What? A 7,400 mile bicycle/bus trip over a 6 month period.
When? May 14th 2011 until approximately November 23rd 2011
Where? Leave New york City south through Washington, D.C. and west to San Francisco.
Why?
Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Survivors of Domestic Violence
Since the beginning of The Kindness Bus Tour, nearly 2 years ago, I have been hearing from far too my people about their pain and suffering brought about by the hands of someone who should have been comforting and caring for them. I decided to do something about it. The Kindness Bicycle / Kindness Bus Tour will travel 7,400 miles to raise awareness for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Survivors of Domestic Violence. We will meet and talk with survivors, health professionals, clergy, law enforcement and news organizations. The mission of One Million Acts Of Kindness will continue its journey while working on these very important issues.
**Disclaimer; There will be times, I’m sure, that I will need to keep a speaking engagement, there may be a bicycle or bus mechanical failure or other unforeseen reasons when I may need to use the bus as transportation. I will be doing morning rides through the desert both ways, and if it is too hot, we will seek the safety of indoor temperatures. I will make up all miles in which I don’t ride the bicycle during the Tour or at Tour’s end. 7,400 miles will be the total miles I ride the bicycle for these 2 issues.
“The cities listed in bold type are the cities we will spend our nights. All the other cities listed will be cities we travel through. The numbers between the cities is the distance in miles between the cities. The dates in the single parenthesis are the east to west dates we will over-night in the particular city.”
The 2011 Kindness Bicycle / Kindness Bus Tour
Single parenthesis denote overnight dates
New York
Start 5/14 Brooklyn 10 Brooklyn Bridge 5 Upper East Side Manhattan(5/14)
7 George Washington Bridge 1
New Jersey
8 Wallington (5/15)9 Union(5/16) 5 Highland Park
2 Rutgers University(5/17&5/18) 6 Franklin Park 2 Kendall Park 4 Kingston
3 Princeton University(5/19&5/20) 5 Lawrenceville 8 Trenton 3
Pennsylvania
Morrisville(5/21) 5 Penndel 22 Downtown Philadelphia(5/22) 12 Chester(5/23) 5 Marcus Hook 1
Delaware
5 Claymont 7 Wilmington(5/24) 12 Newark(5/25&5/26) 3
Maryland
7 Elkton(5/27) 22 Aberdeen(5/28) 21 White Marsh(5/29) 3 Rossville 3 Rosedale 11 Eleven Miles Of
Baltimore(5/30) 1 Elkridge 4Waterloo 5 Laurel(5/31) 5 Beltsville 8 Washington DC(6/1-6/3) 1
Virginia
6 Arlington(6/4) 10 Merrifield 10 Pender(6/5) 5 Chantilly 11 Aldie
5 Middleburg (6/6) 8 Upperville 3 Paris(6/7) 17 Winchester(6/8&6/9) 10 Gore 2
West Virginia
3 Capon Bridge(6/10) 13 Augusta 9 Romney(6/11) 7 Junction 4 Burlington 6 New Creek(6/12)
15 Mount Storm 6 Gormania(6/13) 13 Aurora(6/14) 4 Edwin 4 Macomber 8 Fellowsville(6/15) 6
Thornton 4 Grafton(6/16) 16 Bridgeport(6/17) 7 Clarksburg(6/18&6/19) 18 Salem(6/20) 10 Smithburg
3 West Union(6/21) 7 Greenwood9 Ellenboro(6/22) 26 Parkersburg(6/23) 6
Ohio
1 Belpre 5 Porterfield 3 Little Hocking 3 Torch 3 Coolville(6/24) 9 Guysville 5 Canaanville 9 Athens(6/25)
10 Albany 11 Prattsville 5 McArthur(6/26) 8 Allensville 11 Londonderry 12 Chillicothe(6/27)
2 N. Fork Village 7 Bourneville 7 Bainbridge(6/28) 8 Rainsboro 4 Boston 5 Hillsboro(6/29)
3 Hoagland 3 Fairview 3 Allensburg 2 Dodsonville6 Fayetteville(6/30) 2 VeraCruz 3 Marathon 4
Monterey 3 Owensville 3 Stonelick 2 Perintown 3 Milford(7/1)2 Terrace Park 5 Mariemont 2 Fairfax 1
