Hello Again

Welcome back everyone.

It has been nearly four months since our return home from our bicycle touring trip and I am the first to admit that this post is much overdue.

Connor and I successfully and happily biked from Toledo, Ohio to Richmond, Virginia. Our plans to tour the majority of the United States changed when we came face to face with a near car collision. We encountered an unfortunate incident with a distracted driver. Nevertheless, we were lucky enough to have walked away unharmed. From then on, we reconfigured our plans and headed home because to us, that moment of immense fear and perspective was enough to keep us off the road for a while.

This post has been difficult to write...hence the lack of any update for months now. I have found myself staring at incomplete drafts again and again without truly being able to find the words to share...maybe this directly reflects my fear of accepting that the trip has ended in general. I think we were both feeling humbled and somewhat embarrassed about our trip coming to a close far before we would have liked it to. We were unnecessarily burdened with a sense of pressure to prove...something. We realized that our grand plan had been completely derailed and suddenly, months of planning seemed completely irrelevant, and therefore, we felt entirely lost. That was undoubtedly the scariest moment. But the decision to return home was ultimately our choice. I guess that's a part of growing up - making decisions for yourself and understanding when to say when.

Through all of our travels, we learn more about who we are; what we believe in, what we stand for and the way in which we plan to conduct ourselves as early adults. Each adventure brings new lessons to grow from and new people to learn from and for that, I am most grateful. To everyone we met along the way, thank you so much for your genuine and contagious kindness.

If you're interested in viewing our entire photo album from the bike trip, please visit our Facebook.

Until next time,

Bea