The Final Stretch Video
My film editor/ice cream maker husband just finished this video of the final day of my ride to Marin from Bodega Bay Dunes Campground, through the quaint towns of Tomales and Point Reyes Station to my sister’s house in San Anselmo. Riding along Tomales Bay was absolutely beautiful and the great bike path through Samuel P. Taylor State Park was a highlight as well.
Two of the doctors on the ride also had GoPro cameras and some still shots were taken as well, so at some point we may get that footage and put it together in a video of the whole trip.
I love the beginning of the video–leaving the campground with the supportive crew of doctors and such from the Center for Integrative Health and Wellness/Marin Cancer Institute. I am honored that these hard working people woke up at the crack of dawn to meet me in the boonies and spent their entire Sunday riding in with me. And not only the riders, but the drivers who shuttled everyone and kept our water bottles filled and snacks on the road.
The video clip shows my arrival in San Anselmo–a surprise that a bunch of people gathered to welcome me (and the kids held a bake sale), friends, family, and other supporters. It was a fabulous day. I felt at a pinnacle of sorts. The clip ends with the culminating event, of course….my final destination, chemotherapy.
This video was made on the road using iMovie on an iPad with a GoPro Hero2 camera. Music is Peng 33! by Iron and Wine.
you have really done an amazing thing here, nicole.
what an incredible group of doctors – it speaks volumes that they rode with you.
i hope this makes the national news ♥
Thank you Garret for such a powerful video…I sobbed watching this. Perfect music & lyrics… Incredible Doctors and Staff… Fierce Nicole!
Wow…
Loved the last stretch video….wish I saw if you snuck a bite of a honey bun at the Bovine, of course you likely drank your juice instead which is why you are doing soooooo awesome right now! I just have to say how floored I was when I had a last minute Saturday morning shower idea, sent one mass email to 20ish dynamic, loving people (some of who do not even know you!) and next thing I know plates of cookies and bags of lemons arrived at our house like you would not believe….well you can believe it because what other bake sale has ever raised almost $400….then there were the people who gave me money the day before saying “just put a cookie in my mailbox if I cant be there” and my neighbor down the street who handed me a 20 bill at the end of the day just because he heard about it. Thank you to all the children who made the signs, sales, cookies and lemonade and all the friends who donated cookies, plants, carrots, lemons, tangerines and who came to see you ride in…..and that band that just happened to be playing music (before the police asked them to leave) who donated all of their tips into the fund for the Center for Integrative Health and Wellness. So many kind and loving people! And we are all rooting for you Nicole!!!!! MAGICAL THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THE WORLD! LOVE, MELINDA
Woohoooo—yeah, more crying, but such tears of joy and pride. Another beautiful video of your awe-inspiring journey. I must mention the irony of the time I took a 13 yr old you for a bike ride in Samuel P. on that bike path when we lived in Woodacre for a short time and you said “Where are we going?” I replied, “Just to the end of the trail and back.” Then in pure teenage fashion, you said “I just don’t get the point!” Here you are 20 years later with a very grand and meaningful reason for a bike ride. Love you Honey!
Awesome, Nicole! Tears of … well … everything! For you, for inspiration, for Garrett and your beautiful kids and health care workers and chemotherapy and your courage and intention. Sending you love, always, Gray
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