Posts by Melody Gilbert

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Epilogue: A look back + Some Ink + The Road Ahead

SUMMARY: It’s been a week since this crazy adventure ended. We spent a few days recovering at a beach house...

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Been there. Done that. Done. (VIDEO)

Done!!!!!!!!! After 66 days + 12 states of cycling across America from sea to shining sea…from Oregon to Delaware…we are...

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This is it, folks!

MARK AND MELODY UPDATES FROM MARYLAND SUMMARY:  Mark left this morning for the last leg of the bike ride across...

Tired + Grinding + More Pie Pounding

Tired + Grinding + More Pie Pounding

UPDATES FROM MARK AND MELODY FROM MARYLAND! MARK’S UPDATE:  Day 57-60 Mark is riding the Great Allegheny Passage/C&O Canal trail...

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Food + A Fall + A Mansion + An Amazing Cousin

UPDATE FROM PENNSYLVANIA! SUMMARY:  Mark pedals through Ohio, W.V. and is now in Pittsburgh.  He writes about food, a small...

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Day 55: Potions, Lotions, Funerals & Buttons

Quick update from us!  We are close to Pittsburgh and closing in on the end of the ride. Like many...

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VIDEO: Mark Reaches 3000 miles!

MARK AND MELODY UPDATES FROM OHIO MARK:  The boys of Bucyrus help me out during my “emergency”….a live radio interview…and...

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BYE INDIANA + HELLO OHIO

MARK AND MELODY UPDATE FROM INDIANA MARK: Melody and I walked out of Larry’s bike shop in Huntington and walked...

DAY 50: A New State + Another Flat Tire + Melody Meets Melinda

DAY 50: A New State + Another Flat Tire + Melody Meets Melinda

MARK & MELODY UPDATES FROM INDIANA SUMMARY:  Crossed the border to Indiana!  Another flat tire (#8) and Melody  (who is...

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A Trusting Baker + A Mysterious Man in a Red Truck + Mark’s Biking Update

Mark and Melody’s update from Illinois MARK: DAY 48: Today was one of those grinding days. But even on a...