1950s Schwinn in bloom © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Frosty Wooldridge squatting beside a 1950, flared-handle bars, Schwinn bicycle featured as he pedaled into Milford, Ohio, a town on old Route 50 east of Cincinnati that harkens back to the 1880s and sooner. You will see 120 year old buildings, beautiful architecture and lots of bicyclists. The Bishop Bicycle Shop on Main Street offers repairs, new bikes and Bicycles in Bloom. All the stores feature a "Bikes in Bloom" to paint a colorful bicycle-flower parade for all to enjoy all summer.

Exploring the Swiss Alps © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Denis LeMay and his friends explore the Swiss Alps on bicycles. They wound up and down steep mountain grades for two weeks. From the bottoms of valleys, they looked up to magnificent cathedrals. From the tops of those passes, they looked down on magnificent sights such as the one before you.

Backpacking through Chicago Basin © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge 

Joe Comer and Al Wilson pack their way into Chicago Basin with four 14,000 foot peaks: Windom, Sunlight, North Eolus, South Eolus. Blue icebergs float in deep mountain lakes while waterfalls splash down the mountain sides in the silvery starlight. At night, you sit by a roaring campfire while a shooting star places a punctuation mark on the end of the day. Base camp at 11,000 feet. Result: sheer ecstasy.

Bicycle Bathroom for Ultimate Ride © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Some cyclists work create their own bicycle paradise by applying their passions right into the bathroom. They wake up to towels in the basket and a sink on the top tube. This bathroom bicycle enthusiast discovered cycling heaven on Earth.

Bicycle in bloom on Main Street, Milford, Ohio © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Frosty Wooldridge bicycled on Route 50 out of Cincinnati, Ohio, east through the little town of Milford, Ohio in the summer of 2012. At first, he captured one bike blooming with flowers on the edge of town. Within minutes, he pedaled past dozens of bikes blooming with flowers. Old bikes, new bikes, bikes yarned up with "Pac Man" woven into the front spokes along with mother and daughter bikes with rhinestone belts. Flowers of every description greeted his eyes. He laughed, he smiled, he spoke to everyone on the sidewalks about the beauty. It's true, life doesn't get any better than flowers.

Touring cyclist stopping for lunch, Lake Tenaya, Sierra Mountains, California © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Bob and Frosty stop at Tenaya Lake for a lunch break on their coast to coast ride across America. The lake offered crystal clear waters, jumping fish, Canada geese, woodpeckers and blue birds. It also offered a majestic view of enormous beauty. Sitting down for lunch, we sat marveling at our good fortune. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich never tasted so good. We washed it down with clear mountain water.

Canoeist excited about a gaggle of Canada geese taking off in front of her canoe, Shadow Mountain Lake, Colorado © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Canoeist thrilled at the sudden flight of a gaggle of geese on Shadow Mountain Lake at 9,000 feet in the Rocky Mountains near Grand Lake, Colorado. Additionally, canoeists enjoy 8 foot wide wing-spanned white pelicans, beautiful osprey, beavers, musk rats, diving ducks and moose along the shoreline. At night, while camping, meteor showers streak across the ink black of space. Have you ever sat by a campfire when the wood has fallen low; and the embers start to whiten around the fire's crimson glow...

Two climbers summiting Windom Peak, 14,200 feet, Chicago Basin, Colorado © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Al and I celebrating at the top of Mount Windom, 14,082 feet in Colorado's Chicago Basin. They traveled by train from Durango for two hours along the Animas River before being dropped off at Needleton. They packed six miles into the basin to pitch base camp at 11,000 feet. After climbing for five hours through glorious wild flowers, silvery white water streams and treacherous rock, we summitted the peak at 11:00 a.m. In four days, Joe Comer, Al and Frosty summitted Windom, Sunlight, North Eolus and South Eolus—all over 14,000 feet.

Touring cyclist standing in front of the Coliseum, Rome, Italy © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Frosty standing with his iron steed "Condor" in front of the Coliseum in Rome. Gary and he pedaled nearly 4,000 miles from the Arctic Circle, Norway to Athens, Greece. While on tour, they watched the march of humanity from the Vikings to castles to feudalism to democracy in the land of Socrates and the Greek philosophers.

Into the Valley of the Gods © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Frosty Wooldridge riding off the mesa at Capitol Reef Park, Utah, and descending into the Valley of the Gods in the "Land of the Sleeping Rainbows" in the autumn of 2012.

Mother daughter bikes in bloom © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Mother-daughter bicycle display on Main Street, Milford, Ohio with "Bikes in Bloom" an annual event that enlivens and beautifies downtown Milford. Each shop creates a new display that reflects on their style and creativity. People travel from all over the Midwest to see the festival that lasts all summer.

