The Dream: Bicycle tour for charity

So I got the old '78 Raleigh down off the hook in the garage and started fixing it up a few months ago. Since I have repacked all the bearings, changed out the breaks, got a new saddle, new tires and tubes, and a bunch of other fiddling around. It's not perfect, but its ride-able. I have been working on this plan for a while now and it is time to start putting it into action.

Here is what I want to do:

I want to ride my bike by day, camp by night, and then volunteer in different places using a site like helpx as a way to see the world and help other people. I want to volunteer on organic farms, in backpacker hostels, and in orphanages, depending on where I am.

In addition to this I want to raise money for a cause; placing service dogs with veterans that suffer from PTSD. More to come on the specifics of which organization I choose and why you should give them your money a little later. 

Lastly, I want to do this to prove that anyone can live their dream. I have spent months bed-ridden by immunological chronic pain in the past and almost let myself believe I would never be able to do something like this. Since, I ditched the doctors that warned me against exercise, got off ALL of the multitude of drugs I had been put on, let go of the past, and changed my life.

Another reason I am doing this now, I have reasons for not wanting to "get another job". I have NEVER had an employer that cares about my quality of life. Have you? I will not pretend for 40 hours a week that it doesn't matter. I am ready to forge my own trail, find another way to live, see the world, and do everything I can to make it a better place.

Who's coming with me?! Oh, you can't? Well you can still help!

http://www.gofundme.com/1vuqw4

Marci
~With love