Friday, July 22, 2005

Bicycle Ride Across America

From: garysanderson@comcast.net

I am writing a paper ... "A comparison of the Ride across America made by Gary Sanderson and Peter Matthews in 2004 with the Ride across America made by Thomas Stevens in 1884" ... comparing my ride across America on an ordinary bicycle (a high wheel bicycle from the 1880's) with the ride across America made by Thomas Stevens in 1884 (the first person to ride across America and then continuing around the world on his bicycle). Thomas Stevens followed the Central Pacific Railroad from San Francisco to Omaha, and he did it for a reason: There were people living along the railroad from whom he expected to get food, water, and shelter. ...

Gary W. Sanderson, Verona, NJ