Back home again in Circleville, Ohio 10,300 miles

It's official we are home! And it's double official because I went back to work today at Berger Health System. I am the Wellness Director at the hospital. Don't tell my boss but I think that I have the best job in the world. I get the opportunity to go out into the community, local businesses and Berger employees to help them to learn ways to become healthier. I am not sure that taking a 10,000 mile + bike ride is a healthy idea but I'll get back to you on that.

We rode the last leg of the ride from Chillicothe to Circleville in a downpour. But then that's bike ridin'! It didn't bother us at all. In fact we had a wonderful tailwind so it actually felt like we were sprinting to the finish line. A great end to a wonderful ride. When we rode out our driveway last May we decided that we would do everything and ride anywhere we wanted for a year. We wouldn't regret anything or leave anything out. And that is just what we have done. No regrets. No, we wish we had..... just it's time to go home for awhile. Then??.........??

When we rode into Circleville we were pleasantly surprised to see Amy and Gregory standing on the side of the road with balloons, flowers and signs. Thanks guys for the great welcome. They really went above and beyond to come out in the rain. Then they followed us through town taking pictures of us. And all of the balloons on the car was a bonus! It was sort of like a parade!

Our house survived, but as you can see from the picture someone needs to mow the grass. I think our grass would get mowed more if the lawnmower had pedals!

Thanks to everyone who has supported us during this year with notes, emails, phone calls and prayers. We couldn't have done this without the support of all of you.

I will be making a couple more entries in the blog. We are doing a ride this weekend in W. Virginia with Dugan, my brother in law who has Alpha One. It is a fundraiser for the American Lung Association along the Greenbriar River Trail. Two days and 70 miles. Dugan is planning to ride with us. So for all of you who have all of healthy lungs, Dugan will be riding with about 1/4 of one lung with oxygen on his bike! No excuses is there?