If you have diabetes, do you think of yourself as “a diabetic” or as “a person with diabetes”? Or maybe you prefer “pancreatically challenged”?
For years, I’ve hated the term “diabetic” when it is used as a noun. For example, “I’m a diabetic.” is a statement you’ll never hear me say. I don’t […]

Today I really, really wanted to avoid a repeat of yesterday’s ride. I would do almost anything to avoid another day with the headwinds, the heat, and the humidity. So, I hauled my weary body out of bed at 5 AM this morning so I could take advantage of the cool, calm […]

Today’s ride was the one I’ve been fearing ever since I left Salt Lake City way back in March.
It was an evil trifecta of things you DON’T want on a bicycle ride: heat, humidity, headwinds. Oh yes, there was also 50 miles of road construction and a fall off of my bike as […]

Today I did a 400-foot climb. Not what you would expect in Nebraska, right? Well, it took me 71 miles to do this climb. It was such a gradual climb that I didn’t even notice that it was happening. After the ride when I looked at my ride data, I […]

I rode in three different states today: South Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska. And Nebraska is the fortieth state visited in The Dream Tour.
We took an extra day of rest yesterday in North Sioux City. I felt like I needed some preparation time for the upcoming events in Norfork tomorrow. I also needed to get […]