A New Adventure Begins!

26 Years ago, my family did a bicycle trip across America. Rather, my husband rode the bicycle and our three children and I rode in our older motor home that we affectionately called the "Figmobile"or the "Big Fig".

The reason behind our trip was simple, Bill rode his bicycle 1 mile for each baby aborted in a day in the United States; 4000 miles. We chose to speak in churches across the country about the historical effects that abortion has on a nation and how it is a moral compass of a country. Abortion almost touched our own family when in our poverty, we briefly considered it as an option ourselves. That led to the discovery that it had been legal in our own country since 1973. we were shocked that it had been going on for so long. 
With that knowledge, it was laid on my husband's heart to do this trip. We had enough money to get to Seattle, our starting point. What happened after that is a story of trust and faith that took us across the United States with lots of adventures along the way.
When the trip was over and we were back home, the boxes of slides were put away in a box and my hand-written journal was placed on the shelf and our busy life raising children and just living, went on. I had always thought that it was the trip of a lifetime and prayed that we had impacted lives. But with the recent state of our country, it has again been laid on my husband's heart to do this again. Our children are grown now and on their own and Bill and I are 26 years older; is this possible to accomplish?
Bill's hobby is woodworking and he has been making extra money building furniture pieces for friends, (though this trip was not planned at the time he was working on these pieces.) We just had enough to buy him a new bicycle and he has started training once again. This blog will follow his training and progress until June when we plan on starting the trip once again. We will be re-tracing our exact route done 26 years ago, leaving on the exact same day. Along the way, I will share excerpts from the original journal along with entries for each day of the current trip. I hope you will all follow along with us, pray for us and even support us in any way you can. Let the adventure begin!