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to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
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to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
RAGBRAI 2017 – Update 2
Our Day 1 of RAGBRAI was pretty incredible. We woke (at 5:15am!) to cooler temperatures and less humidity to make it a perfect riding day! Sunshine and blue skies were our traveling partners! Today's leg of the route was 62.6 miles. If you follow my Loving God Loving...
RAGBRAI 2017 – Update 1
It's a warm evening in Orange City, our first overnight town. We arrived here by charter bus around 1pm, give or take. The thing with time on RAGBRAI is, we tend to lose our desire to live according to our watches. That alone is freeing. We eat when we're hungry. We...
Collecting Beautiful Miles And One-Of-A-Kind Memories
It's almost here! Can you feel the excitement?! We're about to begin our 4th tandem adventure of bicycling across the state of Iowa on the annual RAGBRAI ride. Sunday morning my husband and I will join thousands of other bicyclists as we start our trek on this year's...
5 Ways To Live Overjoyed When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed
Ever feel overwhelmed? Like you're in over your head? As if life is swallowing you whole in one big gulp? That was me last week. I found myself drowning in all that was before me. Schedules, deadlines, meetings. Mounds of paperwork and moments of panic. Posts to...
Is There Hope For Us Who Revert Back To Old Ways?
I may be the queen of reverting back to my old ways. I wonder, will I ever go a day without completely messing something up? Or saying words I shouldn't? Or doing what I know better not to do? Perfection for me is doubtful this side of eternity. Take for example...
It’s A Good Day To Enjoy The Ride
My husband and I have been bicycling fools. It's true. With over 550 bicycle miles in so far this season, we've spent many an evening and weekend on our cobalt blue bicycle built for two training for our annual ride on RAGBRAI. This week-long ride across the state of...
