So the time has come once again...

stickboy

wow, theres signs everywhere. Something tells me it's time...soon
yesterdays newspaper I started readin about this:

http://www.grit.com/Community/Rails-to-Trails.aspx

so I just registered on their website:

http://www.traillink.com/home.aspx

this lady said she'll be calling me today with details from the CCFA so I'm hoping everythings good to go

think Im gonna bike thru those trails for a bit

Fahka

please tell me u wont be sleeping outside again? Way colder than it was for the first trip now :( specially if your west bound


The best of luck to you brother .. hope its a good time

stickboy

LeatherMandi wrote:

please tell me u wont be sleeping outside again? Way colder than it was for the first trip now :( specially if your west bound


The best of luck to you brother .. hope its a good time

well the 1st stop I make in Philly I'm staying with peeps. Then next stop I might see if I can get up with Bob in Delaware and then Virginia maybe Joey, and after that Carolina I'm gonna see Matt and Heather for a bit and hopefully some old friends from back in the day along the way. I AM packing a sleeping back on my bike rack in the back this time and am using this as my routes:

http://www.traillink.com/viewnationalmap.aspx

its old railroads transformed to bike trails and at least will be traveling safer and staying at campgrounds. Got it all planned out at least till Georgia...gotta figure out which way Im gonna cut across west after that.

Anyways, website will be ready tomorrow and I'll be linking it to websites and people along the way. I'm looking to hit up Philly by tomorrow nite so I'm thinking about heading out tonite in the early hours around 5-6am

Fahka

stickboy wrote:

well the 1st stop I make in Philly I'm staying with peeps. Then next stop I might see if I can get up with Bob in Delaware and then Virginia maybe Joey, and after that Carolina I'm gonna see Matt and Heather for a bit and hopefully some old friends from back in the day along the way. I AM packing a sleeping back on my bike rack in the back this time and am using this as my routes:

http://www.traillink.com/viewnationalmap.aspx

its old railroads transformed to bike trails and at least will be traveling safer and staying at campgrounds. Got it all planned out at least till Georgia...gotta figure out which way Im gonna cut across west after that.

Anyways, website will be ready tomorrow and I'll be linking it to websites and people along the way. I'm looking to hit up Philly by tomorrow nite so I'm thinking about heading out tonite in the early hours around 5-6am

Well seems like all systems are ago! I feel so excited for you:) Don't forget to call your mother frs from way back

stickboy

LeatherMandi wrote:

Well seems like all systems are ago! I feel so excited for you:) Don't forget to call your mother frs from way back

oh no question! I got plenty of people I hope to see! I dunno how close I'll be getting to savannah this time or what trails I'll be taking in Georgia as I cut across, but you know If I'm close I'll give you a shout to chill for a bit

Touchofgray16

Sticky,

How do we keep track of you? Can I help in any way? I didn't know you were leaving already !!!

Well, take care of yourself, enjoy this wondrous country and stay away from the Russian women 0:-)

Ronnie

schmoff

good luck, be safe

Fifthelement

Good luck and a very safe journey

Fahka

stickboy wrote:

oh no question! I got plenty of people I hope to see! I dunno how close I'll be getting to savannah this time or what trails I'll be taking in Georgia as I cut across, but you know If I'm close I'll give you a shout to chill for a bit

well by the time you get back ill be near nyc so all should be well;)

stickboy

LeatherMandi wrote:

well by the time you get back ill be near nyc so all should be well;)

hahah, who said I would be coming back? I might just get stuck out in San Diego or Vegas, or Seattle....we'll see.


Touchofgray...I'm already in New Brunswick about to hit up a 66 mile bike trail all the way thru to philly as we speak. I got lucky and found a wifi spot by a NJ public library anyways the website for donations and all that other stuff like pics, blogs, etc should be up today. Email I got yest told me it was a go and I'd be getting some material to help me and a tee shirt or 2. I'm gonna have them send it to one of my boys house in philly so by tomorrow I should be out spreading the word and hopefully raising money for the CCFA. btw-ALL donations are going to CCFA, I'm not getting anything out of this. I got my own lil funds that if I budget myself right should last me the whole trip food wise and drinkwise.On the contract I sent back my goal was to raise 50,000 in 2 months or so of riding and spending time at hospitals, events, etc. I got plenty of friends that are down with the Wishlist Foundation like taper, sennin, SEN, etc so I think with a lil help from everyone we can do this.


thanx everyone for the wishes and thoughts.

Fahka

stickboy wrote:

hahah, who said I would be coming back? I might just get stuck out in San Diego or Vegas, or Seattle....we'll see.


Touchofgray...I'm already in New Brunswick about to hit up a 66 mile bike trail all the way thru to philly as we speak. I got lucky and found a wifi spot by a NJ public library anyways the website for donations and all that other stuff like pics, blogs, etc should be up today. Email I got yest told me it was a go and I'd be getting some material to help me and a tee shirt or 2. I'm gonna have them send it to one of my boys house in philly so by tomorrow I should be out spreading the word and hopefully raising money for the CCFA. btw-ALL donations are going to CCFA, I'm not getting anything out of this. I got my own lil funds that if I budget myself right should last me the whole trip food wise and drinkwise.On the contract I sent back my goal was to raise 50,000 in 2 months or so of riding and spending time at hospitals, events, etc. I got plenty of friends that are down with the Wishlist Foundation like taper, sennin, SEN, etc so I think with a lil help from everyone we can do this.


thanx everyone for the wishes and thoughts.

alright well, nevermind my last comment then;)

Happy trails bud!

stickboy

LeatherMandi wrote:

alright well, nevermind my last comment then;)

