Finished? Not even Close!!

So I have had some people request a final update that lets them know I am still alive and what is to come and what the future holds, so here it is.

I have not updated in some time so there is a lot to tell, but very little has to do with the ride, but rather what happened after the ride. On August 4th, my best bud, Mr. Harlow and Matt Smith, met me in Vancouver and we had a wonderful 2 days in the city. Seeing the city with friends was far more exciting than seeing it by myself or maybe it was just the fact that I saw familiar faces for the first time in a month I am not sure. We checked out Stanley Park, hung out at Sunset Beach and saw a great sunset and some pretty interesting native Canadians.

The trip home was long, but exciting. It took forever to get through at the boarder and it was hot, but once we got going it was nice. We ended up stopping at a great place to eat in Laramie, WY the night of the 7th, called Altitude Chophouse and Brewery. If you ever go through Laramie I highly recommend it. After two days worth of driving we finally made it to Fort Collins, where Derek was an usher for his cousins wedding. While in Fort Collins we visited the New Beligum Brewery, which was exciting. Then Matt and I went for a bike ride/run, where I rode and he ran and we got drenched by a nice ran and lost/separated. Fortunately we found one another again and made it back to the hotel soaking wet.

The following day we attended the wedding where I knew no one except Mr. Smith and the Harlow family, and had plenty of people ask me about the ride which was nice. I was surprised people knew I was the one who did the ride cause like I said I knew no one. After the wedding we went on a scenic drive up into the mountains where we eventually stopped and played in a lovely mountain river that I can't pronounce. It was great fun.

We took of the next morning for McCook, NE, my birth place and where my Nanna lives. We stopped and I visited with her for a short while, before we hit the road again. We stopped in Lincoln that night and pushed the rest of the way home on Monday the 11th. I was home for a short while and barely saw anyone before heading to the cities to pack up my apartment. I was in the cities for the 12th and part of the 13th. Where I packed up the apartment and went to Applebee's with all my closest friends to say farewell yet again after being gone for the last month and half. It was hard to let go and pick up and leave them all again, but I had decided on the ride that I was moving to CO to live with a close friend in Silverthorne, CO.

After the move I had an interview on KAAL TV in Austin the following morning the 14th at 6 in the morning so I had to leave Kasson at 5 in the morning. I was totally wiped out, but on the interview I let the cat out of the bag on my next great adventure. Even though the bike ride is over I have it set on my heart to do another adventure and sacrafice my body to help others. In two years I hope to kayak down the coast from Alaska, down the coast as far as I can make it. I hope to start in two years, but it may take a little longer than that.

As of now I have raised over $5,000 dollars so I want to thank you all for your support and let you all know that without your support this ride wouldn't have been a success. I really didn't do anything, but push the pedals in circles, it is you all who have sacraficed your finances to help others, so all of you who have supported me are the real heroes of this ride. You made the ride a success and I am deeply honored to have been apart of your generosity.

Thanks again for your support and I will try to keep you updated on how things are going in Colorado and on how the preparations for the kayak adventure are going. Also I plan on running some marathons and maybe do some bike rides for various charities so I will keep you all posted on that as well.

Because even though the ride is finished my heart longs to help others so the way I see it the adventure is just beginning. I also want to extend the invitation to anyone who is looking for someone to do a charity ride for a cause or a run for a charity to contact me and I will see if I am able to help out in some way.

THANKS!!!