As with any big trip you plan and plan until time ticks away and then you just go with what you've got ready and that's it... Such is the case for our bike trip, we've made route plans, tried to arrange as many places to camp as possible, read the maps, bought equipment, trained, ridden, tweaked our bikes, made arrangements to have the plants watered, etc.
But now its just about time to hit the road! Graduation is this evening, and it seems appropriate that a lot of our students are now beginning the next stage of their own big journeys as well-- good synchronicity! Tomorrow we'll pack up the van for the long drive to Alabama, and then at 6am Saturday we'll buy our last cup of strong coffee at Erl's and say good-bye to our mild Minnesota summer until probably around the 4th of July! The next time we look down main street in Thief River Falls we'll have had to earn it the hard way...
A special thank you to all of you who've supported us in preparing for this trip! Especially all of you that have so generously contributed and pledged for the part-time student scholarship fund. Tim Bergerson of Bergerson Electric was the first to enthusiastically sponsor us, and so we'll dedicate our first really sore day in the saddle to him! Also if know of someone who might be interested in pledging please refer them to the web page www.northlandcollege.edu where they can download a pledge form, or have them call Michelle Benitt at the foundation office at 681-0777 to have a form sent to them. People can pledge at any time, even after we return.
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