October 13, 2016 “You’re can turn off the sun, but I’m still gonna shine.” Jason Mraz It’s been three long, yet mellow days of mostly coming downhill from the higher altitudes as I approached Rishikesh. That’s how it goes when you start with the highest motorable road...
October 8, 2016 I’m back. The mountains. I never want to leave. The beauty of the Himachal state feels like home and looks like Colorado in the spring. The Jammu and Kashmir state was spectacular, for sure. The true beauty of it was simply the allness and the...
October 7, 2016 His words are haunting me. Suffocating me. He warned me. “Tomorrow, road very steep,” he said with his hand pointing up at a 70 degree angle. I’m beside myself. Actually I’m beside my bike, because I literally cannot pedal it. I’ve never seen a road...
October 6, 2016 Mountains. I love them. They feed me, nurture me, protect me, inspire me. In continuing my journey through India, I know I need to continue down from the mountains, through this lush valley, into the state of Himachal, and eventually to Rishikesh where...
October 5, 2016 I got worms. There. I wrote it. It’s out there in cyber space and I cannot take it back. You didn’t really think this was just a story about biking did you? More so…you didn’t think I could really make it through India without something? The way I look...
Oct 1, 2016 Today was it. Today was the encore. The entire concert was magnificent and like any time you get to see your favorite band play, you want just one more song. For me it is and will always be Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing”. So bring on Rohtang La. Belt it...
The World Spins By is an intimate journey of loss, curiosity, and love—recounted one pedal stroke at a time along Jerry’s two-year bicycle journey back to himself.