Happy trails bud!

you rock..you know I love ya babe and I cant thank you or others like you enough for being a friend and a part of it all

well I'll be updating blogs and recent adventures soon people, but for now its getting late and I just wanted to post the webpage and hope you guys can all help me make this happen.


http://ccfa.kintera.org/cyclingacrossamerica


thanx again everyone and have a great nite
much love

xavier mcdaniel

stickboy wrote:

you rock..you know I love ya babe and I cant thank you or others like you enough for being a friend and a part of it all

well I'll be updating blogs and recent adventures soon people, but for now its getting late and I just wanted to post the webpage and hope you guys can all help me make this happen.


http://ccfa.kintera.org/cyclingacrossamerica


thanx again everyone and have a great nite
much love

good luck. what's your route? are you headed south and then west?

stickboy

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

good luck. what's your route? are you headed south and then west?

yea pretty much
I hope to hit up DC by tomorrow and try to get some action and get people info and the web link. Just left Delaware and into Maryland just outside of the Susquehanna river...that should be a trip to see! :cool:

Rygar

stickboy wrote:

yea pretty much
I hope to hit up DC by tomorrow and try to get some action and get people info and the web link. Just left Delaware and into Maryland just outside of the Susquehanna river...that should be a trip to see! :cool:

Good luck bro, keep it goin'!

TrixieCat

stickboy wrote:

yea pretty much
I hope to hit up DC by tomorrow and try to get some action and get people info and the web link. Just left Delaware and into Maryland just outside of the Susquehanna river...that should be a trip to see! :cool:

Safe traveling Eli!

I had some stuffed grape leaves for dinner.

xavier mcdaniel

stickboy wrote:

yea pretty much
I hope to hit up DC by tomorrow and try to get some action and get people info and the web link. Just left Delaware and into Maryland just outside of the Susquehanna river...that should be a trip to see! :cool:

you should bypass DC, there's nothing going on there.. but seriously the views of the Susquehanna are impressive.

my2hands

stickboy wrote:

yea pretty much
I hope to hit up DC by tomorrow and try to get some action and get people info and the web link. Just left Delaware and into Maryland just outside of the Susquehanna river...that should be a trip to see! :cool:

holy shit this should be a sticky!!!

where in Delaware did you come through? i could have helped you out with a place to stay and some food and drink!

the Susquehanna will be beautiful, especially with this nice weather

be safe!

who's_pearljam?

my2hands wrote:

holy shit this should be a sticky!!!

where in Delaware did you come through? i could have helped you out with a place to stay and some food and drink!

the Susquehanna will be beautiful, especially with this nice weather

be safe!

He hung out in the city of Wilmington at my house. We hit up Tijuana Taco on Lancaster Ave. Best place around! We should hit that up, too, my2hands.
I also burdened him with my vegetarian cooking.

He took off out of the city on Union street, to Newark and beyond.

Nothing like an early start at 3:00 pm. I get early starts like that, too!

PJaddicted

This is going to be fun following everywhere Eli travels! Be safe friend, love you!

oxc

CROJAM95

I nominate u as the 7th member of the band (yes I included Boom)


What a selfless act u are doing...good luck STICKBOY!!!

stickboy

TrixieCat wrote:

Safe traveling Eli!

I had some stuffed grape leaves for dinner.

oh yea? Homemade or ready from a can or jar? You gotta try my moms...off the hook!

Rygar thanx bro

X-man, I just feel in DC I'll be able to get people to check it out and hand out some flyers and stuff and its populated with people with money so we'll see. I'm actually off towards the Susquehanna in a bit...just found wifi and logged on for a bit. Stay tuned for pics from there soon. Hopefully tonite.

my2hands if you go see Bob, just make SURE you go up 8th street..if you up the other way up that hill..you'll die...either from the ridiculous incline or from the homies down the block trying to sell you drugs, lol...Bob's hood reminds me of Do or Die Bed Stuy (Bedford Stuyvesant ghetto in NY,)

stickboy

CROJAM95 wrote:

I nominate u as the 7th member of the band (yes I included Boom)


What a selfless act u are doing...good luck STICKBOY!!!

thanx and if Booms in I'm out! lol
well unless he's got the hookup for Hawaiian greens..then we're cool

pjtaper

passin through denver?

stickboy

pjtaper wrote:

passin through denver?

maybe. We'll see where the road leads

Fighting Hellfish

Stickboy....I'm very impressed, and proud of my fellow Yankee lover/Red Sox hater. I thought I might refrain from posting in the Yankee thread until your mission is complete, in a show of solidarity. I don't know if I'm strong enough to do it though. Good luck the rest of the way. One day I'd love to travel from coast to coast and back again. I can pretty much guarantee you it won't be on a bike, though.

stickboy

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

Stickboy....I'm very impressed, and proud of my fellow Yankee lover/Red Sox hater. I thought I might refrain from posting in the Yankee thread until your mission is complete, in a show of solidarity. I don't know if I'm strong enough to do it though. Good luck the rest of the way. One day I'd love to travel from coast to coast and back again. I can pretty much guarantee you it won't be on a bike, though.

hey thanx West Islip! I been wanting to it up the Yankees thread but time is limited so I get in wherever I can. I got some time now keeping track of the football games here online so I might just see what I been missing in our Yankees thread

And I thank you for the wishes bro...def much appreciated. Maybe someday I can convince you to ride as far as you possibly can in some other charity event...biking it isnt that bad as long as you pace yourself, eat and hydrate properly. I still dont feel sore yet or nothing and am enjoying each day as a new adventure, new territory and new grounds to look forward to