Tag: travel
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Bike Trip Day 62: Waynesville to Lincoln Village, OH
Biking: 64 miles. Ah, a paved bike path. Today was an easy ride, just what I needed on a sore knee. In fact, it hurt very little today. The paths we followed are rails-to trails, built along current and former railroad beds. Our first stop on the path was the Xenia Station, about 14 miles…
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Bike Trip Day 58: Bedford to Columbus, IN
Biking: 40 miles Another beautiful day biking in the Indiana farmland and through the woods. Today’s ride was great until about half way through when we hit some killer hills, up to 13 percent grade. But, it wrapped up with a nice paved trail through the outskirts of Columbus and right into the downtown area…
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Bike Trip Day 55: Highland to Flora, IL
Biking: 63 miles Today looked like a straightforward ride from Highland to Flora but turned out to be an adventure in rerouting when RWGPS sent us on roads that didn’t exist and led us to crazy gravel roads that were hardly passable. But, in the end, we made it to our destination. As we move…
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Bike Trip Day 54: St. Charles, MO to Highland, IL
Biking: 61 miles. Today was surprisingly good despite a few minor reroutes and berm issues. The weather is cooler, and today was overcast. It’s the first day that really felt like fall. We started the day riding the last 15 miles of the Katy Trail from St. Charles to the end in Machens, MO. Our…
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Bike Trip Day 51: Rocheport to Hermann, MO
Biking: 81 miles. A thunderstorm delayed us by about 30 minutes this morning, but we still managed to get on the Katy Trail by 8:30 am. It’s our second day of riding the trail, and we’re really loving it. Despite the rain, the trail was in pretty good shape. There were a few branches and…
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Bike Trip Day 43: Norfolk to Fremont, NE
Biking: 77 miles This is a pretty intense week of riding for us. Most days we’ll be covering more than 70 miles. But, we’re getting stronger as we go, so the 70 miles that wiped us out in the first week don’t feel quite as difficult now. Today we took off from Norfolk and rode…
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Bike Trip Day 39: Mark’s reflection on the first half of trip
Today is a rest day, and we’re halfway finished with our ride. Here’s what we’ve ridden so far. Below are some interesting thoughts and analysis from Mark about the first five weeks of riding. From Mark: September 7th was the halfway point of the ride across the country. The plan calls for 72 days with…
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Bike Trip Day 38: Merriman to Valentine, NE
Biking: 62 miles (Denise), 38 miles (Anita and Mark) The three of us are finally in the same town tonight – Valentine. This is the trail head for the Cowboy Trail, and we’re looking forward to spending three days riding it. Last night Brian and I met another cross-country cyclist who was staying in our…
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Bike Trip Day 37: Hay Springs to Merriman, NE
Biking: 57 miles (Denise), 100 miles (Anita and Mark) Today was a milestone day as Anita and Mark rode 100 miles from Chadron to Cody, NE. Amazing! They started out early this morning, and rode 21 miles to pick me up along the way. The early part of the ride had a strong headwind, but…
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Bike Trip Day 35: Lusk, WY to Crawford, NE
Biking: 54 miles This was one of the warmest days so far. It started out in Lusk, WY, with bright skies after a torrential downpour overnight. One thing I don’t write about enough is Brian’s journey. He spends a lot of time during the day breaking down camp and setting up at the next campground,…
