RIDE Coast 2 Coast
Journey with us as we bike from coast to coast, Bellingham, Washington to Yorktown, Virgina in a quest to see the country, meet fellow Americans, and raise money to do good in the world.
Travel. Bicycles.
Doing Good in the World.
It’s a bucket list item for sure…our idea of bicycle touring quickly morphed into an epic journey to ride our bikes from the Pacific Coast (Bellingham, WA) to the Atlantic Coast on the other side of the country ...and raise money for charity. And so it began – the mapping of our “Ride C2C” journey. Self-supported, self-guided.
Since we can’t just take 4 months off, we had to plan this trip in “4-week legs” – we ride as far as we get in 4 weeks and then, the following summer, start at that point to begin the next leg, until we finally dip our tires into the Atlantic ocean.
READ OUR TRAVEL JOURNAL
OUR JOURNEY
As a part of our 3, 776 mile Journey, we kept an online journal of every day on the road with stories and pictures.
READ OUR DAILY JOURNAL & SEE OUR PICTURES HERE
LEG #1 June 18 - July 9, 2017 Dipped our tires in the Pacific! Bellingham Washington - Idaho - Great Falls Montana
> 0 Long Horn Sheep
> 1 Black Bear
> 1 Food Poisoning
> 5 Mountain Passes
> 6 Motels
> 16 Camping
TOTAL 22 Days and 986 Miles
LEG #2 July 30 - August 15, 2019 Jackson, Wyoming to Rapid City, South Dakota
> 1 Hail Storm
> 5 Motels
> 6 National Parks
> 12 Camping
> 9,666 Foot Pass
TOTAL 17 Days and 674 Miles
LEG #3 June 27 - July 22, 2021 - Sioux City, Iowa - Nebraska - Kansas - Missouri - Illinois - Kentucky, to Nashville, Tennessee
> 1 Apology to the Racoons
> 2 Mechanicals: Flat tire, Broken rear derailleur cable
> 9% + Hills - too many
> 12 Camping
> 14 Motels
> Countless Fireflies
TOTAL 26 Days and 1,194 Miles
LEG #4 - June 23 - July 15, 2023. Louisville, Kentucky to Yorkton, Virginia - dipped our tires in the Atlantic!
> 1 Flat Tire
> 1 Black Bear
> 1 "Cookie Lady's House"
> 2 Camping
> 3 Church Stays
> 9-14% Hills - too many
> 18 Hotels/B&Bs
> 20+ Chased by Dogs
TOTA 23 Days and 922 Miles
This epic journey deserved an epic goal: to raise $10,000 to help others. Thanks to you, we raised $15,510!
If you like what we are doing, are glad you won’t be riding a bike for four weeks, want to live vicariously through our travels, or simply think we are crazy for doing this, I hope you’ll donate to one of our three organizations in whose work we strongly believe. - Robin & Doug
