Final Preparations Before Day 1

First off, my apologies for the delay in my blog for last week. As some of you may know, I struck out on my Lewis and Clark Trail bike trip on Sunday, May 9, 2021. The week leading up to my departure was a hectic race to get everything done before “go time.”

I got my bike back from its extensive tune-up, went for a very short training ride to stretch out the cables and get used to a new seat.

After my story was featured in the Marblehead Reporter, someone from the National Park Service reached out to me. They are launching a website this summer called LewisandClark.travel. They asked if I was interested in partnering with them in order to bring tourism to the Lewis and Clark Trail. They were particularly excited that I have chosen to start my adventure in Pittsburgh rather than St. Louis because they are trying to shed more light on that part of the expedition and make people more interested in the longer trail. I will be contributing more tourism related pieces to their website in addition to the posts I upload here.