Pac Man takes a bite out of Bikes in Bloom © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Pac Man takes a bite out of "Bikes in Bloom" on Main Street, Milford, Ohio. Each year dozens of merchants feature the most incredible array of bicycles blooming with flowers. It's like a bicycle-flower parade with fabulous creativity. Visitors come from all over America to enjoy the "Bikes In Bloom" parade.

Para-glider soaring off Lookout Mountion, Golden, CO © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Just off Lookout Mountain at 2,000 feet above Golden, Colorado, a paraglider hangs on the thermals rising from the valley below. Dozens of paragliders launch their wings a few yards from the "School of Mines" stone garden on the Lariat Loop on Lookout Mountain Road. Every weekend, paragliders create giant butterfly colors in the sky. Dozens of people gather to watch from adjacent cliffs and from the road far below.

Touring bicycles stacked against a fishing dory on a fjord in Norway © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Bob, Gary, Denis and Frosty stacked their bikes against this fishing dory on a fjord on Lofotan Island, Norway. We crossed over the Arctic Circle on our way from Nord Cap, Norway to Athens, Greece. Each night, we discovered magnificent campsites like the one before you. Each night, we pitched our tents in the land of the mid-night sun. The omnipresent cuckoo bird kept our rapt attention with his endless song, "Cuckoo, cuckoo..." Dream ride, dream moment, dream adventure.

Riding Sunnyside Lift, Mary Jane, Winter Park, Colorado © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Skiers riding the Sunnyside Lift at Winter Park, Colorado. In the background, Parry's Peak at 13,292 feet provides a stunning visual along the Continental Divide. Skiers may choose big bumps to the left or easier cruises on Blue Bell. They can attack the deep powder in the trees or fly down the mountain to the Panoramic Express to take them to 12,065 feet at Parsenn's Bowl. Everything is down hill, 'cept what's up.

Pulling up to a bike in bloom © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Frosty Wooldridge pulls up in front of a "Bikes in Bloom" in Milford, Ohio for a front row seat of the greatest parade of blooming bicycles in the entire United States. The town on old Route 50 east of Cincinnati harkens back to the 1880s and sooner. You will see 120 year old buildings, beautiful architecture and lots of bicyclists. The Bishop Bicycle Shop on Main Street offers repairs, new bikes and Bicycles in Bloom. All the stores feature a "Bikes in Bloom" to paint a colorful bicycle-flower parade for all to enjoy all summer.

Winter hut to hut, 12,000 feet, Homestake Peak, Mt. Holy Cross, Colorado © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Al, Frosty and Scott pushing through fresh powder on our way up out of the Grand Valley headed toward Homestake Peak at 13,209 feet at 40 below zero F. at the top. After five hours, we reached the summit. We saw mountain peaks 100 miles away in a 360 degree circle. To reach the top of a mountain in mid winter makes for one of the greatest delights in a mountaineer’s soul. It's a Colorado Rocky Mountain High! Pure satori!

Rhinestone studded bicycle in bloom © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

A rhinestone studded bicycle in bloom on the Main Street of Milford, Ohio, on Route 50 east of Cincinnati, Ohio. Each year, dozens of store fronts feature "Bikes in Bloom" to create more foot traffic, beauty and customer amazement at the wild and crazy.

Rock climbing south of Positano, Italy © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Deric Skinner of Lakewood, Colorado makes his way up challenging rock wall in Positano, Italy. He has traveled and climbed all over the world including Italy. His exploits show raw energy in action with his symbiotic dance with vertical rock walls. Notice the bicycle chain tattoo on his left ankle. He rides a pretty mean bicycle when not climbing up a cliff.

Skiing off Parsenn's Bowl, Mary Jane, Winter Park, Colorado © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Frank Cada skiing down Niki-Knak powder run off Parsenn's Bowl followed by his friend Glen Colton. The run began at 12,065 feet on its way over enormous alpine meadows above tree line. Soon, Frank and Glen worked their way into the trees and skied under the gargantuan Parry's Peak on the Continental Divide. At the bottom, they reluctantly jumped on the six-pack Panoramic Express for a quick ride to the top to do it all over again. Such is the life of ski bums. Mary Jane at Winter Park, Colorado

The Oracle of Delphi © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Frosty Wooldridge standing in the middle of the Oracle of Delphi giving a speech to the "ghosts" of the people that once sat in those stands from 776 B.C. His friend Gary and he pedaled along the Mediterranean Sea in order to reach the Oracle. They climbed up into the ancient Greek mountains. They stood in wonder at the many statues, pillars, sports fields and the Temple of Apollo. To stand in that spot where kings once stood brought an amazing feeling of energy from the past. Travel! It gets in your bones.

