OUR MISSION

So what is Viva La Vagabond? The fearless bike team of Israel Valdes, Jordan Taylor and Natalee Lewis. This summer they will be biking from Tillamook,OR to Yorktown, VA via the Transamerica Trail and spreading the word about an awesome local organization, Ride for Reading, whose goal is to raise awareness about the importance of literacy and a healthy lifestyle via cycling. Our plan is to stop at key points and tell people about our journey, as well as our mission and Ride For Reading

We plan to follow the Transamerica trail from coast to coast while riding completely self-supported. This means that we will be living out of our bike and camping, couchsurfing and moteling (is that a word? SURE!) as we cross the country. Our ride should take us around 3 months, considering no major bear or carnie maulings happen. HAHA! no but really, these things happen..

On a brighter note, as a result of our ride, we hope to bring more supporters and followers to Ride for Reading and teach people across the U.S. about the importance of cycling in day to day life. We hope to inspire more people to take up cycling and make it a part of their lifestyle.  Therefore, even if we only inspire one person to pick up a bike then we will be able to call our ride a success.  We know how much cycling has given to each one us so we wish to spread the joy of biking and reading across the our nation!