Bill Hancock led a charmed life.
As he rode across the country on his bike, he began to term his grief the "Blue moth," Riding on his shoulder, as he powered through nine different states and landscapes, as Nicki drove the highways before him to set-up for their evenings at.
As he rode, his thoughts continued to return to two common points: Will being gone forever and the prospect of how their family would move forward.
On his journey, Bill battled searing heat and humidity, aggressive dogs, unforgiving motorists and dead armadillos.
It is a story of example, of how a person can recover from tragedy, and loss, and then find peace and stability. 95
Nautilus Publishing) is part-memoir, part-travelogue, and part-homage to a son, whose life was taken from him, in a short moment in time.
Riding with THE Blue Moth (Publication Date: June 2, 2015
ISBN: 978-1-936946-57-0
Price: $17.
It became a journey in discovery as well as one of recovery.
Ultimately, the 2, 747-mile journey from the Pacific to Atlantic coasts, became something much more important than a cycling trip of coping.
He and Nicki started the journey in Huntington Beach, CA and concluded at Tybee Island, GA.
Bill, who had run 15 marathons, chose to bicycle across the United States in an effort to confront his grief, head-on.
Yet, they knew that they had to go on living for one another, for their marriage, as well as for their son, Nate, for Will\'s wife, Karen, and for their young grand-daughter, Andrea.
Bill and his wife, Nicki, coped with how to survive the loss.
Ten people died that evening; one of the passengers was Bill\'s son, Will Hancock.
On January 27, 2001, everything changed: a small Oklahoma State University airplane crashed in a snowstorm.
In the ascension of his career of college athletics, he moved within the echelons of the top sports figures in the world.
He ran the NCAA men\'s basketball tournament.
He had two successful sons and a beautiful grand-daughter.
He married his high-school sweetheart.
Bill Hancock led a charmed life
