Right before driving out to the Oregon coast, Rachel and I began this trip at the wedding of our dear friends, Chris and Colette. It was a perfect wedding in a beautiful place a few hours north of San Francisco. For the ceremony, Chris and Colette asked some friends to write blessings on various topics; [...]
And… it’s a wrap!
August 1: Frederick, MD to Cockeystown, MD (57 miles)
August 2: Cockeystown, MD to Chesapeake City, MD (58 miles)
August 3 & 4: Visiting Brian’s dad in Chesapeake City, MD
August 5: Chesapeake City, MD to Milford, DE (54 Miles)
August 6: Milford, DE to Rehoboth Beach, DE (29 miles)
Total trip miles: 3,886
Well folks, we made it to the [...]
A turning point
As Rachel said in her most recent post, we should reach the terminus of our journey in just a week. It’s unbelievable. Until just recently, I couldn’t imagine getting off my bike and stepping into the Atlantic Ocean because I’m still trembling from when Rachel held my hand as we stepped into the Pacific.
This trip [...]
Home stretch
July 20: Ann Arbor, MI to Toledo, OH (55 miles)
July 21: Toledo, OH to Norwalk, OH (67 miles)
July 22: Norwalk, OH to Akron, OH (73 miles)
July 23: Akron, OH to North Lima, OH (51 miles)
July 24: North Lima, OH to Pittsburgh, PA (61 miles)
July 25: Rest day in Pittsburgh, PA
Total miles to date: 3,382
Believe it [...]
Cities and towns
July 10: Muscatine, IA to Fulton, IL (72 miles)
July 11: Fulton, IL to Byron, IL (66 miles)
July 12: Byron, IL to Elkhorn, WI (82 miles)
July 13: Elkhorn, WI to New Berlin, WI (Milwaukee suburb) (34 miles)
July 14: Rest day touring Milwaukee
Total miles to date: 2,890
It has been a busy five days. We’ve crossed the mighty [...]
Idyllic Iowa
July 4: Lincoln, NE to Gretna, NE (33 miles)
July 5: Gretna, NE to Atlantic, IA (70 miles)
July 6: Atlantic, IA to Winterset, IA (70 miles)
July 7: Winterset, IA to Knoxville, IA (51 miles)
After the homogeneity of Kansas and Nebraska, I unconsciously assumed that Iowa would be similar. I was wrong. Iowa has its own unique [...]
BR2K
Did we mention that we crossed 2000 miles a few days ago? Here are some pics.
—Amber waves of grain and a curious deer—
—Reading in the tent—
—Waking up on the lake in Atwood, KS—
—This guy pretty well sums up our time in Kansas—
—Nebraska’s self-pronounced #1 attraction: Pioneer World—
—An unfortunate, but fitting end to our adventure—
The plain states
June 28: Atwood, KS to Norton, KS (62 miles)
June 29: Norton, KS to Holdrege, NE (64 miles)
June 30: Holdrege, NE to Hastings, NE (55 miles)
July 1: Hastings, NE to Crete, NE (80 miles)
July 2: Crete, NE to Lincoln, NE (38 miles)
July 3: Lincoln, NE (rest day)
We’re in Lincoln, Nebraska today, taking a well-deserved day off. [...]
Off the beaten path
June 20: Riverside, CO to Walden, CO (49 miles)
June 21: Walden, CO to Kremmling, CO (62 miles)
June 22: Rest day (Rachel under the weather)
June 23: Kremmling, CO to Breckenridge, CO (56 miles)
June 24: Breckenridge, CO to Denver, CO (50 miles? Then hitching to east Denver.)
June 25: Denver, CO to Anton, CO (88 miles—new record!)
June 26: [...]
Au revoir, Aurelien!
Five days ago we were extremely lucky to run into Aurelien in Rawlins. We rode together for 5 days before splitting up in Kremmling, CO. It was fantastic to run into a fellow eastbound cyclist and to have the company for a few days. As it happens, Mr. Aurelien has inspired us to do something [...]