SCAN ME
Thomas Mahan and Happi the Dog - Biking Across The Americas
I’m Thomas Mahan. I’m a relationship therapist and at 58, I am on a kind of international bicycle journey of self-discovery. Together with my dog Happi, I’m cycling across the Americas, from Illinois through to Key West, and onto Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, and Colombia. Why? Theres a few reasons I guess, but one thats important to me as a therapist is to bring attention to mental health issues and the sense of belonging we all need. It’s just me, my dog with a bike and a tent and been quite the ride so far — we’ve been chased by coyotes in southern Illinois, accidentally ended up on a Florida expressway with trucks blazing by at 90mph while I pedaled with one shoe, and got lost at night in a Louisiana car graveyard teeming with alligators. Each leg of our trip, documented in snapshots on TikTok, Facebook and Insta, is a nod to the unpredictability of life and the resilience it takes to explore it.
What am I looking for? I don’t know. I truly don’t. I do know that I feel more alive that I have been in my entrire life and I also know its something I have to do. So I’ll update my socials as I figure this thing out – feel free to follow along!
Thomas and Happi.