by Bill & Cassie Bauson

Having had a little taste of bike touring and always having loved endurance activities, I, Cassie, was thrilled.  After hosting an overnight guest who was riding across the country, Bill said, "You know, I think we could do that."  Before this, I didn’t really think he would ever consider it.  For us, it was a no-brainer; if we were going to bike across the country, we would follow in our son Peter’s footsteps.  He had ridden the TransAmerica Trail in 2016 with his friend Lucas.  Bill conveniently retired in 2019.  After much discussion and prayer, we bought plane tickets in January 2020 to start our ride from Portland, Oregon in June 2020.

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by Cassie Bauson

Speed has never been my strength. Even in high school track, I tried desperately to be on the mile relay team, but I could never run a 440 fast enough. Instead, the mile was my specialty - which had some of its own perks as girls were just beginning to run that distance. So, as our school’s best miler, I was often breaking the school (my own) record. But maybe because of this, endurance things always appealed to me. So, it was that in 2006, when our 17-year-old son, Jesse, suggested riding our bikes to Grandma’s house, I was all in…

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