Despite battling heavy winds, rain and once snow, and despite being eaten alive by bugs or waking up covered in heat rashes, the girls carry on.

When asked the best part about the trips, Alli says it is the people they meet.

There was the time a flat tire forced them onto a stranger's property. Intimidated at first by the woman coming at them in a golf cart and accompanied by a huge dog, the cyclists were given refreshments and a tour of the massive grounds and impressive home. Another time, there were two cyclists who were using breast gel implants for cushioning on their bicycle seats.

Paul stops to talk to most people cycling through Houston, often inviting them into his home. "It's a big world but a small fraternity of transcontinental cyclists, " he says. "On a bicycle, no-one takes us as a threat." Gheri smiles knowingly, "They always want to feed you. Eat! EAT! Like Italian mothers. When I was biking, I could never get enough sleep or calories."

Dani says another best part was trying all the different foods, even though a lot was cooked by her Dad. In rural America, you couldn't always get what you wanted to cook, Paul says. "They just think I'm a great cook because they were so hungry."

Paul is also interested in joining the Randonneurs, an international cycling club started in 1923 which "...fosters long distance ultra cycling in a friendly, supportive, non-competitive environment." There are 200 to 1200 km brevets (jaunts) all to be finished under a certain time limit. The one from Prince Rupert to Williams Lake must be completed in 75 hours. This will require rigorous training.