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John and Nancy Vogel and their twin sons are cycling the length of the Americas – three years and 27,000km on the road. But is it fair to the kids?

Lena Corner

Saturday 31 July 2010

Two years ago, John and Nancy Vogel quit their teaching jobs, took their twin boys out of school and rented out their large suburban home in Boise, Idaho. They crammed all their worldly possessions on to two single bikes and a tandem and set off to cycle the Pan-American highway, which runs from the oil fields of north Alaska right down to the tip of Argentina.

The Vogels have so far covered more than 20,000km of their journey and are currently enjoying a three-week break in La Paz, Bolivia. They have a further 7,000km to go and are due to reach their destination some time around the twins’ 13th birthdays. In all, the journey will have taken three years and, if they make it, the boys – Daryl and Davy – will become Guinness world record holders as the youngest people to cycle the length of the Americas….Continue Reading