Pedal Pushers Coast-To-Coast: A Cross-Country Bike Tour Fueled by Kindness

They expected snow, lightning, heat, and wind while bicycling cross country. That happened. They did not expect a car collision, a broken arm, or Hurricane Sandy. That happened, too.

For thirty-two years, Marianne Worth Rudd dreamed about cycling cross country, almost as long as she’s known her husband, Terry. She thought the bike trip was about getting to the Atlantic. She discovered she was mistaken about both.

Pedal Pushers Coast-to-Coast is her story of their 2012 cycling quest from the...