The opening photo is from the "hump" in the middle of the 7-mile bridge, east of Key West, Florida. Jon and Earline Blumhagen crossed this bridge on Day 6 of their THIRD Mission Possible Tour in 2014. Earline is deathly afraid of bridges, and thus the title of this tour was "Facing Your Fears." To the best of our understanding, Jon and Earline were the FIRST recumbents tricyclists to cross that 7-mile expanse.
In 2021, for the FOURTH Mission POSSIBLE Tour, Jon went solo on a 5,400 mile tour from Orlando to Alaska, pedaling for 142 days from April 1st to August 20th, spanning 19 states and over the top of EIGHT Continental Divides.
In 2010, in their FIRST Mission Possible Tour, Jon and Earline on ICE trikes became the FIRST recumbent tricyclists to complete the entire MRT (Mississippi River Trail), from Lake Itasca, MN to Venice, LA. Earline also became the FIRST Black women to complete the MRT on a cycle of ANY kind.
The photo of both of us sitting on our trikes was taken on the First MPT at the Tom Sawyer Campground, right on the banks of the Mississippi River, south of West Memphis, Arkansas.
PHOTOS FROM ALL 4 MPT
Video from the Mississippi River
From Day 71, of the First MISSION POSSIBLE TOUR, near West Memphis, Arkansas
