Heres a "little" story and pictures from this past summer of my first bike tour down the pacific coast.
Five of us went on the tour. Three of us rode. Me, a recent grad hoping for a job by the end of the tour. Duy, 2- year sf kinesiology student transferring to long beach. Ryan, 2 month cycling newbie that we force to come because we didn't want to tour to be boring. We started this ride from San Francisco end in Monterey. It being our first tour we had no idea what to expect and no idea what would happen. Both of my friends to my dismay decided to have their two girlfriends come along with their cars carrying all of their stuff. For myself, I decided that it wouldn't be a real tour unless I carried all my gear. The general theme of the tour for us was hope. It was written on the flag that I had on the back of my bike and written in our hearts everyday we rode. For Duy, hope for a brighter and exciting future at Long Beach State. For Ryan, hope for a more active and healthier lifestyle. For me, hope for a job. Little did we know that for those three days we rode down the coast, we gained a experience that would last us a lifetime. Like any bike tour we finished with way too many stories to tell to our friends back home and a sense of calmness that can only come after biking for 3 hours in dead silence and loving every minute of it. We all come out with a general understanding that no matter how hard things may go, if you tried hard things will always work out. Flash forward to the present. For me, I have a fantastic job teaching a subject I love: Physical Education. For Duy, he's finishing up his kinesiology major at Long Beach and cycles through La traffic everyday. For Ryan, he's lost 30+ pounds and is running and cycling to school daily. For some cycling is a recreational hobby, for other's a lifestyle, for my three friends and I cycling has become the major changing point in our lives. Sorry for the rant. Kinda of felt like reflecting. Here's the link the the tour pictures. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157622918085240/ And for those that are interested in Ryan's story, here's a link to his blog, Running Chronicles, Following the fight between fat and fast. http://runningchronicles.tumblr.com/ Sorry again for the rant. Thanks -Manny -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
