Welcome to our Blogspot. For the past six months we have been dreaming about and looking forward to another trip following Ed & Rhoda Longenecker as the ride their Tandem Bike from Mobile, Alabama to owen Sound, Ontario, Canada following a trail of the Underground Railroad. We will be driving THEIR motor home(mh) as they bike the back roads. Well, actually we will seldom follow their back roads but meet them each evening at a campground for dinner together.
All four of us have been busily digesting books on the subject and deeply touched at the suffering we whites have purpetrated upon our dark skinned brothers and sisters. We will be stopping at sites along the way that have been indicated on the bike maps, where some of the painful events on the trail took place.
Lord Willing, we leave from our homes on Thursday Morning April 12 and expect to compplete the trip late May -- about six weeks. The bikers hope to average 50-60 miles daily, a relatively easy pace for this 65 and 66 year old couple. We the 76 and soon to 78 year olds will keep following after with the meals and bed and some great times together.
Several years ago we completed a simlar journey following them in our mh from Landis Homes to Sarasota FL. That trip they averaged 89 miles per day. This is a more relaxed trip. We are so ver grateful for their providing us this opportunity again. What a neat couple they are and such a joy to be with.
On the 4th we met to do some planning and they provided us with copies of the bike routes. The colored maps are laid out in approximately 25 mile segments. Beside it is a description of how far it is to the next turn and the name of the road or if no name a description of the location, such as; "A red barn on the near right corner." These are very detailed.
Spare tires etc. are carried in the mh and we can be in touch via cell phone if help is needed or a change of meeting place for the night is needed. Well, that is enough for now. Hopefully, this gets through.
Paul for Paul G. & Miriam T. Burkholder.
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