A Bicycle Odyssey

By Raymond Wolf

A Bicycle Odyssey: Hope, R.I. to N. Fort Meyers, Fl. is a book of 157 color images with text. It all began with a thought from my daughter, Donnalisa, as she spoke the words; "Wouldn't it be terrific if we all had ten speeds and we biked up to Uncle Paul's next year. You see my brother Paul, at the time, lived in Watertown, New York. Everyone thought we were crazy. I did not even own a bicycle. However, the more flack I got from friends and family the more determined I became. Then Donnalisa 13, my son Joel 11, and I bought three Schwinn, Traveler III, ten speeds and they people nervous. Our plan was to practice for a year and then do the journey the following year. Everyone's thought then became; winter will come and the trip would be forgotten. Wrong, we bicycled right through the winter logging over 400 miles. The following June we started the journey to Watertown, N.Y. We completed the 367 mile trip in 6 1/2 days. The following year Joel wanted to do it again but I am not into biking over mountains. Seeing we biked through the Catskills, Berkshires, and Adirondacks, I said let's go visit Grandma Wolf instead. She lived in North Fort Meyers, Florida by the way. He immediately agreed with, "When do we leave." A Bicycle Odyssey shows how someone without even a bicycle, nothing but determination, can prepare and equip them self for a 1,678 mile bicycle journey. As the old saying goes, "Just do it."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508482306
• ISBN13: 9781508482307
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 0.3" x 6.7"