A family from Walla Walla spent last summer pedaling across the United States. That is enough to make any family of four a heroic one in my book, but in this case the mom has Multiple Sclerosis, and the kids were only 10 and 12 years old. The kids each took turns riding behind one of the parents on their tandems, switching from Dad's "bad bike" (a standard tandem) to Mom's "good bike" (a recumbent tandem) each day. Plus, there were no electronics on the trip so everyone had to talk to each other.
Listen to the link below for the NPR story on them:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98591972
Here's a link to their blog of their journey together:
http://www.shut-up-and-pedal.blogspot.com/
An amazing feat in my book, and is a lesson to me about determination, planning and just plain fun.
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