This is the summer of Texas 4000! Texas 4000 is a non-profit student organization from the University of Texas that is dedicated to fighting cancer by sharing hope, knowledge, and charity across North America through a 4,500 mile bicycle ride from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska. I will be spending 70 days with 45 of my closest friends pedaling through deserts, mountains, cities, and everything in between. We will sleep in schools, homes, campsites, anything that's free. The ride is the eye catcher but the most important part of Texas 4000 is what we do when we are off our bike. As a team, we raise money for cancer research and give programs throughout the ride spreading the latest information in cancer prevention and research. I will be trying to post pictures, videos, daily comments on this blog, but I will also be updating my journal on www.texas4000.org.

Day 42 Fort Bragg to Redway

Today became known as the T4K in Wonderland Day, the ride was made up of a steady incline with lots of turns. Every corner we rounded took us to a stretch of road that more or less looked identical to the road we previously encountered. After about 50 miles we felt like we were making no progress and going a little mad, I'm sure the four hours of sleep we got thanks for Harry Potter didn't help matters. Unlike Alice, we didn't meet giant flowers, but we did see giant redwoods!


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