Total Raised

We we would like to thank everyone that donated to this cause and helped us get through this trip. It was a wonderful experience.

Total Raised:  $7,622

Thanks for your support

Thanks for your support. We will have the final amount very soon. Still time to donate and even if the trip is over, the Phil Keating Fund is always open for donation!

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Last Day in San Fransico!

On July Fourth, we slept in till 9, then started the day, we went out walked around the town a couple times, we for breakfast, then walked more around the town. We stopped in Chinatown, and at the Wharf. They have great sea food and great places to have breakfast. They have so many places to eat especially for breakfast and lunch. We stopped at a small cafe for breakfast, Golden Coffee Cafe, it was great. For lunch, we went to the Wharf, they have great seafood. Went to Chinatown for dinner, Far East Cafe, great Chinese food. We rode our bikes on the Golden Gate Bridge, it was very windy. We went to the Pier to watch the fireworks and then called it a day. It was a great day. Tomorrow we drive back tomorrow to Virginia!

East to West!

Day 1 from Yorktown, Va to Day 37 from San Fransico!

Celebrating

After reaching the golden gate bridge, we stopped took pictures and dipped the bikes in the ocean. We celebrate with the Dolans and with the Hoobans. We thank everyone for there support!

San Fransico!

After rising 37 days with brutal heat, enormous mountains, we have made it to the Golden Gate Bridge. We made it around 3 pm, when we were in Davis, it was hot but when we arrived to Valejo, the heat went down, there was a cool breeze from the harbor. Excited and happy to finish. We thank everyone for there support!,

Day 37

Today we ride to our final destination, San Fransico. We had 65 miles from Davis to San Fran. It was hot in Davis, but when we get to San Fran, the weather is beautiful, nice, cool in the 80s. When we get to Valejo, we ride the ferry and we ride to the west coast.

Day 36!

40 miles complete going into Davis where we stopped for the day, a nice small college city were we chilled and relaxed for the day before we ride to our final destination. It was light day, but it was hot. We thank again the Hooban family for everything they have done. We are looking for a final push in our fundraiser, please share and donate
We have raised:
$5,912 is the total raised to date.
 
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Day 35 complete

After climbing Carson Pass, the map said it was mostly all down hill, but it wasnt. We encounter a few small hills and some with steep grades. At the end of the day, we accomplish 106 miles. It was hot and the sun was beating down. It reached the near 100s. We made it to placerville, but there was no power due to the wild fires going on around the south west, especially in Arizona, and Nevada. Its suppose to get worse here with highs in the 110s. We drove to Folsom, were there was power, and then went for a nice dinner, thanks to Mark and the Hooban Family. We are 110 miles from San Francisco, and we should be there by July 3rd. Tomorrow we will have a light day!

Day 35!

After a nice rest day at the beach, we start the day early back in Genoa, Nevada, to get a good warm up for thr climb to Carson Pass. It was about 40 miles to the sumit. It took about 4 hours to reach the sumit, it was well worth it, because it was the last big climb in the Rockies, and then just a nice down hill to san fran. We are getting close to our goal!

Day 34, rest day!

Today we took the day off from biking. We thank again the Hooban family and friends for the stay at the lake house in lake tahoe. We enjoyed the day relaxing on the beach, watching soccer games, eating great home cooked food, taking naps, and the company was great. We had a great time and it was a great treat. Tomorrow we start back in Genoa and ride towards Placerville.

California!

Today we ended the day riding 68 miles. We stopped in Carson City, and then we drove to Lake Tahoe! Mike Hooban rode with us in the morning and meet up us at lake tahoe. We thank the Hooban family and friends for renting us a condo. We took a nice break and taking the day off tomorrow and enjoy the Lake!

Day 33

We had a late start, we were riding to Carson City, which was only 70 miles away. We took our time getting up, have a good breakfast and took our times leaving. We left after 10, but it was hot, very hot, already felt like it was in the 100s. The high it got in the afternoon, reached 105. Also the wind started to get worse, the wind gust picked up and reached 20 mph. We thank Mike Hooban for the hotel room.

Day 32 complete

After a sunny, hot day going through Nevada, the weather people were saying that it was going to be record temperatures, it hit 103 yesterday, it felt like 110. We starts really early, at 7 and finished 114 miles. We finished at 230. If we didn't stop, we did it in 6 and a half hours. It's our fastest we ever done and also the most we have ever done. The road smooth for the most part, but had hills every 8 to 10 miles. We thank Mike Hooban for the hotel room, he also meet up with us at the end and rode to the hotel room. Tomorrow we ride to Lake Tahoe!

Day 32!

We started the day early at 7, our goal was trying to reach Fallon. We camped at a church in Austin, Nevada. The weather was supposed to get hot and hit the 100s.  We meet a group going from west to east, the group was named race against aids, they were funding raising and stopped towns to talk about Aids. We are trying to hit our last century before we hit lake tahoe. Today we will see how fast we get to our century.

We reached Nevada!

Adjustment day
No riding today. In order to stay on schedule and accept the generous offer of the Hooban family and friends at Lake Tahoe, day 31 we will be driving into Nevada.
One week left!! Thanks for all your support!!

Biking for Phil Keating team.

Day 30 complete

After a hot sunny day in the start of Utah, we accomplished to cover 83 miles. There were a lot of hills and climbing them were tough. Also there were no towns close by, if we go to one town, the next on was in another 100 miles, it was hard. After we finished biking, we put the bikes on the back of the car and drove to torrey and we are spending the night here!

Day 30

A hot, sunny day in Utah, the weather was going to be sunny with a high of 95, but it felt like it was 100. There was alot of small hills to climb, some were major. We covered 52 miles in the morning till lunch. It was hard to find a place to stop and relax. The town's were spread apart, in 100 mile radius. So we just stopped, good thing we had a canopy and tarp, and made our own shade and relaxed.

Day 29

To start the fifth week, it was a cold morning in Rico, Colorado,, hitting the low 40s. We left late again, around 9. It was a good morning, covered 56 miles, stopped in Lewis, Colorado for lunch. It was a easy morning, all downhill. We reached Utah today, at 6. It took us 5 days to reach Utah.  The Rockies are over, no more mountains. We stopped in Monticello, Colorado for the night we almost hit another centry, just a couple miles shy. We are 9 days away from San Fransico. We have rode a total of 2800 miles. We are making great progress. We would like to stop at Lake Tahoe. We will see!

Fourth week complete!

After a late start today, we had a slow day, we covered 70 miles today, made it to Rico. We are done with the Rockies. We are only 60 miles away from Utah, we will be there tomorrow after lunch. We enjoyed our time in Telluride, went up the gondola, hiked a bit, took a small tour of the town and had a good lunch. Tomorrow Utah, and we are 10 days away from San Fransico.

Telluride, Colorado

We stopped in telluride for lunch and also to take in the nice scenery. It's a beautiful place to visit.

Day 28

With our late start, we covers 40 miles in four hours, including a couple of mountains.  We stopped at Telluride, Colorado for lunch and took a little tour of the place before we left.