Monday, December 9, 2013

New Videos!

For those that follow this blog I wanted to do an update with my latest videos.  Thanks for watching! 


Biking For Wishes ( In Two Minutes )


Tranquility
~ A collection of my photography and some good music to go with it ~



Redwoods Trip
~ Solo trip to the Redwoods Coast - July 2013 ~



Black Butte Center For Railroad Culture - Forest Restoration Project
~ A 21 minute documentary I filmed at the B.B.C.R.C. on forest restoration in Weed, CA ~


Inversion




Inversion is my latest collection of nature photography inverted.  Best viewed in the dark with headphones, at least in my opinion.  If you like, leave a comment.  Enjoy!











Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Biking For Wishes and Quest West Movies

I have been remastering my Quest West and Biking For Wishes movies and I plan to have both finished and available on dvd sometime soon!  Movie descriptions below.

( Trailer For Biking For Wishes - The Movie )
  

Biking For Wishes - Solo bicycle trip taken in the summer of 2011 from Weed, California to Asheville, North Carolina.  Covering 3,812 miles of American beauty, I witnessed the goodness of mankind so very often.  The scenery was nothing short of incredible, a wide variety of wildlife and birdlife, as well as plenty of delicious food!  I did suffer from the extreme heat and abundant flat tires but I have no regrets.  

It all began in the small town of Weed in Northern California.  At the local brewery where I worked is where I began my solo bicycle ride.  My plan, to safely bike to Asheville, North Carolina while raising funds and awareness for the Make-A-Wish Foundation along the way.  I biked around the base of Mount Shasta pedaling through National Forest and past majestic waterfalls.  My custom planned route led me up and over the Sierra Mountains and south all the way to the Mojave Desert.  It was just before entering Death Valley that I was hit by a lengthy heat wave with temps reaching 120 degrees.  Through determination and help of friends, new and old, I continued on through the heat.  I passed through Death Valley, Las Vegas, Lake Mead, the Grand Canyon, Arizona Navajo Country, Monument Valley in Southern Utah, the Sangre De Cristo mountains of northern New Mexico, across the panhandle of Oklahoma, into the Ozarks of Arkansas, crossing the Mississippi River reaching Memphis.  From Memphis I biked all the way across southern Tennessee reaching the Smoky Mountains.  I then crossed the Smokies and reached my destination of Asheville, North Carolina where I resided for two months taking in the fall colors and making new friends. 

This trip was nothing short of amazing and the best part of all is the money Biking For Wishes raised granted Ethan's Wish to go to the Walt Disney World Resort!  I cannot thank everyone involved enough for help making Ethan's wish come true!

Quest West - In the summer of 2009 I left my job of 8 years in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and began a solo bicycle trip to the Redwoods of northern California!  I crossed the beautiful state of Wisconsin and then biked along the mighty Mississippi River until reaching the headwaters in northern Minnesota.  From there I continued through Fargo crossing North Dakota and Montana, passing over the Rocky Mountains in northern Idaho.  I then biked through wine county in Walla Walla, Washington followed the Columbia River past Mount Hood, Portland and then laying eyes for the very first time on the Pacific Ocean in Astoria, Oregon.  From there I biked the entire Oregon Coast south to Redwood National Park in Crescent City, California.  

The entire trip covered 3,592 miles and raised just under $2,600 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation®.  As with my Biking For Wishes trip it was the people who really made the journey so rewarding and memorable.  After reaching the Redwoods and spending a couple months back home in Wisconsin I retrieved my bike from storage and moved to Weed, California.  This Quest West was one of the best decisions of my life and I think back to it often with many great memories.  I hope to showcase just how special this trip was in the newly revised movie with an all new soundtrack.  


~ Kevin Citta


Sunday, March 3, 2013

Welcome to the all new Biking For Wishes blog!

Thanks for visiting!  This is the all new Biking For Wishes blog which will be updated regularly.  Please check back often and sign up to follow the blog on the right side of the page.  Thanks, Kevin Citta

To view photographs and read stories of my solo cross country bicycle travels visit www.kevincitta.blogspot.com.  In the summer of 2009 I rode from Sheboygan, WI to Crescent City, CA and in the summer of 2011 I rode from Weed, CA to Asheville, NC.