Revere Beach - 48 days from LA to Boston!

Our ceremonial dip in the Atlantic!

Chris, Janie and Jan - The 3 women on XC2010 Team for the long haul!

Our XC2010 Team at Revere Beach

Tour Map/Route downloaded from a Garmin

Wow! How can one describe the feelings and emotions of ending a trip like this? We just can't. It seems like a dream that we rode the whole way across the US. But then we can see the tan lines on our legs and we, of course, still have those sore muscles, so we must believe that we actually did this.

We are thankful for a safe journey and good weather. We've been told that we were extremely lucky to have had cooler temperatures in the desert and a minimal amount of rain. We were fortunate to have such wonderful staff and support. We have thoroughly enjoyed learning to know the other riders and hope to continue our friendships in some way.

We had a short ride to Revere Beach this morning -- only about 20 miles. The skies were beautiful and the temperatures were good for our short ride. The last 5 miles we were escorted by CrossRoads staff and we could roll through stop signs. We did our tire dip in the Atlantic, remembering back to May 9 (Mother's Day) when we began this journey. Our son, Steve and daughter-in-law, Krista are planning to join us this evening for the banquet.

I think that it will be easy to forget those very hard days of centuries back to back and the riding on the Interstates. But the scenery through each state was beautiful and helped us to forget those hard days. Each state had something different to offer. We enjoyed the west with the awesome scenery through areas like Sedona, Oak Creek Canyon and New Mexico. Kansas had lots of straight, flat roads with miles of wheat fields. Then the corn fields appeared in the mid-west. NY was a great ride and we climbed up the mountains in the New England states.

Our trip was memorable. How will this trip impact our lives? We certainly have had lots of time for reflection each and every day on our bike. Perhaps in a week or so, we'll add some reflections to our blog.

Again, thanks for your support and encouragement! We enjoyed your notes and look forward to seeing our friends and family when we return home tomorrow. Thanks also for our followers that we did not know personally. Your encouragement and comments were very much appreciated.