Wheeled Migration

The Wheeled Migration team sends out a huge thanks to all the riders, hosts, and sponsors for making our first Spring Sojourn so incredible!

A special thanks to Sarah & Karisha of MaMuse, Shannon and the good folks at the Davis Domes, Bob and the Bicycle Hall of Fame, Ray and everyone at Stockton’s Unity Baptist church (you changed everything), UOP and Chico State’s EARC, GRUB, the UC Davis farms, and to all our families and friends for sending us off and welcoming us home again.

Thank you to the riders who made the after party in Yosemite such a huge party!!! And bravo to each of you for riding those big miles into the snowy Sierra Nevada mountains up HWY 120!

We miss you all already and look forward to seeing you on some after after party rides and all the post tour potlucks to come.

One revolution at a time!

Ryan, Quinn, Lisa, Michelle, & Brad

We made it to Stockton! Thus far the tour has been a rolling gaggle of grins. Those of us continuing on to Yosemite are shaking the dew from our tents and eagerly waiting for the cauldron of porridge to begin steaming. We have a few days of uphill ahead!

Photos of the trip are beginning to trickle into the Wheeled Migration Flickr Group Pool – enjoy!

The Spring Sojourn is now joining with the incredible Puentes project for dinner in Stockton.

Puentes focuses on sharing sustainable models across culture, demographics, and income and applying them within Stockton. Their work and wisdom of food security, appropriate technology, and localized agriculture will join us over a community potluck.

We’re thrilled to be headed through Stockton and to share an evening with such great people. See you soon Puentes!

Dresden Holden helped found Wheeled Migration in 2008. The ride ignited her passion for bicycle touring and she’s been on the road ever since.

Here she offers a prayer in poem to new riders. Enjoy.

A Prayer for Wheeled Migration.
By Dresden Holden

May the wind be at your back.
May you lead with your heart.
May your laughs become prayers.
May your words float skyward to the clouds.
May you dissolve into each passing moment,
And each moment dissolve effortlessly into the next.
May you break bread, crack jokes
And don’t forget to stretch. (and don’t forget to butter your crack!)
May your eyes see unknowns in vivid colors.
May you ride with thunder and sleep in silence.
May you ride in silence and heed the thunder within;
May you follow it, and chase it, to the core! (may that thunder not be gas!)
May your wheels tickle the spines of lonely valley roads,
And rouse the views of ancient granite cliffs.
May sunlight crawl up onto outstretched shoulders,
Feeding each new cell born of your body—
Born in mid stride.
May you all travel down the road like blessed prayer beads;
Strung together with strength and love.
May music manifest as you…break wind…?

To my friends, the songbirds—

I will watch for you in the forms of wind moving through trees and hawks in the sky.

We are proud to introduce the 2010 Spring Sojourn Program.

Do enjoy a glimpse of our latest adventure and if you’d like a deeper look, check out the tours Time Control Plan! Maybe we’ll see you along the way..

Thank you for stopping in, you can follow our journey from the Wheeled Migration Facebook, in our blog, on Flicker, or in real time by getting on your bicycle and heading south!

Like what you see? Keep tuned for more WM events coming next month!

The incredible bike loving, roots folk duo MaMuse will bid Wheeled Migration fond farewells as we embark on our first Spring Sojourn tour.

From 9 to 10am Saturday, March 13th we will mark our send off with music and a bike social cruise though the blooming orchards just beyond Chico.

Every bicycle can ride this leisurely event. You are invited to bring out that flashy weekend bike, your tandem, fixie, beach cruiser, or your dusty old Rockhopper and come celebrate the simple joy of riding a bicycle.

See MaMuse at 9:30 beside the fountain in downtown Chico. Alto Sarah Nutting remarked, “we’ll be there playing on our unicycle and thumping that upright bass!”

With a their second full length album now on the way, MaMuse is planning their own grand bicycle adventure in what they call The Strange&Wonderful Bicycle Tour! Keep an ear out for these two women this April.

That’s right friends, the WM Spring Sojourn is almost full. If you still want to ride, now is your time to sign up! We’re holding registration open for three more days.
After that, you’re gonna have to search Craigslist or eBay for these tickets!

Thank you and congratulations to everyone who has registered, this event is going to be a great one!

See you on a bike.

The bike loving city of Davis has invited WM on a private tour of the U.S. Bicycle Hall of Fame! We’re thrilled to be joining curators of the BHF on the morning of March 15th before heading off to Stockton.

It’s an inside look at the history and glory days of racing, manufacturing, and bicycle culture in the United States.

WM is thrilled to introduce our newest best friends at the UC Davis Domes!
Our second night of the Spring Sojourn will be hosted by some of the freshest, earthiest folks in university these days. There will be feasting, oh yes!

Meet “The Domies.”

Straight from their Vision Statement it says members of the Domes Community choose:

• To Promote and exemplify a lifestyle that incorporates the following:

living practices including organic agriculture and permaculture, low-impact construction, energy efficiency, alternative forms of waste management and the general reduction of our ecological footprint, which allow us to meet our needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.

interdependence on levels ranging from emotional to economic.

understanding of differences and conflict resolution through the consensus process.

• To encourage creativity, inspiration, initiative, personal growth and diversity.
• To structure our place and our community as an accessible educational resource for each other, the University of California at Davis, and the greater community of the world

To learn more about the great people of The Domes community, visit their site on the Davis Wiki.

Students, teachers, bike lovers, artists, activists, and musicians alike will be there keeping the fire. Look for more news, photographs, and information from our time with the students of UC Davis here and on the WM Facebook!

And a resounding shout out to the great work and examples of responsible living from the Baggins End community! See you soon!