I talked to a bunch of folks this weekend about the FREEDOM TOUR. It’s an interesting balance, wanting to inspire people and get them involved while understanding that everyone’s free to make their own choices. This great thing we’re doing doesn’t have to be for everybody. I love it when someone walks up to the […]
Continue readingCategory: Freedom Tour
I Measure The Wrong Stuff
I think a lot about the impact of this project. I know what I want. I want you to catch the vision. I want you to see what we’re doing and get excited. I want you to feel inspired, to ask, “How can I get in?” I also want to know about our impact. Problem is, […]
Continue readingFreedom Tour ’15 Video
Did you know we have a theme song? Our friend Kristen Orphan from Finally Home Foundation graciously donated her beautiful recording of this inspirational song. If this doesn’t get you fired up, have someone check your pulse! Can’t see the video? Click here. There’s a way for everyone to join this team. You know you […]
Continue readingFigure It Out As You Go
Imagine learning to ride a bike while sitting still. Seems like it would be the safe way to begin, right? No risk from crashing into obstacles, wouldn’t need to steer, no worries about brakes or pedals. You could just concentrate on one skill, and after you mastered the whole balancing thing you could move on […]
Continue readingThe High Cost Of Cheap
I spend a lot of time thinking about bike tours. More accurately–I spend a lot of time thinking about how to get you involved in FRONT RANGE FREEDOM TOUR. Not because it’ll help me, but because I sincerely believe becoming part of this community might be a life-changing experience for you and because together we […]
Continue readingHot Sauce And The Home Of Hope
You wouldn’t typically link Northern Colorado hot sauce and Project Rescue’s HOME OF HOPE in New Delhi. My friend Scott sent a note last week. He makes his own salsa and hot sauce, mostly from ingredients grown in his back-yard garden, to give to his friends He got this crazy idea to set up a small display […]
Continue readingWhat To Do When Things Don’t Go Your Way
When you take off on an adventure, things rarely proceed as planned. The inaugural editition of FRONT RANGE FREEDOM TOUR included, ummm, I guess we’d call it a misadventure. You can read the entire story here. In general it involved a team on road bikes lost in a rattlesnake-infested field because a trail that was supposed […]
Continue readingPut Down The Binoculars
I love going to a Colorado Rockies baseball game on a warm summer evening. For me, nothing beats the panorama and environment of a Major League Baseball stadium. Since we rarely splurge on close-to-the-field seats, I usually take a pair of binoculars so I can zoom in on a particular piece of the field. Binoculars […]
Continue readingWant To Change The World In 23 Weeks?
What are you doing to change the world during the last week of June? Twenty-three weeks from today you can be part of a team that will absolutely make a difference in the lives of some kids who’ve been rescued from human trafficking. It’s a big dream, and we need everyone if we’re going to […]
Continue reading