[Hist_Pres] SHPO Potter Award recipient bikes to DC!

[David Bogan]

Take Me to Cooky’s: Riding Solo from Eugene to DC
 
Saturday, December 11th from 3-4 p.m. 
Bascom Room/Eugene Public Library
 
One woman, 3500 miles, two front panniers, and a wave of good tidings. 
Join Heidi Beierle for a slide presentation about her ride across the
country followed by Q & A. Beierle’s destination was in Washington, DC
to attend the "Preserving the Historic Road" conference where she
presented preliminary findings on the connections among historic
roadways, bicycle tourism, and rural economic development. She was one
of the recipients of a travel grant from the State Historic Preservation
Office's 2010 Elisabeth Potter Advocacy and Education Awards.
 
Along the way, Beierle scored the best place to stop for pie,
negotiated simultaneous attack by swarming mosquitoes and a red tail
hawk, and accepted the comfort offered by a Missouri family in the midst
of a record-breaking heat wave. 
 
She also delivered window decals to businesses adjacent to the
TransAmerica Bicycle Trail and interviewed a hundred people about
bicycle touring and living rurally.  Take a ride with Beierle and
experience a great story of enthusiasm, the unexpected, and concern for
others that pictures the people, places, chance encounters of her
personal adventure in cycling.
 
Beierle asks that you please bring a seasonal tea time treat to share
with others.  Friends, family, and children are encouraged to attend.
 
Bike helmets off to Heidi Beierle!
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