Click here to view published article: Chaska Herald article from May 20, 2021 by Amy Felegy Half a decade ago, Kim and John Motschenbacher stopped at the drugstore on a Saturday morning. They ran into a couple, maybe in their…
The Final Countdown
We are 7 days out and counting down the days. Time is going fast and since our last update a lot has happened. We continue to feel like we are “running out of daylight” as we prepare for our bicycle…
Final Preparations
Final preparations are underway! The bikes have been packed and shipped to Oregon. Now, we are capturing some moments with our family before we head west!
Being a Mom is the Hardest Job You’ll Ever Love
December 26th,1964 I arrived on my mom’s birthday! What a great gift! Right?? On this Mother’s Day I would like to celebrate her and one of the biggest gifts she has given me! The gift of life and “moving my…
Training and Checking the Boxes
The investments (donations) have been coming in quite well during the early stages of the fundraiser via the LBCA fundraiser link on our Blog, our Facebook fundraiser page and through checks mailed to us on behalf of the LBCA. Thank…
And all that gear …
Kim and I are stilling pulling together some last-minute pieces of gear from the list below, mainly apparel for the cooler temps. We’ve been able to get outside for some real training on our bikes the last couple weeks. Temperature’s have been…
Founding of the Red Scooter Club
The Red Scooter Club was founded on April 2, 2020 in response to State of Emergency and Covid-19 restrictions in the State of Minnesota. Pictured are the founding members of the Red Scooter Club, our grandsons Liam and Sully and…
We Ride For Those Affected By Lobular Breast Cancer and The LBCA
With 2021 being the 10-year anniversary of Kim being cancer free of Lobular Breast Cancer we thought our tour across America would be a great opportunity to celebrate this milestone and a chance to give back. We chose the Lobular Breast…
But first, Planning.
The idea of dropping everything in our lives has come with a rollercoaster of emotions. The trick has been to get past the fear. The fear of what will our friends and family think. The fear that people will think we’re crazy. The fear…
Riding. It’s in the Blood.
Bicycling has always had a special place in my heart going back to my early days as a kid in Forest Lake, MN. As a one car family it was my major form of transportation, even going back to my early…