Touring cyclist celebrating meeting three old men in village square, Corona, Italy © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

While traveling from the Arctic Circle, Norway to Athens, Greece, long distance touring cyclist Gary Hall met three Italian cyclists who have been riding their same bicycles since their teens, which made their bicycles over 50 years old and still rolling. They had parked all three of their ancient bicycles in the same rack for over 50 years to share breakfast, coffee and conversation in the shop. They shared their smiles, spirits and coffee with us. The Ring of Life circulates in wondrous manners through all human beings on this planet.

Cyclist escaping the open jaws of a ferry ship, Lofotan Island, Norway © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Frosty riding out of the belly of one of the hundreds of ferry boats that serve Norwegians from Nord Cap all the way to Bergen. They run from Lofotan Island to Oslo. We met people from every corner of the world. Riding out of the belly of the beast points you toward a new beginning.

Rock climbing in Sperlonga, Italy © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Deric Skinner navigating a rock wall in Sperlonga, Italy. His feet fit into every hold on the route. He places every piton into every spot to ensure his safety. He applies all his energies to reach the top.

Denis and Bob after dropping out of the high Sierras. From snow banks to desert heat. They traveled east toward Panamint Valley and on to Death Valley at 282 feet below sea level with temperatures of 112 degrees F.

Touring cyclists toasting lunch with wine, Corona, Italy © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Marloes, Anneke, Frosty, Gary and Jan toasting to a tasty lunch after being presented with an iced bottle of wine, bread and cheese in a small town in the south of Italy near Rome. Gary, Bob, Denis and Frosty met many such moments on their pedaling journey from the Arctic Circle, Norway to Athens, Greece.

Touring cyclist exiting ferry, Lofotan Island, Norway

Frosty riding out of the belly of one of the hundreds of ferry boats that serve Norwegians from Nord Cap all the way to Bergen. They run from Lofotan Island to Oslo. We met people from every corner of the world. Riding out of the belly of the beast points you toward a new beginning.

Touring cyclist stopping for lunch, Lake Tenaya, Sierra Mountains, California © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Bob and Frosty stop at Tenaya Lake for a lunch break on their coast to coast ride across America. The lake offered crystal clear waters, jumping fish, Canada geese, woodpeckers and blue birds. It also offered a majestic view of enormous beauty. Sitting down for lunch, we sat marveling at our good fortune. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich never tasted so good. We washed it down with clear mountain water.

Touring cyclist riding into the Land of the Sleeping Rainbows, Utah © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Frosty Wooldridge riding his mountain expedition touring bike Through the mountains of central Utah on his way through "The Land of the Sleeping Rainbows" and into the Valley of the Gods.

Winter ascent of Homestake Peak at 13,209 feet, Mt. Holy Cross region, Colorado © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Frosty standing on top of Homestake Peak at 13,209 feet, January 27th, 31 below zero, 40 mph winds in the Mount Holy Cross area of the Rocky Mountains. Each year, thousands of back country skiers summit peaks all over America in their quests to feel the triumph and the passion of making a winter ascent. After the cheers, pictures and back slapping, they ski down through deep powder bliss and back to a hut, fireplace, hot chocolate and stories to tell. God, thank you for mountains, skis and friends—not to mention hot chocolate.

Touring cyclists, fjord, Lofotan Island, Norway © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Frosty and Bob raise their hands in awe at the wondrous sight before them on a fjord in Norway. They pedaled from Nord Cap, Norway, north of the Arctic Circle by 700 km to Athens, Greece. From the lands of the Vikings to the Oracle of Delphi and Socrates at the Parthenon.

Two kayakers on Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Two kayakers paddling across the placid waters of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone, Montana. They utilize double paddles for efficient propulsion through crystalline waters. Out of the picture, a gaggle of 50 Canada geese squawked at the kayakers as if they wanted the lake to themselves. Above, the sun shinned across the waters. Isn't there a beer ad that boasts, "It doesn't get any better than this."

Touring cyclist about to ascend into Yosemite National Park, California © 2012 Frosty Wooldridge

Frosty Wooldridge standing at the base of the climb into Yosemite National Park, which is known as the Land of John Muir, America's first environmentalist. He created the National Park Systems along with President Teddy Roosevelt. After the picture, Frosty jumped on his bike to ride for hours along the white water Merced River into the eye-popping grandeur Yosemite Valley.