Goal: Bike over 3,400 miles across the country from San Francisco, California to Long Beach Island, New Jersey

 

Start Date: June 9th flight from Philadelphia, PA to San Francisco, CA

 

End Date: Reach the East Coast by August 15th


CTCTen Organization

On our trip across the country we are going to be spreading the word about CTCTen and about the work that it is doing in conjunction with our school, F&M.

Please take a look at this foundation and see if you can help make a difference in the world... anything you can do is much appreciated...

Mission:

The CTCTen Foundation in conjunction with the Franklin & Marshall Men’s Soccer Team has begun a unique project to help effect change in the world. Partnering with the GrassRoot Soccer organization,the foundation has targeted a specific disadvantaged, HIV/AIDS impacted region to help.

The Soccer Africa Field Project aspires to create the Chris Campbell Memorial Facility in Khayelitsha, South Africa. The field would be a haven for impoverished children that will also have a clubhouse which will be used for HIV/AIDS education classes. An annual internship will be created for an F&M soccer student athlete to spend a year in Khayelistha teaching soccer and encouraging HIV/AIDS preventive behaviors at the facility.

The CTC Ten Foundation, in conjunction with the F&M Team, families and alumni and are doing all they can to make the athletic and educational facility and internship a reality. It is through the generous support of everyone in the community that this vision will become a reality.

CTCTen.org » Mission

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Our Route...

Here is the route we are taking thanks to Kara’s comments on the previous post…

We are basically starting out on the western express trail, which starts in San Francisco, CA and ends in Pueblo, CO. Then we are going to jump onto the Transamerica route in Pueblo. That route will take us across Kansas, Illinois, Kentucky and into Virginia. After Virginia we are going to probably wing it back up into PA and finally into NJ. 


Here is more detailed route for the western express:



1. San Francisco, CA, to Fallon, NV
(314 mi.) 


2. Fallon, NV, to Cedar City, UT
(465.5 mi.) 


3. Cedar City, UT, to Dolores, CO
(447 mi.) 


4. Dolores, CO, to Pueblo, CO
(359.5 mi.) 



 

And this is the Transamerica Trail:



1. Astoria, OR, to Eugene, OR
(235 mi.) 


2. Eugene, OR, to Baker City, OR
(340 mi.) 


3. Baker City, OR, to Missoula, MT
(413.5 mi.) 


4. Missoula, MT, to West Yellowstone, MT (332 mi.) 


5. West Yellowstone, MT, to Rawlins, WY (351 mi.) 


6. Rawlins, WY, to Pueblo, CO
(393 mi.) 


7. Pueblo, CO, to Alexander, KS
(292 mi.) 


8. Alexander, KS, to Girard, KS
(331.5 mi.) 


9. Girard, KS, to Murphysboro, IL
(407.5 mi.) 


10. Murphysboro, IL, to Berea, KY
(416 mi.) 


11. Berea, KY, to Christiansburg, VA (381 mi.)

3 comments:

Tobias said...

Hi Brian - I've never met you while I was at F&M (graduated last year) and it is such a coincidence that I ran into your blog, but just wanted to wish you good luck! I biked across the country twice (summers of 2001 and 2005). I did the Northern tier (adventure cycling assoc maps)both times. You are going to have so much fun! Let me know if you have any questions. Also, I took a list of what you brought with you...try to be as light as possible (ie get rid of the jeans) You'll thank me when you're going over the rockies. Trust me.

Tobias said...

oops - meant to say "I took a look of what..."

Aaronjbam said...

Good luck guys. Behave yourselves. Jason, grow another beard and remember, chivalry always triumphs.

Homer, it appears you have already have achieved rockstar status. Congratulations.

Kara, good luck. Stilettos and biking???