Miles – 38 Ave Riding Speed – 2-25 mph Hours Start to Finish – 4.5 Weather – Sunny 88 Happy Memorial Day! This day is a holiday to honor our nations military who died in service since 1868. Thank you…
Day 5 – Salem, OR
Miles – 4 Ave Riding Speed – 2-20 mph Hours Start to Finish – .25 Weather – Mostly Sunny 84 We spent the day in Salem, OR with Kim’s cousin Leslie and her husband Seth. We woke to warm chocolate…
Day 4 – Beaver to Salem, OR
Miles – 76 Ave Riding Speed – 13 mph Hours Start to Finish – 12.5 Weather – Mostly Sunny 66 All in all, our maiden night of camping went pretty well. Sleeping bags were warm, sleeping pads were comfortable and…
Day 3 – Manzanita, OR to Beaver, OR
Miles – 38 Ave Riding Speed – 12.5 mph Hours Start to Finish – 5 Weather – Cloudy/Sunny and 57 Kim and I were up at 7am. I cooked up the remaining eggs and hotdogs, scrambled style, with a side…
Day 2 – Manzanita, OR
Miles – 0 Speed – 0 to 0mph Hours Start to Finish – 0 Weather – Rainy, windy and 54 An Overview, A Blessing, A Podcast We did decide to sit out the day due to the combination of the…
Day 1 – Astoria, OR to Manzanita, OR
Miles – 44 Speed Range – 4 to 22mph Hours Start to Finish – 7 Weather – Mostly cloudy and 54 Our bikes were loaded with gear this morning as we headed out from the Columbia Inn Motel and we…
Getting To Astoria – Travel Day, May 25
Well, we made it, to Astoria, OR, today! All in all, a good day to start off this adventure. Kim and I got up at 5am (I was up from 2-4am) to do our final pack and the final clean…
Cycling Against Cancer: Couple gears up for cross-country trip
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!