BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Deschutes Public Library (DPL) X-WR-CALNAME:Deschutes Public Library (DPL) BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b905310c-7f1e-4a12-a744-0d6a5f265c0f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260725T021540Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240110T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240110T190000 SUMMARY:Writers Reading - Joy Ride author Kristen Jokinen LOCATION:Downtown Bend Library\nDowntown Bend Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Downtown Bend Library;X-AP PLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Downtown Bend Library:geo:44.0572068,-121.3165935 GEO:44.0572068;-121.3165935 DESCRIPTION:An exclusive reading and Q&\;A by a local author.\nThis is an in-person program.\nWe are excited to welcome local author\, Kristen Jo kinen\, who will be reading and discussing her debut memoir <\;em>\;Jo y Ride: A Bike Odyssey from Alaska to Argentina<\;/em>\;\, published b y Hawthorne Books. You don'\;t have to be a cyclist or adventurer to be inspired by the stories of kindness shared along this 2 year\, 18\,000 mi le bicycle adventure! She will tell stories\, show a short video\, read fr om her new book\, and have time for Q&\;A. If you'\;re looking for m otivation or inspiration\, come down to the Library and engage with us! Ho pe to see you there.\n<\;em>\;Joy Ride<\;/em>\; details how explor ers Kristen\, a real estate agent from Oregon\, and Ville Jokinen\, a fina ncial analyst for Toyota in his native Finland\, met scuba diving in Vietn am and fell in love. After thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from the bo rder of Mexico to Canada they decided their next adventure would be a two- year cycling trip covering 18\,000 miles from Prudhoe Bay\, Alaska\, to Us huaia\, Argentina\, despite never having cycled other than around the bloc k. Only their starting and ending points were planned - in between was nav igated daily by their sense of adventure and intuition. Locals in Mexico\, Central America\, and South America allowed them to camp in their fields and farms\, invited them into their homes and families\, and acted as tour guides. Kristen and Ville held babies\, attended quincea�eras\, drank p ulque\, played soccer\, and visited schools. They persevered unrelenting\, punishing rain and wind\, altitude sickness\, dog attacks\, bike accident s\, and countless flat tires to cycle between the ends of the earth.\nVill e and Kristen Jokinen move through the world with a sense of curiosity and belief that kindness connects us to our shared humanity. Well-timed follo wing a global pandemic\, <\;em>\;Joy Ride<\;/em>\; reconnects us t o hope and the inspiration to pursue our wildest dreams.\nAbout the Author :\nVenturing from a Bend farm to the great unknown\, Kristen Jokinen set o ut to experience the world as a hungry\, young nomad with nothing but a ba ckpack and a solid pair of shoes. Traveling light and always on the move\, she found time to study and learn new skills along the way\, at one time working as a wildland firefighter\, a teacher\, a real estate agent\, and eventually an international speaker and author.\n*Cr*\n*Elsa*.\nhttps://dp l.libnet.info/event/11608194 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\nhttps://dpl.libnet.info/event/11608194 URL;VALUE=URI:https://dpl.libnet.info/event/11608194 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR