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By Bob Lee Ride Date: April 2
Who turned back the calendar to April 1? It is April 3rd and I am still feeling like a fool. I wasn’t sure I would be able to finish the RIDE after the way the day started if. I almost lost my “cookies.” (Parents- you don’t have to censor this blog. Those who tuned in early on April 1st might get the meaning of this last sentence.)
Well, I am having a hard time keeping up with myself. So I am going to backtrack to April 2. The day started with a visit to The Glennville Sentinel. Glennville is The Home of the Sweet Onion. I was just 2 days late to see the Georgia Sweet Onion Pageant. I am sure being around all those onions would have made me cry. Mindy Adams who was crowned the queen looks really sweet. Really, she is beautiful.
I didn’t get out of town because everyone wanted to ride my bike.
Great video of Bob from The Veloist —The social network for cyclists.
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Sunday's video news coverage of A Ride For Three Reasons on WCTI In Eastern North Carolina.
Thanks to The Veloist for hosting the video.
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Bob has been riding since the end of March. He's really just getting started and he still has a long way to go. If you have ever driven across the country without really seeing anything, this will give you a new point of view. Read through Bob's blog entries and click on the pictures. You'll know you've found something special. If you are feeling ambitious, start at the first day of the ride and keep clicking through. You will find it to be addictive.
The Three Reasons
Bob says, "Without the reasons and all the people helping, this would just be a long bike ride." It really is much more than that. Be sure to read about the 3 Reasons, ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), Cancer and Hospice Care. Then look into making a donation or buying some miles to help Bob pave the way.
Thanks for stopping by! Come back often! As Bob chronicles his journey its bound to get even more interesting. What a great way to ride across the USA ...and leave the pedaling to Bob.
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Listen to Bob's radio Interview on the Jim Bohannon Show that aired May 1, 2007.
Westwood One's Jim Bohannon Show is America’s Premier Late Night Radio Talk Program. The Jim Bohannon Show is on-the-air live from coast-to-coast each weeknight from 10:00 pm to 1:00 am Eastern Time! Thanks for airing a great interview, Jim!
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(Double Click on the arrow to play)Audio is played from the Jim Bohannon show's Podcast. Subscribe here.
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John Tesh recently told listeners of his radio show about Bob Lee and his Ride For Three Reasons. mentioned Bob on a recent show. Visit tesh.com where May is passion and purpose month. Seems like a good fit. He'll also help you become "the smartest person in the room."
Thanks for the mention, John!
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By Bob Lee Ride Dates June 10 – 11 (See Google Earth Views in video below)
June 10: Twisp to Omak, WA –40 miles
June 11 Omak to Republic, WA – 64 miles
After a great breakfast and before I left the Methow Valley Inn I saw Melissa picking and arranging flowers for the confirmation service at church.
As I said yesterday, Melissa and Terry are special people who you would like to get to know better. I gave Melissa a hug and we talked a moment about her cancer experience. She said a few things that gave me food for thought as I climbed Loup Loup Pass. The first thing she said was “I don’t want to miss the lesson.”
Yes, when someone like Melissa is told she has cancer, life does change and there are lessons to be learned. Melissa has her radiation treatments two and a half hours from home. So she stays in a cancer support center during the week and helps support and learn from others. There are lessons to be learned through everything we do,” Melissa said, “I want to learn from the experience.”
Listen to this partial interview with Ross Strauser on Whitefish Radio:
More to come from the Big Fish soon.
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Here are a couple of recent news articles about A Ride For Three Reasons:
From The Tobacco Valley News
(pdf format)From the Whitefish Pilot
(web page)Photo by Casey Arneson
Tobacco Valley News
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By Bob Lee Ride Date: July 7
Sibley to Fargo, ND – 80 miles
Click picture for Google Earth views. Use esc key to pause; ctrl+R or cmd+R to resume
On July 6 I received this e-mail.
