Well now the gears are turning. The Seattle ride would give me a long time to prepare both in fundraising and the trip.

The other thing I am wondering is how one begins an organized ride? Do you contact the LBS? The local cycling club? It just seems like everywhere I turn I meet someone who knows someone with Crohn's, why not have a ride in the Southwest? I am not sure this is something I would be ready to take on, but it seems like something to put my heart into.

I am going to keep researching ways to pedal and raise money for CCFA. Right now DH is beginning Remicade, but I don't want to have him on it forever. There must be a way to find a cure. It is a pretty hard diagnosis to take, so I am channeling my frustration elsewhere.