-by Wade Anderson above is photo of me standing on top of "The Midnight Dome" overlooking the Yukon River in Yukon Territory, CA

"Confess your hidden faults
Approach what you find repulsive
Help those you think you cannot help
Anything you are attached to, let it go
Go to places that scare you"
-from The Places That Scare You, by Pema ChÖdrÖn (Buddhist teacher)

This was an incredible journey across North America and into my soul.  I hope you enjoy reading my journal entries about my first and probably last solo bicycle tour. Long distance bicycle touring is not for the faint
hearted, but for me it was a test of my patience and ability to cope with many challenges that my everyday
existence did not provide me. A trip like this can change a person if you are open to change.

"So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun."
— Chris McCandless

Prelude to a Journey - Outer Banks of North Carolina
Media - see what the media had to say about it
Other cycle touring sites - links
A Beginners Guide to a Cycling Trip - a humorous account by Craig O.
Statistics of my Cycling Trip - computed by Yvonne van den Hork
My dog Chena - Chena
Research - research I co-authored about endurance exercise on a bicycle
This research was performed with subjects exercising on stationary bicycles and was published just prior to me setting off on this long bicycle ride.  So it seemed appropriate timing for this being published.