 I'm Ryan and I'm Allie. After falling in love, we decided to ride bikes across America, collecting love advice along the way. This is Love Cycles. No flatties, no whinnies, no crannies. Are you sad that you're leaving, Allie? I am really sad. I had kind of gotten used to being a cow girl. I woke up at 5 a.m. this morning and was just ready to go. I was ready to go like saddle the horses. I was a good cow girl. I'm Cusco. We'll miss you. Bye-bye, buddy. No flatties. Bye-bye, boot ranch. We've gone 15 feet from the ranch. Allie's putting flowers in her hair. It is a beautiful Saturday to be back on the bikes. It's going to be a hot one. We're heading to a town called Lusk on the very eastern edge of Wyoming. We hear it's rawhide days. They're having some sort of a celebration and my very good friends, Bobalicious and Missalicious, are going to meet us and my everloving dad is going to come down for an evening and we're all going to enjoy some pageantry and some dancing in the streets. It's going to be a good old time. These shots are hard to get because there's so many damn deer flies. This is one of the quietest roads we've been on in all of Wyoming. It's very nice and there's antelope again off the side of the road. We are doing something that we have not done in a long time and that is hang out in the middle of a road. There's no traffic that way or that way. This has been a really cool road to ride on because it just goes straight forever and it's continuously rolling. You're never flat. You're going up, you're going down, you're going up, you're going down. It keeps on looking like you're getting to the top of Wyoming and then you get to the top and there's another roller. Roadside lunch time. Huckleberry honey. Usually we like to find shade when we have lunch by the road but there is no shade anywhere near us so we're just going to sit in the sun and hope for a cloud. I was just looking at the Google map of our location to see how far we have to go to Lusk and I noticed that we are directly north of Denver. We could be home in three and a half hours but don't worry we're not tempted to go home. We're going to New York. I would say the cool thing about being so close to home is that our friends and family are coming up and they're visiting and they're riding bikes with us and partying and saying hi and that's awesome. We've been riding beside this coal train for a few miles now. It's just going pretty slow and it gives you a good look at just how much coal is in that thing. There is a ton and I'm asking myself how much power is on that train. How long will all that coal last whatever town it's going to or power plant? It seems like a lot. Anyway those are my deep thoughts right now from the road. There he is. It's a classic. I gotta wear this. Of course. She weighs nothing. Bobalicious is famous for his hugs. Take the heavy stuff. Bob is taking our bag so we can ride light. You might have things other than lemonade if you guys want something else. Those are her faves. You guys are incredible. This is when you want a lemonade stand. Allie and I actually ran out of water today so we're super thirsty and this is just perfect. Allie loves lemonade. She's so happy right now. This is so good. You guys are amazing. We'll see you in Lusk. See you in Lusk. Bye bye. Nice work Ryan. Boom. We're here. We thought maybe you could use a new shirt. That's right ladies and gentlemen. Official Love Cycle Jerseys. It's always our pleasure. Thank you so much. Oh yeah that's nice and cold. Just took a shower. You want to take a shower? There's no creek nearby here but just did the job. Allie sometimes has flowers in her hair but also sometimes spiders. Look at that. All right all the way under. Time for a wet t-shirt contest. We have so many people intercepting us today. Allie's dad just showed up. Dear Lord, they brought queso. I love you and I love you and I love everybody here. This is a perfect situation. Did you even see what these were made out of? What are they made out of? All these beans. Black bean chips. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Is real deal thunder. I'm not adding special effects in the edit. It has been raining all night and thundering all night and super windy. But luckily we've been cozy in our tent. I'm going to use this lemonade stand to stay warm. Is that okay Bob? That's not offensive. It's not right with me. It's not offensive is it? How you doing today bud? No, I'm doing good. Are you excited to ride bikes? No, I am so not excited to ride bikes. I don't know why I'm either. Maybe we should have sit at a cafe all day. So Bob says he's not excited to ride bikes. Are you excited to ride bikes? I'm always excited to ride bikes. Okay good. At least somebody is. Your wife wants to ride bikes. She can go first. How you feeling Allie? I'm cold. I slept about three hours last night. But I'm going to hang out with dad. I'm going to share some advice with us. Can I party for it some wisdom? You started out looking to love the right chip of love between the two of you. But you moved on into the general nature of love. You know, people let you entirely outside of your sphere. And you found there this common humanity. And that's something that this country really needs right now. That's all kinds of love. It's human love. And it's love for humanity. And it's love for our country and the whole world. Group hug! When's the last time you rode your bike? Any distance? I do remember. I rode my first century June 21st. But then found out centuries actually a hundred miles not a hundred minutes. So June. No, I don't remember the date, but it was 2009. I think the last time I rode 85 miles. Yeah, that's right. You can do it again. This is our nine-year anniversary. They call him the Lance Armstrong of the big man. He brought his townie and he's riding with us 85 miles to Kansas. Holy crap, 85 miles? Yeah, it's going to be a fire. It's a long one. Bob met me when I rode my cruiser bike across the country in 2009. Bob and Michelle met me and we rode for a couple of days together and it was