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Show pleasant Grove bikers pedal all he way to Lake Powell last week j COI.NAC50 s V "'.,1 'M w , . J : ' . t - ' ' ; . ' " : i ) " : I ; . . ' J I -.., :" - ;.!. ;-!, ( -1 . ' ' ' : - . ; . , ! i - . " - - ' ! SHARON MORREY By vaTk Lewis's idea and ;ltreeSand thought it was a fSf didn't think Mark was he suggested they bike 5 to Pwe11 last ,,k was serious and the two "m buddies found them-:i;)tCthe them-:i;)tCthe road" between Aug. , dlLame up with this idea," I MjSd and now very tan ! erht it was fun, but at first I j was joking," says indouthewasn't." " to. left Pleasant Grove on 1 doming and headed off to 'fpLeU; there they would join , Explorer Troop and catch a I fffte boys five days of hard pedaling to get to the lake. They found the going both easier and harder than they planned. "We blew a tire in Gunnison, we hadn't planned on that " savs Robert. y "That last day it was hard and hot 110 degrees and a lot of hills," adds Mark. Both boys had leg-aches, heat-rashes heat-rashes and sore muscles but it was worth it, they agree. "The people all along the way would wave and smile, they'd stop and talk to us. I couldn't believe how many," says Robert. They stayed each night at a different dif-ferent town, sometimes in a motel, once with Mark's grandmother in Koosharem. They ate at roadside stands and cafes. "We got kind of sick of cafe food," puts in Robert. They carried water with them, and money for the unexpected. It cost Robert about $500 to make the trip. (He didn't have the bike he wanted to ride.) Both boys paid their own expenses. Their parents, Chuck and Hazel Greenland, and John and Ann Lewis had the boys call each night to report their whereabouts and condition. Now that they're back, Mark and Robert are sort of hometown celebrities. The boys in the neighborhood neigh-borhood all want to know how they did the trip and what is was like. "It was neat getting away from home, being on our own," says Robert. "It was well worth it, the satisfaction of doing it, the challenge," adds Mark. But this isn't anything like what the two are planning for next summer, says the two seniors, "We're thinking of something, just wait!" No back-pedaling here: Robert Greenland (left) and Mark Lewis bask in hometown sunshine after spending a week on the road on their 10-speeds. |
