That's all folks ... Green Netjetter Susan stands on the beach in Oregon with only the
Pacific Ocean between her and home.
As shattered green Netjetter Susan Greenwood stumbles onto the beach at Florence, Oregon, she looks back on her epic cycle west across America and prepares to head home.
It's perfect. It's just how I imagined it would be and there aren't many things you can say that about. The Pacific Ocean lies powerfully before me: finally an obstacle to my westward path which my willpower and two wheels can't get me over.
I assumed I'd be doing cartwheels, legging it up and down the beach yelling "'yeah, yeah, hell, yeah!" (well I have been in America for three months) but instead I find myself sat peacefully on the sand, watching the grey waves tumble over each other against a silver sky. It's like watching everything you've ever worked for come to fruition and it's mesmerising.
So here I end and start again. For his trip has inspired in me a love for this planet which has long lain dormant. I could wax lyrical about life-changing experiences, horizon-expanding encounters and how the world is full of beautiful people and places. But being a Londoner, I'm going to do what we do best - scream to everyone to "get on yer bike" and quote someone else.
I leave you with the very appropriate words of one John Burroughs: "I am in love with this world. I have rested lovingly in it. I have climbed its mountains, roamed its forests, felt the sting of its frosts, the oppression of its heats, the drenching of its rains, the fury of its winds and always have beauty and joy waited upon my comings and goings."
Peace out people and thanks for joining me xx
To view a gallery of pictures from Susan's journey, click here.
