The semester has ended here at Kenrick, and I finally got a rough draft completed of a thesis chapter (something I lazily worked on for probably half a year). So tomorrow our Christmas break begins. To kick off the long break, I will be flying down to Del Rio, TX, hopping on my bicycle (which is already waiting for me down there) and riding to College Station, TX, over the course of the week. This is Section 4 of the Adventure Cycling Southern Tier Route. Jesse McCormack and I have ridden the first three sections, which cover the distance between San Diego, CA, and Del Rio, TX. He will be joining me on this ride as well. You can see our path across Texas in blue, above.

We'll be on our bikes until December 20th. You can follow our progress on Twitter, where I will be posting updates whenever I have cell coverage. I'll try to update at least once a day to let everyone know what city (or village) we're in. To see the latest news, click on the image above, or visit my Twitter page at http://twitter.com/jsignal/.

Please pray for our safety, health, and for good Texas weather.

-Jason

I've been following the development of this program. It's looking more and more amazing as time goes on. Fr Barron has been doing excellent work at Word On Fire. But this project tops anything he's done before. He exclaims "The Church is going through a dark period. The Church is under fire. ... The Catholic story is being told by the wrong people in the wrong way. We need to tell our own story. ... Catholicism is smart, Catholicism is beautiful, it's textured, it engages the mind and the heart and the body ... it has transformative power."

I could not agree more.

-Jason