Erin McDermott's Page

hello, and welcome to a new ride:well year!!!! i cant believe we will be embarking on a third (and fourth) ride:well tour this year. so many lives have already been changed through this tour, and so much money has already been raised. i am so excited to be a part of the tour in yet another way; as a co-leader.

so far ride:well pacific is lookin like an excellent team. sometimes when i really think about riding my bike up the west coast with y'all, i get so excited i cant even focus; i just star… Continue

ride:well 09; i never thought there could be another group of people as crazy as the 08ers until you all came along.

lisa, lisa, lyzz, jen, drew, criselda, bethany, brady, cody, tyler, brian, deb, seth, josh, erin, erin, erik, anthony, and jacob, congratulations on accomplishing this amazing feat; riding your bicycles across america. im sure you heard you share of, "you cant do that", "youre not serious", "do you even ride bikes?", and also the occasional, "no y'all aint!", or "who does that?",… Continue

i just read my journal from the day we met and i had to blog about our anniversary and how i am feeling.

i know iron mike blogged about this yesterday. i just read it, and that's why i cant stop crying. i dont know if anyone who hasn't experienced this bike tour can ever understand the way it effects you. it's not just a cross country bike trip that you do just to do; it's a life changing experience that you are a part of for a short time but, then for the rest of your life you always remember… Continue

being back is still hard. will it ever get easy? for me, im not sure it will. but will it be okay. yes, i know it will. live in the tension. that's what a few wise friends of mine have been telling me. but my question is, what does that look like? how does it flesh out?

what i can do is remember. remember moments, days, a week, a state, a person i met along the way, the way i felt on century days, the way i felt when i got in the van instead of riding, the way i felt when i rode for 2 weeks str… Continue

first of all, to reiderate the text i sent to my teammates today, happy monthiversary of riding into the atlantic ocean. today marks a month and i cannot even believe that. life has changed so much since then. not only life, but me. i have gone through a lot, trying to learn whatever it is that i think im supposed to be learning. trying to stay on track with God, but always falling short of who He has created me to be by making mistakes i cant take back. but i know they all happened for a reason… Continue