Are You Crazy?

I grew up in a home where a vacation consisted of packing up everyone's bicycles and ride the Kal-Haven Trail (a 34 mile formerrailroad bed turned into a bicycle trail) and then the next day riding it back the other way. And another time we rode as a family across the state of Michigan in 5 days. When I was young, I did not see this as odd or different, but as I got older I saw that my friends and classmates went with their families to Florida or to some other exotic and equally expensive place. I can honestly say the I was never jealous of my friends vacations.
This summer I will be taking, in my estimation, the most amazing and unforgetable (and by far the longest) vaction that I will ever go on. My father and I will be riding our bicycles from Florida (the Atlantic Ocean) to Washington (the Pacific Ocean). My wonderful wife, children and mother will be our support team.
Now I can see some of you looking in your Webster's Dictionary for the definition for the word vacation and not considering a transcontinental bike ride as something that would qualify as such. While some would consider a feat like this borderline insane, I see it as not only something that I will obviously not forget but a great opportunity to spend 54 straight days with my father and getting to know a great man of God and also a great friend!
So call me crazy or insane, but whatever one it may be I hope you will read this journal and see how this is a vacation for each person involved in this trip!