Twenty miles of Cincinnati(7/2-7/4)
Indiana
3 Greendale 2 Lawrenceburg 3 Aurora 8 Dillsboro(7/5) 8 Elrod 4 Versailles(7/6) 4 Dabney 2 Holton
4 Nebraska 4 Butlerville 6 North Vernon(7/7) 6 Hayden 7 Seymour 7 Brownstone(7/8) 24 Bedford(7/9)
16 Huron(7/10) 8 Shoals 7 Loogootee(7/11) 5 Cannelburg 3 Montgomery 7 Washington(7/12)
7 Wheatland 7 Fritchton 7 Vincennes(7/13&7/14)
Illinois
2 Lawrence 8 Lawrenceville 23 Olney(7/15)23 Flora(7/16) 23 Salem(7/17) 6 Odin 3 Sandoval(7/18)
4 Shattuc 6 Huey 4 Carlye(7/19) 6 Breese 4 Aviston 3 Trenton(7/20) 4Summerfield 3 Lebanon 8
O’Fallon (7/21)12 E. St. Louis
Missouri
St. Louis(7/22-7/24) 8 Maplewood 2 Brentwood 2 Rock Hill 4 Des Peres(7/25) 7 Ellisville 11 Gray
Summit 9 Union(7/26) 11 Beaufort 2 Leslie 6 Gerald(7/27) 4 Rosebud 7 Drake 10 Mt Stirling(7/28) 14
Linn(7/29) 6 Loose Creek 15 Jefferson City(7/30&7/31) 9 St Martins 5 Centertown 9 California(8/1) 12
Tipton (8/2)6 Syracuse 20 Sedalia(8/3) 6 Georgetown 5 La Monte 7 Knob Noster(8/4) 3 Montserrat 5
Warrensburg(8/5) 14 Pittville 10 Lone Jack(8/6) 9 Greenwood 12 Miles of South Kansas City(8/7-8/9)
Kansas
Kansas City 12 Olathe 7 Gardner(8/10) 5 Edgerton 7 Wellsville 16 Ottawa(8/11) 10 Homewood
8 Williamsburg(8/12) 6 Agricola 18 Lebo(8/13) 19 Emporia(8/14&8/15)8 Plymouth 11 Strong City(8/16)
9 Elmdale 17 Marion(8/17) 5 Canada 5 Hillsboro 13 Canton(8/18) 6 Galva 7 McPherson(8/19) 7 Conway
7 Windom(8/20) 9 Mitchell 7 Lyons 8 Chase(8/21) 13 Ellinwood 10 Great Bend(8/22&8/23) 7 Heizer 8
Albert 17 Rush Center(8/24) 6 Nekoma 6 Alexander(8/25) 8 Bazine 12 Ness City(8/26) 15 Beeler 16
Dighton(8/27) 7 Amy 6 Grigston 11 Scott City(8/28) 9 Modoc 15 Leoti(8/29) 10 Selkirk 12
Tribune(8/30) 2 Horace 13
Colorado
2 Towner 12 Sheridan Lake(8/31) 7 Brandon 6 Covington 14 Eads(9/1&9/2) 22 Haswell(9/3)
14 Arlington(9/4) 19 Sugar City(9/5) 5 Ordway 6 Crowley 4 Olney Springs(9/6) 20 Boone 5 North
Avondale 5 Devine 6 Pueblo(9/7) 6 Wild Horse22 Penrose(9/8) (40 Mile
Side Trip North to Colorado Springs(9/9-9/12) 40 miles back to Penrose(9/13) 11 Canon City(9/14) 24
Texas Creek(9/15) 7 Cotopaxi 4 Coaldale(9/16) 8 Howard 10 Salida(9/17) 5 Poncho Springs 6
Maysville(9/18) 19 Sargents(9/19) 12 Doyleville 7 Parlin(9/20) 11 Gunnison(9/21) 23 Sapinero(9/22)
19 Cimarron(9/23) 19 Montrose(9/24&9/25) 12 Colona 13 Ridgway(9/26) 22 Placerville(9/27) 16
Norwood 9 Redvale 10 Naturita(9/28also9/29) 38 Slick Rock(9/30also10/1) 9 Egnar 12 Dove
Creek(10/2) 9
Utah
16 Monticello(10/3) 20 Blanding(10/4) 42 Natural Bridges Monument(10/5also10/6) 40
Hite(10/7also10/8)50 Hanksville(10/9also10/10) 17 Caineville(10/11) 31 Torrey(10/12also10/13) 10
Grover 26 Boulder Town(10/14also10/15) 24 Escalante(10/16) 30 Henrieville(10/17) 3 Cannonville 5
Tropic 20 Panguitch(10/18) 68 Cedar City(10/19also10/20) 4 Enoch 33 Minersville(10/21also10/22)13
Milford (10/23)76 Garrison(10/24also10/25) 2
Nevada
36 Majors Place(10/26) 25 Ely(10/27) 2 Lane City 76 Eureka(10/28also10/29) 55 Austin
(10/30also10/31)47 Cold Springs(11/1also11/2) 61 Fallon(11/3also11/4) 26 Silver Springs(11/5)
8Stagecoach 6 Dayton 12 Carson City(11/6) 11 Minden 8
California
3 Paynesville 3 Woodfords(11/7)5 Sorensens 17 Kit Carson(11/8) 44 Fiddletown (11/9also11/10)
23 Rancho Murieta(11/11) 6 Sloughhouse20 Sacramento(11/12) 10 Davis 6 DIXON(11/13)
14 Vacaville(11/14) 15 Rockville(11/15) 16 Vallejo(11/16) FERRY RIDE TO
SAN FRANCISCO(11/17)Complete!!!
***We need help with assistance and lodging along the route mentioned above.
***Stay tuned for more details to come.