Hello and welcome to the Bikes for Death podcast. My name is Patrick and I am your host and we are living in a different world than we were when I recorded this episode on February 25th almost a month ago to the day.

I've thought a lot about what I could say in regards to the coronavirus.

I know that there's thousands of people listening all over the world,

and I know that we are all in this together. I know that's something that I think we feel sometimes and we acknowledge, but what has really occurred to me is how this virus has really highlighted

how interconnected we all are.

I mean, it's crazy to think that this whole thing started in Wuhan, China,

and it has now impacted the entire globe.

Not everyone is infected yet, or maybe they won't be but i have this sense we are all

experiencing this to some degree i don't think there's anyone that isn't affected by what's

going on right now.

And the one thing that's really stood out to me is how connected we really are.

And if I was going to take something positive away from this, this whole thing, I guess that would be it.

I hope everyone out there is doing well. I hope you are staying home or going on bike rides

solo or whatever, you know, responsibly riding your bike. Damn it. I really do hope that everybody

out there is doing well. Be smart. Realize that your actions

do have an impact and we all need to do what we can. We can all get through this together

if we just stay alone at home or on solo bike rides. Much like my guest on today's episode who did a solo bikepacking trip along the Mexico,

United States border all the way from California to Texas.

And that is where I caught up with Jenny Schmidt.

We met up at Rocky Hill Ranch in Smithville, Texas. And that is where I caught up with Jenny Schmidt. We met up at Rocky Hill Ranch in

Smithville, Texas, which is just between, it's between Austin and College Station. And I actually

got to thinking about it. And that was the first place that I ever did a mountain bike race.

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