Across the Country in 25 days
I post this knowing its likely to start Steve itching again. And Doug and Jim too. This group is becoming more touring friendly than I feel comfortable with. Oh, well, at least Linda hasn’t started lobbying for a cross country trip.–Corrie
Across the Country in 25 days
from Nantucket’s Inquirer and Mirror
After training in the mountains of Maine, Hank Varona hopped on his 1978 10-speed Peugeot bicycle in Jacksonville, Fla. and headed west in
late October. It took the Nantucket resident only 25 days to ride 2,359 total miles from Florida to Ramona, Calif. on the 30-year-old bike. He rode over 100 miles per day for 15 of the 25 days.
Along his ride people would as him why he was doing it.
“No reason. I figure I might as well do it while I can. You never know when you are not going to be able to do something like that,” said Varona, who turns 54 on Saturday.
Photo by Jim Powers
Hank Varona, with the wheel of his 1978 10-speed bicycle, rode 2,359 miles from Florida to California this fall.