Part 3: Prologue
It is hard to believe it has been 7 years since I completed Part 2. A LOT has happened since then (COVID, my daughter’s wedding in Australia, a struggle with Cervical Radiculopathy, 4 grandchildren, and two hip replacements), which is why it has been 7 years. I have never given up hope that I might someday get a chance to finish what I started, the entire TransAm from Yorktown VA to Astoria OR. This year I will pick up where I left off in Wichita KS. I will fly my bike to a shop in Wichita and re-assemble it there. Then I will head North to pick up the TransAm route where I left off. I was not able to complete the entire route in one part because my job and family did not afford me the flexibility to take that much time off. Last December I retired after 23 years as a Professor in the Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering department at the United States Naval Academy, so I no longer have that constraint. Consequently, it is my goal to finis...