Hi BOB,
They are making a LOT out of tomorrow being the seventh day of the seventh month of the (200)7th year. We hope it will be a fabulous time for you on the road.
Mette and Frank
Actually, my RIDE from Sibley to Fargo was just about 77 miles. Fabulous, I am not sure. Hot, yes. The evening news said it was 97° with a heat index well over 100 degrees. Why do I show 80 miles ridden? Well I had the opportunity to ride around town to the bike store and more importantly around the block for WDAY channel 6 to do some footage for the evening news. I guess it was my lucky day.
Usually, I am not up when the sun is getting up; but this morning was an exception since I knew I had a long hot ride and a treat at the end of the RIDE.
The sun is as pretty rising as it is setting. Why are people either morning people or night people. We probably should be more like the sun.
I don’t know for sure, but it looks like the American White Pelicans go for
See my INTERVIEW with with Kyle Dyer, the morning news anchor for KUSA Channel 9 News in Denver, CO.
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The Sigma Nu national fraternity has been very supportive of the RIDE. The RIDE is featured in their summer edition of The Delta Magazine.
Click HERE to view the online version (shown below), which is a really interesting format —go to page 29 after it loads. Turn your speakers on and you'll hear from me.
Or Click HERE to download a printable version
(requires free Adobe Reader)
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Read Cycling For a Cause on the Racine Journal Times web site.
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See the brief story and video about A Ride For Three Reasons from WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, MI.
You have to watch the video to see how the race turned out.
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See Bob interviewed in Cleveland by Fred Griffith on WKYC-TV's Good Company. Bob was joined by NBA Basketball legend Campy Russell of the Cleveland Cavaliers, a sponsor of A Ride For Three Reasons.
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Read Man On A Mission Bikes Into Buffalo on The Buffalo News web site.
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Read the Thomaston Courier-Gazette report on the RIDE as Bob passed through Thomaston, ME
THOMASTON – One man is fighting disease with an unlikely tool: a bicycle.
Bob Lee is a 65-year-old colon cancer survivor from Barrington, Ill. who is bicycling 6,500 miles across the country to raise money to help find cures for cancer, Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS) and to promote awareness for hospice care... Full Story
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Maine's WCSH-TV and WLBZ-TV reported on Bob's Ride
(NEWS CENTER) -- Bob Lee is from Illinois and is a cancer survivor. He turned 65 this year...
(Same story on each site, does not include video)
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Read the Article from the Camden Herald as Bob rode through Camden, Maine.
CAMDEN — Cancer survivor Bob Lee has spent the last five months on a bicycle journey across the United States to raise money for three causes.... Full Story
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An ABC Nightline segment featuring Aimee Chamernik and her family is scheduled to air this Tuesday, September 18. Aimee is a 37-year-old mother of three living with ALS and a good friend. Read another blog post from earlier in the ride, The Perfect Model for Living, about our visit with her. Here's What Aimee has to say about the Nightline interview:
"We are soooooo nervous! After about 20-30 hours of taping over the course of several different visits with the Nightline folks, we have no memory of what we actually said. And, of course, even if we did remember, nearly all of it ended up on the cutting-room floor. So we can only wait and hope that somewhere in all that footage, we said something semi-intelligent and managed to help advance our cause rather than harm it. If nothing else, at least we have cute kids, right?
"Anyway, above everything, we hope, hope, hope we make you proud."
We know you will, Aimee.
See a webcast excerpt at ABC's Nightline site and view this picture gallery.
We will link to any video excerpts after the program when they are posted to the Nightline site.
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Read this article in the Barrington Courier-Review telling about switching gears from bike riding to fundraising. It quotes Bob with saying,
"Even though the odometer has stopped, the effort hasn't stopped. We won't stop until the money is raised."
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Read Riding For All The Right Reasons from the Sunday October 21 Daily Herald...
Though Barrington's Bob Lee has finished pedaling across the country, his journey continues. After spending nearly six months riding his bicycle... Full Story
A Ride For Three Reasons is proud to have the Wall Street Journal tell our story in today's weekend edition. Welcome to all visitors that read about the RIDE in one of the nation's leading publications.
