AT FIFTY-FOUR, Alenka Vrecek's life was spiraling out of control-and she was running out of time to follow through on a long-forgotten dream. She Rides is Alenka's deeply personal memoir of her 2,500-mile solo bikepacking pilgrimage along the spine of the snow-covered Sierra Nevada and into the hostile desert mountains and plains of Mexico's Baja Peninsula. Stripped of self-pity and infused with a good dose of humor, her account of her journey -a voyage across emotional, physical, and cultural boundaries-is a galvanizingwake-up call for anyone who wants to follow their own deeply buried dreams . . .and reclaim their life.
A gripping account of small-scale adventure and self-discovery." -Kirkus reviews "Alenka Vrecek invites us to sit side-saddle as she rides from Tahoe to the tip of Baja, battling headwinds and heartache, illness and injury, and others' ideas of who and how a fifty-four-year-old woman should be. Gripping, wise, and snort-coffee-out-your-nose funny, She Rides will make you want to drop everything, get good and lost, and find your way back home." -Brian Benson, author of Going Somewhere "A universal story of healing, hope, grit, and determination. Alenka's bike trip from Tahoe to Baja is a heroine's journey that will hold you in its grip. But it's also a love story-about knowing what matters most and finding your way back home." -Valerie Andrews, editor of Reinventing Home and author of A Passion for this Earth
