Well, we pedaled the 28 miles this morning to the Super 8 Motel in Portland, Maine that we are staying at tonight which gives us a grand total of 4,018 miles for the trip. We will pedal 4 miles to the bike shop in the morning to make it 4,022 miles. As we pulled into the parking lot I felt a great sense of relief that we made it, we finished the whole trip. Once we got into our room I called Patty and told her and she started crying and was getting me all emotional so I told her I would call her back this evening 🙂
I am feeling sad that is over, feeling a great sense of fulfillment that the trip was successful, feeling excited about all that I am going to do when I get home, feeling very thankful that I got to do something like this, feeling very grateful to all those who prayed for us, our safety, and that we would make it. It still hasn’t fully sunk in that we have accomplished the goal, I think on the airplane ride home as I have a number of hours to replay everything in my mind that it will hit.
love you all. Dee
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Yay!!!! I’m sitting here with this big, goofy smile on my face at the elation of it all. I think we all felt so invested in this adventure (good grief–I’m tearing up myself!) with its ups and downs, and the near-misses that scared us all at times. Guess we’ll all just be a bit on the emotional side today. 🙂 We rejoice with you, sums it up for me! And like one of the other posts said recently, your BHAG motivated me to work on a major goal myself, and I’m succeeding, too. Woohoo!
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Good job to both of you! What a test of endurance. I can imagine how incredibly rewarded you must feel for such an accomplishment! Thanks for taking us along through the adventure!
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Congratulations! I knew you would do it. God answers prayer. And I want you to know that I am not getting emotional or crying right now.
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Reblogged this on Worship & music and commented:
My pastor just finished bicycling across the USA
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Dee, I have love your travel journal, looking forward to every new entry. You have been an inspiration!
Thank you for sharing….I would like it to keep going….like an exceptional book, but about a special person from Jefferson.
Thank you for all the wonderful insights and humor…… Susan Frank
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Yes, I hope you keep writing it 🙂 It’s been a real blessing to so many…would be something for your grandchildren to have one day, too. My grandpa had a lot of neat stories about accomplishments, most of them on the comical vs inspirational side, but we have often wished that someone had written them down because we’re dependent on those who know the stories to keep them alive. At some point, that’s just not as effective as reading about them would be, ya know?
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Glad you and John made it safely home! I hope that tailwind out of Cleveland helped you along your way. It was great to meet you gentlemen, I hope we cross paths again! Feel free to stop by for tacos anytime.
-David in Cleveland
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David, great to hear from you! I talk about you often. I will write a report this next week for our warm shower hosts and I will write many nice things about our time with you. Thanks again. Dee
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Good day! Would you mind if I share your blog with
my facebook group? There’s a lot of folks that I think
would really appreciate your content. Please let me know.
Many thanks
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