Author Virginia Mudd

Imagine reading a “Cycling Companion Wanted” ad in a bicycling newsletter for a cross-America bike trip, answering it, and setting off two months later with a woman you just met for a 3,500-mile, 60-day journey from California to Washington, D.C. We were 29 year old adventurers fulfilling a common dream. Taken from my journal, it tells the story of exhilarating roads and landscapes, tedious miles, peaceful times, scary experiences, personal struggles, wonderful encounters with people, and the unfolding of a journey of a lifetime that spawned a treasured, lifelong friendship.

See photos from this trip.