Changing Gears

A Distant Teen, a Desperate Mother, and 4,329 Miles Across the Transamerica Bicycle Trail

By: Leah Day

Narrated by: Cathy Crosman

What happens when a mother and her 16-year-old son drop everything to bike across the country? On the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail, they struggle up hills in the pouring rain, they feel soreness in muscles they didn’t know they had, and they learn more about each other than they ever knew before.

When licensed clinical therapist and self-proclaimed “reluctant adventurer” Leah Day felt herself drifting from her son, Oakley, she decided to make a drastic play to reconnect. In this memoir chronicling the journey of a lifetime, Leah and Oakley find that if they can push themselves to accomplish physically exhausting and emotionally taxing milestones on a bike, they are capable of anything!

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Leah Day (P)2022 Leah Day

A Fascinating Adventure

As interesting as the trip itself are the life and times and interactions between Mom and Son. Definitely worth the read/listen.

amazing story

what an outstanding book. I truly fell in love with the characters and the story.

Honest, open, inspiring

It takes as much courage to tell the story in the transparent way Leah does as it did the ride across the country. All long term travel is a journey of the soul, and a journey across geography. Oakley and Leah take you on both with honesty and inspiration.