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 [...]
And… it’s a wrap!
Last night
We’re in a hotel in Milford, Delaware. It’s dark now, and I can hear the rhythmic pulsating chirp of crickets outside the window. The bikes sit in a corner of the room. The tires and gears are beyond well-worn and the pedals are showing specks of rust here and there. My bike in particular [...]
On cuisine
This post has been a long time in the making. Okay, since we’re two days away from the Atlantic, I suppose it’s taken the entire trip. But I needed to amass enough data, people, so as to bring to light an accurate and informative record of the gastronomic side of BratAmerica. La cuisine de la [...]
Maryland, unbelievably.
July 26: Pittsburgh, PA to Ohiopyle, PA (76 miles)
July 27: Ohiopyle, PA to Frostburg, MD (61 miles)
July 28: Frostburg, MD to near Little Orleans, MD (57 miles)
July 29: Little Orleans, MD to Shepardstown, WV (76 miles)
July 30: Shepardstown, WV to Frederick, MD (43 miles)
July 31: Rest day in Frederick
We done almost finished this thing, folks. [...]
Lolling about
July 15: Milwaukee, WI to Grand Rapids, MI (52 miles)
July 16: Grand Rapids, MI to Lansing, MI (64 miles)
July 17: Lansing, MI to Ann Arbor, MI (69 miles)
July 18: rest day in Ann Arbor
July 19: yet another rest day in Ann Arbor
Total miles to date: 3,075
We’re being sloths at the moment, taking two rest days [...]
Greetings from our Arctic palace of love
I feel like the broiling sun and long days have addled my brain of late, making it difficult to produce much pithy commentary, or any commentary for that matter. Sorry about that. But I am so inspired by the stately pleasure dome we discovered here in the shitty industrial river town… er… charming hamlet of [...]
Farmers’ market and new friends
July 8: Knoxville, IA to Washington, IA (82 miles)
July 9: Washington, IA to Muscatine, IA (44 miles)
Back in March or so I remember wondering if, on our way across the country, we’d come across one of those towns that appear in Norman Rockwell paintings or 50s sitcoms.You probably know the sort I mean—quiet tree-lined streets [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]