Travel

Marc
Konvisser's idea
of fun this
summer was a
coast-to-coast
bike ride.

BILL CARROLL
Special to the Jewish News

A

n avid bicycle rider,
Marc Konvisser of
Orchard Lake Village
"wanted to see the
country" while riding a bike —
and he wasn't going to let back
trouble or diabetes stop him.
So, on June 15, he took his
special bike and embarked on a
3,600-mile trip across America,
starting in Astoria, Ore., and
ending Aug. 5 in Portsmouth,
N.H. The journey included 100-
degree temperatures, traveling
through the tough Rocky
Mountains, high winds in South
Dakota, the death of one rider,
an injury to another and a spill in
Wisconsin for Konvisser.
There were only five full days
off from the arduous pedaling

8/17
2001

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Marc Konvisser took the long road.