Gotta Go! -- Cycling Vacations in Fantastic Locations -- Mini Series Book 1 -- Rail Trails East

by Jerry Dusterhoff

Overview

Jerry's mission is to convince as many as possible to be bitten by the "cycle vacation" bug. Some folks go to the beach, some to the mountains, some to foreign lands. There is no reason you can't take your bicycle with you and double your pleasure by mild to strenuous exercise in these same places. A good place to start is with Rail Trails. These converted railroad right-of-ways are generally easy to ride, free of traffic, and many times quite scenic. They are located throughout the country, but this volume includes the three he has enjoyed in the Eastern United States. Cycling has many aspects, so he also has a chapter on competition and charity rides. All of this is accomplished by a physically average older person, so is within reach of most readers. Once you experience the fun of cycling vacations, there is an urgency to do it again next year. You just gotta go!

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149685028
Publisher:	Acyclist Publishing
Publication date:	07/21/2014
Series:	Cycling Vacations in Fantastic Locations: Mini Series , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Jerry Dusterhoff wrote his first book, the print edition Bicycle Journeys with Jerry, in less than six months. Then he went through rewriting it; a minimum of twelve times (I may have misplaced several iterations). It improved with each rewrite. The E-Books, with the addition of copious pictures, are even better.

Facing an empty nest and retirement, he needed a hobby for quiet time when not out on his bicycle. Both a mechanical klutz and computer-phobe, he decided to write. Taking the number one writing advice to heart, he wrote about what he knows best.

He cycles locally with members of the Georgetown Cyclopaths, and occasionally travels to downtown Austin to ride with The Bicycle Sport Shop group. He also plans at least one cycling vacation each year, traveling about the country being a tourist. He sees no reason to tour the same ride twice, since there are so many spectacular places to see and so little time in which to fit them all in.

Jerry is a lifelong advocate of physical activity, although he played no organized sports in high school and is not particularly athletic. A native of Washington, D.C., he came to the University of Dallas in 1963 and has not lived anywhere other than Texas since. He started long distance running, a direct result of Dr. Kenneth Cooper and his book on Aerobics in the mid-1960s. He became interested in cycling in 1975, succumbing to the allure of BikeCentennial for 1976, an adventure of cycling across the country to help commemorate the Bi-Centennial. Although never doing the BikeCentennial, he has ridden coast to coast.

Jerry and his wife, Marilane, are proud of the three children, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren and visit as often as possible.