WANDERING WHEELS
AT
REHOBOTH BEACH 1971
A small bottle of Pacific
Ocean water was dumped into the Atlantic Ocean at Rehoboth Beach,
Monday, July 26, 1971 by a member of the Wandering Wheels. The water
came by Schwinn Super Sport and took exactly five weeks. This was
the fifth visit of the Wandering Wheels to Rehoboth in the past seven
years, the riders ranging in age from 15 to 18 years. The ride,
3200 miles, began at Huntington Beach, California.
Wandering Wheels is a
Christian program of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, started as
a means to relating rugged physical discipline to spiritual growth .
Bob Diller, teacher in
Cocoa Beach, Florida and Ross Shenot, graduate student at Taylor
University, were the co-coordinators. The 48 riders are from 26
states.
Everything went well of the
trip which began June 21. One bike was lost in an accident but
another replacement was furnished, built from spare parts, by the
traveling mechanic.
Most of the trip was made
on U. S. routes 66 and 50, somewhat off main thoroughfares. The
high school riders made 90 mile per day, ate meals from the “supply
truck' and slept whereever, in the woods, camp grounds and YMCA's.
The cyclist who carried the
Pacific Ocean water was Pat Black of San Francisco.
Source: Wilmington News
Journal, 27 July 1971, Sussex Bureau by Ron Williams.
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