What does a father do to get his 14-year-old son to take a seven- day, 430-mile bicycle trip across the state in the middle of his summer vacation?

Just tell him he gets to eat a lot of ice cream. That enticing piece of information worked for Dan Gilmore, despite the fact that big sister was also going on the trip. The Springboro dad, sixteen- year-old daughter Theresa, and son Christopher were three of the 250 riders who took part in The Across Ohio Bike Adventure (XOBA) during the last week of July.