BIKE RIDE A HEALTHY CHALLENGE FOR HOME RESIDENTS.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer Eleven boys and three men set off Friday on a two-day, 120 mile bicycle ride from Long Beach to Mexico, finishing the last leg of a ride that started in August at the Oregon border. Challenging boys and young men with experiences like a long-distance bicycle ride is a way to keep them from seeking excitement in crime, said Emmett Murrell, from whose Palmdale boys' home most of the participants come. ``You have to have adventures,'' said Murrell, who has run the boys' home for 15 years. Departing from west Palmdale before dawn Thursday in a van pulling a trailer loaded with bicycles, the group was to pedal from Long Beach to San Clemente San Clemente (săn klĭmĕn`tē), city (1990 pop. 41,100), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; inc. 1928. Camp Pendleton, a large U.S. marine base, adjoins the city, which is chiefly residential. , spend the night at a Best Western motel, then ride on to the border. A van accompanies them carrying their gear. Some of the boys cycled the first leg of the trip last summer, when the group spent from Aug. 2 to 15 riding along the coast from Crescent City Crescent City is the name of the following places:
Averaging 60 miles a day isn't hard, said 13-year-old Rasheen ``Chris'' Watson, grandson of the home's independent living coordinator, Lowell White. ``It's like in your blood,'' said Watson, who estimates he rides his bicycle 15 miles on weekends. Twenty-five years ago, White and Murrell themselves cycled to Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. to raise money for the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Boys Club, where both were working. The Murrell home's first long ride came in 1993, when boys cycled from Lancaster to Washington, D.C., trying to raise money for computers for the home's then-new independent living program. That ride seemed to make such an impact on the boys that Murrell decided to incorporate similar long-distance rides into his program. Journeys like the bicycle trip gives Murrell and other staff undivided UNDIVIDED. That which is held by the same title by two or more persons, whether their rights are equal, as to value or quantity, or unequal. 2. Tenants in common, joint-tenants, and partners, hold an undivided right in their respective properties, until time to make an impression on their young charges' lives. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (color -- ran in AV edition only) The cyclists This is an incomplete list. Please add to this list if you are aware of an omission. This is a list of cyclists by decade. Cyclists by decade Cyclists before the 1880s
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