Category: Rich’s Ride

The past few days have been about remembering an event that re-shaped the world fifty years ago. For me, the public remembrance of President Kennedy’s death always evokes a more personal memory. I’ve told this story before, but a fiftieth anniversary seems like the right occasion to tell it again. (Note: I’m posting this on […]

Last week I told you about my visit to Ms. Carr’s third grade class. One student asked a good question. “What do you make for riding your bike all those miles?” It’s a fair question. If I’m spending my time doing this, it looks from his perspective like my job. So, what do I get […]

RICH’S RIDE is now a third grade geography project. Monte and I visited Ms. Carr’s class yesterday and explained the basic idea of our rides. We talked about our previous trips and showed some video. Then we did a little activity and located the Mississippi River, Washington DC, and Florida. I showed them the route […]

My friend Jon Swanson’s been writing about Following The Cloud. His wonderful word picture of following God is giving me a different perspective as we prepare for TAOS TO TUCSON. In Numbers 9 the Israelites have this unmistakable signal from God: a cloud covers the tabernacle. If the cloud moves, they move. If it stays, […]

It’s almost time for RICH’S RIDE to hit the road again. A week from today we’ll roll out of town on our way to Taos, New Mexico. It’s almost time to start cranking on TAOS TO TUCSON 2013. We’re not ready. I think there’s a lesson here for all of us. This will be our […]

RICH’S RIDE allows us to connect with some amazing people. Becky and I were privileged to hear Bob Goff speak last Thursday, then spent a couple of hours with him and about twenty people at breakfast the next morning. Bob talked about an obscure punctuation mark called the INTERROBANG, a combination question mark & exclamation […]

What’s your mental image of a “mob”? Did you think of a crime syndicate led by a “mob boss”? How about mob violence, or mob mentality? Mostly a mob isn’t a good thing. Mobs tend to be disorderly and out of control. They’re spontaneous, usually in a disruptive way. So what in the world is a HopeMob? […]

As we’ve done a few of these tours I’ve learned that each one assumes its own unique character. You’d think one long distance bike ride would be pretty much like another. But this is about something more than bike rides, so each time we take off it’s really a new adventure. As soon as we learn how […]

On Labor Day, Diana Nyad stumbled onto a beach in Key West, Florida. Nearly 53 hours after jumping into the ocean in Havana, Cuba, she finally completed a lifelong dream to swim 103 miles from Cuba to Florida. Diana Nyad is 64 years old. This was her fifth attempt, the first coming when she was […]

Last week I talked about a new opportunity to share the story of Relentless Grace.  As Becky and I talked about what might be helpful she suggested this excerpt from the book. They’re words I wrote for myself and shared with hope that they might comfort someone else. # # # … let us run with perseverance the […]

RICH’S RIDE takes us to some interesting places. We’ve cranked past alligators in Florida, buffalo and camels (?) in Wyoming. We’ve been chased by a herd of poodles. We’ve seen cotton fields, corn fields, and even a Field of Dreams. We’ve met amazing people doing incredible work. And this week, thanks to Becky’s gift for […]

Once in a while I ask myself why we keep doing this crazy thing. A few weeks back we met with our friend Nancy Richardson. Nancy and her husband Curt created Otterbox, one of those overnight success stories that happened when thirty years of sweat, sacrifice, and vision “suddenly” blossomed into a global company. Nancy […]