Debbie and I are happy to announce the release of our second coauthored print book, Wheels of Wisdom: Life Lessons for the Restless Spirit. This book features fifty-two lessons from our ten thousand miles of self-supported bicycle touring. You can purchase Wheels…
Escaping the Heat
Part I of a six-part series on the Bishops’ bicycle tour on the shores of Lake Michigan There’s no better time than summer to tour by bicycle. However, when July rolls around in Middle Tennessee, the heat and humidity can…
Exercise over Luxury
August 12, Day 41 of TheHopeLine Tour of 2014 Leaving Murdo, South Dakota, after a rest day on Monday supercharged us for cycling up and down more of South Dakota’s rolling hills. We were moving east through tiny towns and…
Northern Tier or Atlantic Coast?
If you had an opportunity to go on a long-distance bicycle tour, where would you go? And which route would you take? Much to my surprise, I got that opportunity. When I left a job in 2010 and married Debbie,…