Slow travel encourages synchronicities and opportunities. I’m traveling on train and decided to go to Galesburg, Illinois for two days. I found a beautiful spot downtown to stay and discovered the community also has a beautiful bookstore, Wordsmith Bookshoppe. I’m delighted they were willing to try a pop-up author event!

Heidi Across America - One Woman's Journey on a Bicycle Through the Heartland is set during summer 2010 when Heidi Beierle pedaled solo across America studying bicycle tourism and rural economic development.

Wordsmith Bookshoppe is a woman-owned, rural, indie bookstore. It’s wonderful to bring a pop-up opportunity to Galesburg, IL, to support this community's reading and cycling habits and hopefully inspire a few folks to find adventures that will set them on a new path.