Welcome to Episode 12 (“Dreaming of a Hard Rock Christmas” of the Podcast Series “What Really Helps: Bike+RV+Dog=50 States. For this podcast, it was Day 74 through Day 80 of the Duty, Honor, America Tour (Dec 19 - 25, 2010). This week we found

Episode 11: Freezing Temps & Home Cooked Meals

Feb 21st, 2021 33m 8s

Welcome to Episode 11 (“Freezing Temps & Home Cooked Meals” of the Podcast Series “What Really Helps: Bike+RV+Dog=50 States. For this podcast, it was Day 67 through Day 73 of the Duty, Honor, America Tour (Dec 12 - 18, 2010). This week the weat

Episode 10: Juggling Schedules & Planes

Jan 23rd, 2021 1h 16m

Welcome to Episode 10 (“Juggling Schedules & Planes” of the Podcast Series “What Really Helps: Bike+RV+Dog=50 States. For this podcast, it was Day 60 through Day 66 of the Duty, Honor, America Tour (Dec 5 - 11, 2010). This week we leave Florida

Episode 9: Disaster Averted

Jan 9th, 2021 1h 15m

Welcome to Episode 9 (“Disaster Averted” of the Podcast Series “What Really Helps: Bike+RV+Dog=50 States. For this podcast, it was Day 53 through Day 59 of the Duty, Honor, America Tour (Nov 28 to Dec 4, 2010). This week we leave the Atlantic O

Episode 8: Thanksgiving at Home

Dec 27th, 2020 55m 7s

Welcome to Episode 8 (“Thanksgiving at Home” of the Podcast Series “What Really Helps: Bike+RV+Dog=50 States. For this podcast, it was Day 46 through Day 52 of the Duty, Honor, America Tour (Nov 21 to 27, 2010). This week was the South Carolina

Episode 7: Virginia and North Carolina

Dec 6th, 2020 1h 17m

This week we left Washington DC and Northern Virginia and made our way to the military bases at the mouth of the James River, then to Fort Bragg and ultimately into South Carolina. We stayed with family friends at the beginning of the week and

Episode 6: Veteran Days

Nov 25th, 2020 1h 22m

Days 32 to 38 of the Duty, Honor, America Tour took us through Veterans Day, the 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon, and Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC. We continued to make contact family, friends and classmates as we made our way thr

Episode 5: Hit Restart!

Nov 12th, 2020 1h 18m

Day 25 through Day 31 of the Duty, Honor, America Tour was the restart of our tour. After a week of meetings, parties and dancing, we were ready to get back on the road! Of course, we started by separating! I headed down to Ground Zero in New Y

Episode 4: Connecting to our Lifeline

Nov 1st, 2020 1h 4m

Days 17-24 of the Duty, Honor, America Tour were off the bike (mostly). After 16 days starting the tour by cycling through New England, Deb and Doug traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual

Episode 3: Getting Back to Basics!

Oct 26th, 2020 1h 41m

Day 9 through Day 16 of the Duty, Honor, America Tour had us wondering if the pace would slow down at all! As you will hear, Doug may have had the easy job: cycling for 4-6 hours every day! Debra had all the other jobs that were tough to fit in

Episode 2: How Veterans Service Organizations Help!

Oct 16th, 2020 1h 23m

As we reviewed this week’s activities during Days 2 through 8 of the Duty, Honor, America Tour, we realized how much the rest of our year-long journey was formed by the conversations with and opportunities to meet true American heroes in the ve

Episode 1: Thank you, Fort Drum & Watertown & Tupper Lake!

Oct 7th, 2020 1h 18m

In this week’s podcast, we bring you up to speed on the three-and-a-half week period between the Wisconsin Ironman, held Sep 12th, and the first day of the Duty, Honor, America Tour on Thursday, October 7, 2010. Listen to the story of great sup

Episode 0: An IRONMAN is just training!

Sep 13th, 2020 57m 53s

Episode 0 provides the overview of the Podcast Series What Really Helps: Bike+RV+Dog=50 States, a recording by Deb Lewis about the focus of the Duty, Honor, America Tour, and stories highlighting the preparations Deb and her husband Doug Adams

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