As one of the conditions of being granted a one-year leave for his sabbatical, our PE teacher has been chronicling his and his awesome wife's bicycle trip across the United States. Every two weeks he posts on his blog new geographical and cultural, written and pictorial, clues for the students to guess his current location. The correct and randomly picked answer wins a $10 gift certificate from Mr. A's favorite outdoor equipment store and sponsor.
Matt has another blog he started several years ago. That's where he posts more, and more personal reflections on this and other adventures. Like the weekend bike/hike trip he took downtown last year, and then across on the ferry to the peninsula, to bike 90 miles on asphalt and gravel to a trailhead where he bivouaced, stashed his bike, and hiked/climbed 4000 feet to the top of a mountain, and then back home again in time to bike 5 miles to school (as he does every day) Monday morning.
Last school year Matt was my personal trainer, and exercise and sparring buddy. He was excellent--knowing just how much to push. He helped me do a lot of good work on my body. Matt knows his muscle groups. I miss him.
Reading about this trip of Matt and Jenny's is inspiring and a vicarious thrill. What sticks with the reader most is their constant reminders of the power and breadth of human kindness, and the beauty of nature.
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