Read The Wall Street Journal Article
Bob Lee, at age 65, rode 6,540 miles from March to September this year on a solo ride. He's pictured here as he crossed the Continental Divide in June. View the record of the journey on this site where you will find interesting stories and over 5,000 pictures of the places Bob visited, the things he saw and the people he met along the way. If you have ever driven across the country without really seeing anything, here's a chance to slow down and take a look. Read through Bob's blog entries and click on the pictures and videos. You'll know you've found something special. You are invited to start at the first day of the ride and keep clicking through the daily entries. You will find it to be inspiring.
The Three Reasons
Most importantly, this ride was started for some good reasons. Bob says, "Without the reasons and all the people helping, this would have just just be a long bike ride." It really is much more than that. Be sure to read about the 3 Reasons, ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), Cancer and Hospice Care. Then please look into making a donation to help fulfill the reasons for this ride.
Here is a video record of reaching the 6,500th mile back on September 6th as recorded by WABI-TV in Bangor, ME.
Read more about this day of riding in this previous entry.
Hear Bob's interview with a great new web site, GrowingBolder.com. You can click on the arrow of the player below to listen.
Now visit the GrowingBolder site and register. Go to the GB Radio section to find this interview among many other interesting topics. Then explore the "intergenerational community" of Growing Bolder for a wide variety of interesting information presented in interesting ways.
From the Barrington Courier, December 2007:
By PATRICK BROMLEY, Staff Writer
Barrington resident Bob Lee had a dream, and he wanted to share it with the students at Barbara B. Rose Elementary School.
He came to the school, 61 W. Penny Road, on Dec. 11 to talk about his dreams during the “Ride for a Reason” assembly for students from kindergarten to third grade.
Lee, 65, spent the summer riding his bicycle 6,500 miles across the east coast and northwest part of the country. Dressed in his riding clothes and accompanied by his bicycle at the assembly, Lee described his trip to the young audience and the experiences he had along the way.
He also talked to the kids about his “three reasons” for riding, which were to raise money for cancer and ALS research, as well as to raise awareness for
This article appears in print and online the January 2008 issue of Drapery & Window Coverings magazine:
How do you make a pie chart of your life? If you were to determine the percentage of your time and effort spent on family, faith, community and business, how would it look? Would you be happy with it? Would giving to charitable causes fit in, too?
That’s a question Bob Lee, Enhance Your View, Barrington, IL, thought a lot about during 130 days he spent away from home last year. He was away on purpose; on a 6,500-mile bicycle ride across America. In March 2007, Lee set out from Jacksonville, FL, for three good reasons: to raise awareness and money for the American Cancer Society, the Les Turner ALS Foundation and the National Hospice Foundation.
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This article appears in the the January 15, 2008 edition of of the Northwest Herald from McHenry County, Illinois in the Sun City News section
By KURT BEGALKA
Bicyclist Bob Lee spins philosophical when it comes to his philanthropic goals.
“I’ve always realized I needed to do more,” said the 65-year-old Barrington resident. “What the bike ride taught me is you get more out of it than you put into it.”
Lee will speak and show slides from his record-breaking 6,500-mile solo charity bike ride 1 p.m. Jan. 21 at Meadow View Lodge. Tickets are $6.
Lee began his latest fundraising effort March 29, 2007 in Jacksonville, Fla. and continued north to Bar Harbor, Maine. He then flew to Washington state and rode across the country’s northern tier to Bar Harbor. He arrived Sept. 7. The trip spanned 130 days, 117 of those on a bicycle.
He averaged 54 miles a day, although he did travel 150 miles one day while crossing Montana, thanks to strong wind at his back. But Lee insisted it was the public push that made the most difference.
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This online interview aired January 15, 2008 on the North Georgia Community Resources page at Talkshoe.com.
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