Thanks go out to our wonderful 2012 sponsors!
FCBF official booksellers:
The 2012 Fox Cities Reads is underway! Pick up a copy of Make the Impossible Possible by Bill Strickland at your local library and join in community-wide discussions about the book. The author will visit the Fox Cities April 16-18 during the Fox Cities Book Festival.
Author Biography
Bobbi Montgomery is an award-winning English teacher who retired just in time to begin pedaling across America. Also a runner and triathlete, Montgomery came to love bicycle touring when she joined Honeywell and others on a Nova Scotia tour in 1987. Other group trips whetted her appetite to pedal greater distances, so when she and Honeywell discovered their similar retirement dates, her decision was easy. Cheered on by her partner, Bob, her children, grandchildren, and friends in Ohio, she joined Honeywell in Oregon for their three-month adventure on bicycles.
Back at home, she continues to ride the hills of southern Ohio with her local bicycle club, Gears4Beers.Now she consults for an education publisher and works with student teachers in southwest Ohio. She also volunteers in her community and is a board member of the HeartStone Foundation, a non-profit that helps those with life-threatening illnesses pay their medical bills.
She will be presenting "Across America by Bicycle: Alice and Bobbi's Summer on Wheels" with Alice Honeywell.
Additional Information
- Website for Across America by Bicycle
Across America by Bicycle: Alice and Bobbi's Summer on Wheels
In this session, Honeywell and Montgomery speak about both the adventure they undertook to pedal across the United states and also the process of collaborating on writing the book that grew out of the adventure. Themes include the joys of trip planning, discovering America slowly, "up close and personal," living simply, enjoying the generosity of strangers, and deepening their own friendship as they faced a number of challenges together.
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