beautiful. And we had some great happy dances and we're in luck today because we're going to cross the border and go to Nebraska. And we're going to relive the happy dance. Ladies and gentlemen, first up today in Love Cycles is Missalicious. How you feeling? Woo-hoo! Yeah! I am feeling rainy. Rainy and cold. And wet. Go team! No crashes, no whammies, no bodies. Everybody gets kisses. All roads lead to Nebraska! Missalicious, first leg, sixth leg. First leg, first leg, first leg. Did it! Who's up next? Bobalicious. Bobalicious. You ready? I'm ready. All right. Is your butt ready? Oh, my butt's ready. Bobalicious picked these for me. Aren't they the loveliest? They are great. They're going to bring some sunshine to this cloudy day. That way is New York. Start pedaling. I'm only going to Nebraska. Let's sing our favorite song, Bob! Is it? The bike feels good. You guys are so nice to go nice and slow for me. It's good to be out here. Look at that. It's so exciting! You're going to have a baby! Woo! All right. Bye! Oh, look at that. It's Nebraska! Bobalicious has been waiting for this moment all day. Maybe all of his life. Here we go, Bob. Let's do this! Nebraska, we're coming for you. Oh, boy. Yeah. Nice and muddy. We're bringing Wyoming with us. A little bit of Wyoming dirt. Hey, guys. Look. There's some blue sky right there. Hello, Mr. Sky. Thank you, Nebraska, for the paved road and the big shoulder. We're loving it. Just like your sign says, this is the good life. And we're so thankful that the rain has stopped. The forecast called for rain pretty much all afternoon, but it stopped, which is very nice. Cue the happy music. I am so happy that Bob and Michelle are here. I've been looking forward to this for like two weeks. They are just so sweet and kind and loving and caring and generous and goofy. And I feel very fortunate that I have them in my life and extra fortunate that they're here riding with us. These kind of moments that just make you feel very loved and happy. My heart is very full. I figure since we're out in the middle of nowhere, we've had a beautiful day of riding so far. This is a good time for some love advice. And you two have been in my life for a long time and I was fortunate enough to be at your beautiful wedding. And I look up to you in many ways and go. It's kidding. I really think the key to long-lasting love is wanting to be together. I think it's really the only key. Yeah. You either do what you need to do to find something that works for both of you so you can stay together or you don't. It's really simple. Mine goes down to the communication. You're together and you're with someone. And the truth is, you know, you want what's best for you. You want what's best for them. And they want what's best for you. And you want they want what's best for them. And it's not always the same thing. You have to talk about it. And you don't want to be unclear. You know, say this bike ride, you know, if Michelle didn't want to do the bike ride, which we both wanted to do, which is, you know, and she would have said, yes, you know what, let's go do this bike ride because I know what it means to you. And we'd have done the bike ride. And then she would have not been happy. And, you know, she's not happy that I'm not happy. And you just really have to communicate that what you want to do or what you don't want to do. And then sometimes you do what you don't want to do to support the other person. And when that happens, you do it wholeheartedly. You do it because you're making the other person happy. You don't agree to do it. And then be like, well, I don't want to do this. So I'm just going to make everyone miserable. Just, you know, when you want to do something, just communicate and make sure everything is talked out so that you're all on the same page. Compromise is kind of a dirty word. It means like somebody wins and somebody loses, but it doesn't have to. I mean, you got to figure out why you want to do something and what the underlying interest in that something is and find something that suits both of yours. What do you do during the hard times? You know what you do when you're pissed at him? You go up to him. He's not wearing glasses. Someone hold those. And you grab him and you don't let go until he hugs back. Touch is really important. Yeah. When I'm really angry at him, I just reach over and touch his arm or his hand because then I remember how much I love him. And when she's going crazy and I have no fucking idea why, I go up and give her a hug because one time she told me when I'm acting that way, I'm, I just don't know what I want and I need a hug. And so she doesn't really want the hug at the time. When I go up and I give her the hug, then she realizes, oh, maybe I need a hug and that helps. Makes it all better. Yeah. Bob's a pretty funny guy. Talk about humor and the role of love. We got to have humor and laughter. Michelle, Michelle says it better. She's like, you know, even after, so we've been married for nine, we've been together for 12, um, it's the little things that make her giggle. And it's, it's, it's more important to have someone that makes you happy in your life and makes you giggle than about it. Yeah. Because they're going to make you happy and someone makes you happy. I mean, you're winning. You want to be with them. Yeah. And then you'll do whatever it takes to figure out how to be together. It's really a nice little circle, isn't it? Yeah. And on a personal note, something that Michelle taught me, just adding, adding this in there is when they have one or two bites of food on their plate, that's not for you. They're saving the best bites for themselves for last. It might feel like you're giving up your independence to compromise with someone, but you have to weigh that against all of the things you gain by being with the right person and the things that you get from being with them that you wouldn't have on your own. I mean, independence is great, but at the end of the day, it doesn't snuggle very well. This is what you call Hotel Parking Lot Gourmet. Cheers. Cheers.