Q: Where's Everett Collier?
A: On his bike somewhere between Toledo and Chicago.
Actually, the answer is more involved in that:
Bluffton cyclist Everett Collier takes lots of bike rides around the block, and this summer that block extends for 3,600 miles.
Collier is participaing in the 7th annual Fuller Center Bike Adventure. It’s a bike ride from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to Astoria, Oregon. The ride started June 5 and finishes on Aug. 10 – with several stops along the way where bikers will assist in building projects with Fuller Center covenant partners.
On Day 1 Collier dipped the front wheels of his bike in the Atlantic Ocean. He intends to do the same in the Pacific Ocean in August.
As of the of June Collier had raised nearly $10,000 for his efforts in the trip.
Collier said that the adventure has raised more than $835,000 since 2008 to fight poverty housing. Proceeds from the ride assist the non-profit Fuller Center for Housing. It works in partnership with families in the U.S. and 17 other countries to help persons build or repair homes.
Bikers on the trip will average 76 miles per day. The closest the riders came to Bluffton was the Toledo area close to June 22.
We found the following except from Everett on the Fuller Center Bicycle Adventure Facebook page's blog posted eariler this month:
"Today's ride was a short one to Philadelphia, PA, with a stop in Camden, NJ. The weather was great with the temperature reaching into the 80s with slight humidity. There in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia we settled into the open arms of Mike, Shane, and Katie at The Simple Way. We enjoyed a cookout and had a chance to listen to the story of The Simple Way and the new Simple Homes Fuller Center that they are involved in. Tomorrow we will help The Simple Way with some of their work in the community."
CLICK HERE to follow Everett and his fellow bikers as they head west.
