My Friend's Bicycle Trip.

My friend, John P. Lynch (the "P" is for Pain in the arse - his definition, not mine), just completed a bicycle ride from New Milford CT to Lisle (pronounce Lyle) IL, a suburb west of Chicago. He did it just to challenge himself.

He had the where-with-all to document his trip by calling his friends every evening and taking some notes. He recently completed his "journal" of the trip and you can find it here.

http://webpages.charter.net/nokkel17/jpltripjournal.html

I find it interesting that his descriptions of the things he saw and places he went and his experiences are captured quite well in his writing. You feel like you are with him in his journey. He ends his journal by noting the things he learned about the trip.

You know, it takes courage to plan and execute a trip like that. There are so many unknowns, but John was able to do it and pull it off. In addition, the experience he had and the people he met were moments he probably would not have come across any other way. Getting a flat tire, for example, was the only way he could have met Ron, the person that gave him a ride and showed him around Oberlin OH. I give John lots of credit for achieving this solo trip.

Curious to me is, if you ask John P. Lynch what the meaning of life is, he won't be able to tell you. But he will be able to show you. Congratulations John!