Alright, so my name is Brian Homer Gunther(thats my sexy picture to the left), and I am one of four people about to embark on a bike trip from San Francisco, California to Long Beach Island, New Jersey. I am going to be a senior at Franklin and Marshall College in the fall where I play soccer and am an American Studies major. My other compatriots are; Jason Keil, recent grad from Franklin & Marshall College majoring in Chemistry and fellow soccer player with me; Kara Pigott, also a recent grad of F&M in Biology and member of the women's soccer team; and Dan Pigott, brother of Kara, who graduated from Rowan University in 2007.
This trip began one night when myself and Jason were sitting around our apartment talking about our plans for the summer. Neither one of us wanted to work or do anything in the "real world" so we both decided we wanted to go on some sort of bike trip. On this first night we also promised one another that we had to go on this trip, and that neither one of us could back down. This was back during the Winter and as our talking and plan making continued it evolved from a simple bike trip into a cross-country bike trip, with our friend Kara, and her brother Dan, who was planning the same trip for this Summer by himself so it was only natural for us all to do it together. We decided to go big and there was no turning back! All we had to do.... plan the entire trip, get bikes suitable for riding across the country, get the gear needed to cross the country and train..... no big deal. Except for we didn't get to doing it.
As school came to an end, and our activities around graduation began to come to a close, it finally hit us right in the face that we had a whole lot of work to do for this trip, as we were reminded that we were leaving June 9th from Philadelphia, PA on a non-stop flight to San Francisco, Californnia (we booked the tickets as another way to make sure we did this trip). So for the last two weeks, and for the next week and a half we have before we part with the east coast for 2 months(hopefully before my preseason starts so my coach does not kill me) we will be on a mad dash to get all of our bike gear together, and arranged so that we will be all set for our trip. Its been crazy, but I am already getting goose bumps because I am so excited for the adventure that we have ahead of us.
But for now that is all I have to say. I just wanted to give an introduction to who we are and what we are doing and I promise that there will be many more postings and pictures to come as we prepare and commence on this trek across the country....
-Brian "Homer" Gunther
