After a divorce, a man doesn't always know where the road will lead him.  He is often at the crossroads of his life.  What does he do now?  How does he cope with the loss?

Well, for one man, my good friend David, he decided to hit the road…on his bike.  For the next six months, he will be riding across America.  That's 4,262 miles on the Transamerica Trail taking him through 10 states, starting in Oregon and ending in Virginia.  When he gets to Virginia, he'll decide if he will turn around and peddle back.

He said he is doing it because he has always wanted to ride from coast- to- coast.  Now that his divorce is finalized, he can do it.  He doesn't have another to answer to; he is in control of his own life.

Unfortunately many men, who have been through a bitter divorce, are lost during the aftermath.  David didn't sit back and feel sorry for himself.  He instead spent his energy planning this adventure.  He said he was going to do, he planned it and now, he is somewhere on the Transamerica Trail, looking forward, pacing himself with his goal in mind.  Peddling, reflecting and experiencing life.

Not many of us would give up what we know for several months.  He has given up his apartment; he has thrown his belongings in storage and will call all of America his home.  The road will be his home.  He'll sleep in rest stops and campgrounds.  He will experience America in a very unique way.  He'll stop in small sleepy towns and meet people.  His journey will consist of scenes of rural wilderness, urban jungles, scaling the Rocky Mountains and peddling through endless Midwest plains of golden fields.  He'll roll by National Parks, like Yellowstone.  Maybe ride along a wild herd or feel the water spray from a geyser.

David will experience life.   His adventure is reminiscent of the 1950s society drop out, Jack Kerouac.  In his somewhat autobiographical book,On The Road, his characters seize the day and live, live, live by racing around America testing the American Dream.  The road represents the outlet of a generation's desire and inner need to get out, break its confinement and find freedom, liberated from a higher belief, notion or ideology.

David's adventure is really two fold.  Besides having a chance to reflect and write about his daily experiences, he is bringing attention to an important social cause.  He will bring more awareness of homelessness in America.  After all, although this is an adventure for him, he will experience firsthand some of the aspects of homelessness.

As a board member for Share, a Vancouver nonprofit organization that serves the homeless and hungry, David is all to familiar with the importance of bringing attention to the homeless plight, especially during these trying economic times.

Hats off to David for actuallyDOING.  This is a wakeup call for those of us who talk about what they want to do in life but make excuses as to why they cannot.  I'm proud to call David my friend.

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