Unforgettable Journey

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Looking at the cover made me think that the husband was riding the bike and his wife was in a wheelchair. The opening chapter reinforced this with the threats of cancer.
Cancer also ends the book and follows Sean through their journey as they meet Sandy.

As his Math professor wife now wants "something big" in their lives - she begins to explore a bike trail journey which becomes her full scale obsession to pursue.
Eventually, they embark on a 350 mile trail from Pittsburgh to Washington D.c.

For them, it becomes a great adventure while readers may wonder at their choice of something BIG. This one involved days and nights of riding through freezing rain and dealing with rattlesnakes. (Despite threats of previous rapes and murders on the trails, they did not carry a small pistol, not did Sean bring back-up equipment to replace the broken parts of his old tricycle.)

Why a less dangerous - given poison ivy and snakes - to her husband BIG choice was not made is still a mystery. As well, the search for the start of the trailhead was pretty boring and the gratuitous mention of the hideous Rat Experiments was one to skip.

Definitely a Bike Fan Fun Book! The priest was amazing!