The Pedouins roll out of Monterey.
The Harrisons — Bill and Amarins, and daughters Cheyenne, Jasmine and Robin (ages 3, 4 and 6) — are traveling from their home in Kentucky’s Renfro Valley to Alaska, and they’re doing it as it has never been done before: On a quint bicycle.
The Harrisons have been nicknamed the Pedouins — derived from Bedouin, a desert tribe that traditionally lived in tents.
It’s all part of a 7,000-mile journey that will allow the family to explore most of the United States before winding up in Alaska sometime next year — August 2010, if all goes as planned. Once there, they will spend a year in Alaska, learning the local traditions and customs, before pedaling back to the continental U.S. and arriving in Kentucky sometime in 2012.
The Pedouins spent several days in Monterey to relax and repair some equipment that had been worn out during the trip.
Melanie & Jon Stackpole graciously opened up their house to the Harrisons and gave them a great place to relax and recharge for the journy ahead.
Rolling along Del Monte Beach
members of the VCM race team help push the pedouins over the rolling hills en route to REI
The Marina REI donated a SPOT II Satellite GPS Messenger to the pedouins so people can track them on-line from the
Click here to see the Pedouin tracker.
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