Ryan Boyer's Journey of Hope

07/24/2017

Today we made it to our 8th state, Illinois! This morning we rode out of St. Louis and stopped at a friendship visit along the way. In the picture is Brenda, who was one of the dozens of people at the visit. She is holding a monkey that she knitted for us! I'll be uploading pictures of St. Louis when we get some better service.

07/15/2017

Wichita, KS has been a great experience for all of us! Today we had 2 friendship visits and one ended with a shaving cream war.
Tomorrow we will ride 105 miles to Emporia, KS!

07/13/2017

The countdown has begun! 30 days until we arrive in D.C.! The past few days we have experienced heat over 100 degrees which has been difficult to ride in. Other than that, Kansas has been great!

06/29/2017

The Journey of Hope, a bike ride across the country to raise disability awareness, is rolling through Casper this week. The charity ride is comprised of coll...

06/29/2017

Today we rode 105 miles from Shoshoni to Casper, WY. Great stop along the way at Hells Half Acre and finished the day off with an interview at the local news station
https://youtu.be/1AO3A48c13A

06/26/2017

The past couple days have been amazing! On Friday we had an off day in Yellowstone National Park where we had the entire day to explore the park. Saturday, we rode 135 miles over the Grand Tetons to Jackson, Wyoming where we had another off day on Sunday. Today, we rode 90 miles from Jackson to Dubois, Wyoming. I've attached some pictures from all of these days.

06/26/2017

Ryan Conrad, like millions of others this summer, is planning a few days on the road around Yellowstone National Park with his friends.

06/21/2017

Yesterday we rode 55 miles from a little town called Phillipsburg to Butte. Today we rode 105 miles from Butte to Bozeman, Montana. Here are a few pictures from the rides!

06/20/2017

Help TransAmerica route be the first team to ride onto the capitol lawn in D.C!
This summer there is a fundraising competition between the three Journey of Hope routes: North, South, and TransAmerica. Whichever team raises the most overall from now until August 12th will have the honor of being the first team to arrive onto the capitol lawn. All donations are greatly appreciated and continue to help us and the Ability Experience raise money and awareness for people with disabilities.
If you wish to donate, click on the link below (be sure to include "TransAmerica" somewhere in your comment). Thank you to everyone who has supported our trip so far. This wouldn't be possible without your help!
https://www.classy.org/fundraise?fcid=743528

06/16/2017

Sorry I haven't been posting much but thankfully our lodging tonight has some wifi!

We started our journey 8 days ago in Seattle, Washington and we have already made it over 600 miles to Sandpoint, Idaho. So far the trip has been tough but I'm sure that will change after we get use to the 75+ miles each day. The one picture attached is Mt. Rainier, which has been our toughest ride so far at 125 miles with over 9,000ft of climbing.

Tomorrow we will be riding 90 miles to Thompson Falls, Montana. Stay tuned for more pictures in the next couple days.

05/13/2017

Just wanted to check in and let everyone know that I will be leaving for my Journey on June 2nd, in less than 3 weeks! If you are interested in donating, you can continue to do so while I'm on my trip until August 12th. https://www.classy.org/fundraise?fcid=743528

For those of you who still don't know much about The Ability Experience and the Journey of Hope, take a few minutes out of your day to watch this video from last summers trip.
https://vimeo.com/178908001

How did you spend your summer? These men of Pi Kappa Phi had the experience of a lifetime and impacted the lives of people with disabilities across the country.…

04/18/2017

Hey everybody!

I'm excited to announce that I will officially be riding Trans-America route this summer. This means I will be starting my ride in Seattle, Washington and finishing 4370 miles later in Washington D.C.

Thank you to everyone who has donated and any more donations are greatly appreciated in order to help me reach my fundraising goal!

https://www.classy.org/fundraise?fcid=743528