USA | Wednesday, 6 Aug 2008 | Views [613] | Comments [4]
I decided to ride a bicycle across America last summer, right after Pfizer offered me the opportunity to retire early. I wanted an immediate goal to work towards after retirement (or more accurately, during my sabbatical between jobs) to move my focus ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 5 Aug 2008 | Views [648]
August 3 – 79 miles from Brattleboro, VT to Manchester,
NH. Winding, forest lined roads;
lush, water-lilied bogs, quiet New England towns; colonial era, white clapboard
and black shuttered houses; generally smooth roads; and warm, partly sunny
skies ... Read more >
USA | Monday, 4 Aug 2008 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Saturday, 2 Aug 2008 | Views [628] | Comments [1]
July 31 – 81 miles from Syracuse to Little Falls, NY. A grey day, with pleasant roads and
riding companions (Jim and Little Bill.)
Some days seem to blur into all the others, and this was one of
those. Followed the Erie canal
again, ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 31 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Thursday, 31 Jul 2008 | Views [797] | Comments [3]
July 27 – 76 miles from Brantford, ON to Niagara Fall, NY,
including a few extra miles around Niagara Fall, ON to see the falls. Easy riding through more farms, mostly
with Norm, capped by the falls. In
some ways, the tourists are as interesting ... Read more >
USA | Sunday, 27 Jul 2008 | Views [691] | Comments [1]
July 24 – 88 miles from Birch Run, MI to Port Huron, MI,
then another 7 miles around Port Huron.
With pleasant weather, little wind and no hills, it was an easy
day. Some days seem to blur into
many others, and with more endless corn and ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 26 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Thursday, 24 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Wednesday, 23 Jul 2008 | Views [616] | Comments [2]
July 21 – 15 miles around Manitowoc, WI, then a ferry ride
across Lake Michigan, and then a 3 miles to our hotel in Ludington, MI. Manitowoc was a lovely place to
spend the morning, with a nice bike path along the lake and a surprisingly good
(and ... Read more >
USA | Sunday, 20 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Sunday, 20 Jul 2008 | Views [603] | Comments [2]
(Note: I added some thoughts to the July 13 - 16 blog) July 17 – 92 Miles from Rochester, MN, across eastern
Minnesota to La Crosse, WI. This
was our first day of heavy rain.
We left in the rain, which continued for well over an hour. ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 17 Jul 2008 | Views [1861] | Comments [4]
July 13 – a day off in “beautiful” Sioux Falls. Actually a rather nice town (pop.
163,000) with sculptures all through the downtown area, a nice park around the
namesake falls, and a lovely bike path ringing the town. Rode 16 miles to see ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 17 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Monday, 14 Jul 2008 | Views [673] | Comments [1]
July 10 – A long, hot 84 miles from Pierre to Chamberlain,
SD. The first half was nice –
comfortable, nice views of the Missouri, but then we turned south into a stiff,
20 mph headwind. Add to this
temperatures rising to 97 F and some steep ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 10 Jul 2008 | Views [547] | Comments [2]
July 7 – 78 miles through the Black Hills, from Hot Springs
to Rapid City, South Dakota. This
was our last day of mountains until we get to Vermont. Over 5,000 ft. of climbing and a 6,000
ft pass. The Black Hills are
lovely to ride through ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 8 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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July 5 – 108 miles from Casper to Lusk, WY. Lots more high plains, with sage and
cattle ranches. A long but
pleasant ride, interrupted by an auto accident on the road from Douglas to Lusk
– see comments below. A strange moment
was when ... Read more >
USA | Friday, 4 Jul 2008 | Views [453] | Comments [2]
July 3 - a long ride - 121 miles - across the expansive high plains of central Wyoming. Though the land looks like a lot of nothing (sage, priaire, no mountains, few farms, no towns to speak of) after a while it becomes magnificent. You can see how ... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 2 Jul 2008 | Views [626] | Comments [5]
June 29 - 38 miles to Idaho Falls - An easy day acros the potato fields of eastern Idaho - the easiest on the trip. Lots of time to rest up for the big trip over the Tetons.
June 30 - 90 miles and 5,600 ft. of climbing, from Idaho Falls into ... Read more >
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