Week Seven: Pilgrimage to Plymouth

We’re passed the halfway point of our journey to Plymouth. Here’s our leader board:

Rider Mileage
Christopher Clark 746.6
Garrison Keillor 583.3
ET 73.8

After 400 miles of travel, we’ve left the city of Erie, Pennsylvania. Erie is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania and is named after the Native American tribe which resided along the Southern shore of Lake Erie.

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Erie is that state’s fourth largest city with a population of 102,000.

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Many tourist visit Erie for recreation at Presque Isle State Park. This picturesque state park consists of a peninsula which juts into Lake Erie, 13 miles of road, 21 miles of recreational trails, and 13 swimming beaches!

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Week Five: Pilgrimage to Plymouth

We’re on our fifth week of riding! Check out our current leader board:

Rider Mileage
Christopher Clark 532
Garrison Keillor 395.9
ET 53.2

We’ve traveled over 268 miles and are now leaving Cleveland, Ohio.
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Cleveland is the home of the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. The museum exists to collect, preserve and interpret the impact rock has made on our world.

 

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The Cuyahoga River runs through Cleveland and is known as “The River that Caught Fire” – the river has caught fire on 13 different occasions.

Week Two: Pilgrimage to Plymouth

Here’s our current leader board:

Rider Mileage
Christopher Clark 261
Garrison Keillor 184.8
Heather Ryan 43.61

We’ve traveled over 134 miles on our route to Plymouth! We’re now approaching Perrysburg, Ohio.

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Perrysburg is the home to Ft. Meigs, the largest wooden walled fortification in North America. The fort was built during the beginning of the War of 1812. Today Ft. Meigs is the site of an Ohio State Memorial.

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Current Leader Board

We’re at the end of our final week of the Tour De France Challenge! Here’s what our leader board looks like:

Rider RPMs
Victoria Tomiczek 2780
Kristin Tropser 2130
Christopher Clark 2110

Week 9: Tour De France Challenge

We’re down to our last two weeks! Below is the current leader board:

Rider RPMs
Victoria Tomiczek 2480
Christopher Clark 1805
Kristin Tropser 1680

By the end of this week, we will have ridden over 2070 miles! As we make our way to the finish line, we’ll pass through the town of Bergerac located in Southwestern France.

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This quaint town is known for wine and is situated along the Dordogne River.

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ReCyclers: Earn a Bike Program

Let’s help share our love for biking with the children of South Bend! ReCyclers is a wonderful program which helps promote health through biking and provides children in need with a bicycle.

See flyer below for more details.

ReCyclers