrastinated long enough, and he was ready for his turn. In 2005, when he was fiftysomething, Neil rearranged his life and made the time so that he could pedal his bicycle every inch from the Pacific Ocean at San Francisco, California, to the Atlantic Ocean at Portsmouth, New

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