A break for 2007
I’m bummed, and I’m not. All at once.
Along with Alison I have been doing bicycle trips since 1997. (Our first one actually travelled in 1998, but we started the planning before that.) I’ll add some background on that to this blog soon, but the bottom line is that 10 years is a long time to do anything.
It’s time for a sabbatical break.
This entry comes, not surprisingly, after I’ve started riding my bike again this week following a long lay-off. (See Felled by the Tick! from last July.) There is something about cranking pedals, hitting that seat, and pulling away from the house for the first time each season that gets my mind and spirit grounded again.
I have loved, and continue to love, leading group tours. We’ve shared the road with so many wonderful youth and adults over the past 3,000 miles (more or less!). But, it’s time to take a break.
Alison and I will be participating in our church’s youth mission trip this summer (I’m leading it, part of my current interim job). And we have plans 18 months from now to take our long-dreamed-of Florida to Maine tour. That one might end up being Maine to Florida if we do it in the fall, as expected.
Next summer we may also have a revamped tour to offer through Silver Lake. And I certainly commend any of their outstanding conferences to you for 2007.
But (and have I said this already?) it’s time for a break.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:39 am
silver lake’s my family and it’s where I like to go…..
like the links on a chain…no one gets left behind