Endings can sometimes be difficult but what I’ve learned is that experiences like The Big Ride live on. A transformation of sorts, moving from on state to another. The Big Ride feels like that for me. The mileage is behind me but it lives on within me and within many of you who rode vicariously through me. That’s one of the gifts from living the dream – it’s never really over!
The final day arrived earlier this week, Monday August 10, 2015, when I rode from Rochester, New York to Ottawa, Ontario where home is for me.
Here’s a short video of me expressing how I was feeling that morning, followed by another of the ride through the scenic green farmlands of northern New York State. I couldn’t have chosen a more beautiful day for the ride home. The sky was blue and a gentle breeze danced across the fields and played with the clouds high in the sky.
And of course a few photos for your viewing pleasure.
Pulling out on my last day of The Big Ride – homeward bound
In Closing, here are a few final words that I would like to share with you.
Thank you for riding along and most of all for supporting me on The Big Ride. It wouldn’t have been the same without you. I hope you enjoyed the journey. If you have a “big dream” that you haven’t been able to get off the ground, contact me – I can help you make it happen! After all, that’s why we’re on this journey called life – to live it to its fullest!
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Glad you are safely home. Sorry you are back in the normal world (gardening, shopping, dealing with stuff). I hope you include us in your next big dream because this one was absolutely the best. You are definitely a force to be reckoned with and an inspiration to anyone who has been hesitant to do the thing they would most love to do. Happy trails.
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Thank YOU, Bonnie, for including us in your journey! I loved keeping up with you on the road. It was very inspiring – you may have planted a seed! I’m glad you made it home, safe and sound and most of all – happy! I would love to get together sometime for lunch or supper and hear all about your experience. Thanks again!
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Congrats on your Epic Ride ! …..Its on my/our Bike-It list !
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Amazing, from beginning to end, although, as you say, you will relive this experience many times over, so it’s not exactly the end. How very generous of you to allow all of us to share in this with you, and to give us a place where we can revisit the places you’ve been when we, too, are shivering around the fireplace. You are courageous and you embrace life for the gift it is. And then you ride off on its wings! I wonder where you’ll go next? One thing I know…I want go with you, right here!
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