Onto Altoona
6月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Up very early to avoid detection 🙄. Start riding, without morning coffee. Barely make it to Dilltown only to find B&B/store not yet open. Make our own coffee and have some breakfast. Feeling muchもっと詳しく
A day of 4 trails
6月27日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
Start the day on a typical PA pike: 4 lanes, no shoulder and very hilly. Drizzle begins and we duck under supermarket awning. Get food and hop on our first rail trail, Westmoreland Heritage trail.もっと詳しく
Around Pittsburgh
6月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Survive the wet night. Dry out as best as we can and continue he along our rail trail to the river. Ride along the water as we pass by downtown Pittsburgh. Very nice system of dedicated trails for theもっと詳しく
A 3 state day
6月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Leaving Cadiz involves a lot of hill climbing. Decide to take a break and hop on highway. Spot a sign indicating we can’t ride on it. Get off and and recalculate. Back to cycle route 50 and downもっと詳しく
Up to Cadiz
6月24日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
More gravel to start our day. But the road is quiet. Stop in Newcomerstown for breakfast. A very steep climb before long ride along a beautiful lake. Too late to stop and it’s clouding up a bit. Bigもっと詳しく
Hot and hilly day
6月23日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Doug’s Frankenstein wheel seems to be holding. Need to make up some time. Nice start on trail into Dresden. Stop for lunch and tasty ice cream. Hit steep hills soon after which causes me to regretもっと詳しく
Onto US Bike route 50
6月22日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
Quite a stormy night but our tarping keeps us nice and dry. Quickly pack up and finish the drive to Columbus. Drop off car and load up bikes. Meander through nice neighborhoods and golf courses,もっと詳しく
And we are back
6月21日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Return to St Louis and our bikes are awaiting us. Get a ride to the car rental to pick up our car. Found that a car was way cheaper than the train. Get out quickly to stay ahead of the storm. Dougもっと詳しく
Hitting the pause button
6月9日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Managed to stay dry though morning skies look threatening. Move quickly to get the tent down and stuff under the pavilion. Fortunately the sun came out. Spend some time organizing for a pause in ourもっと詳しく
Continuing along the Katy Trail
6月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Rainy morning but we are under cover in the pavilion. Wait out the rain and go to breakfast. Tad bit full as we rode along the trail. All the water makes for slower riding. Pick up some dinnerもっと詳しく
A stormy day
6月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
While it didn’t rain overnight, it began in earnest as we were preparing to leave. Then the gods started bowling. Waited out the worst of it. First 10 miles were pretty wet with boomers in the nearもっと詳しく
Along the Missouri
6月6日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Early am blue skies give way to cloud cover. Back to the Katy Trail and the “hardest section”. 🤣. Cover Lard hill easily (there’s a story that involves a dead pig & greasing the tracks withもっと詳しく
Onto the Katy Trail
6月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Winds are a blowing - but at least not in our face. In order to save 10 miles, opt to ride in HWY 50 to get to our trailhead. Bad shoulder and so much road kill. Everything from turtles to armadillosもっと詳しく
Sleeping through Kansas … literally
6月4日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Our train took us all the way through Kansas and we disembarked in Kansas City Missouri. Nice route out of the city; even meandering among their stadiums before getting on the Rock Island Trail. Quiteもっと詳しく
La Junta town and an Amtrak train
6月3日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
The day seems to be warm and pleasant. Take our time, even having pancakes, as we only have 28 miles to go. Turns out that the wind is particularly strong, blowing us either into the road or it’s inもっと詳しく
Onto the plains
6月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
The wind has died down, but thick clouds are all around. Get an early start as we are worried about more wind. Bit misty as we continue along our cycle path through the buttes of the park. Hit anotherもっと詳しく
The mountains are all behind us
6月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Wake to bike horn sheep wandering around our campground. They blend in with the rocks; except for their white butts. Continue down through the canyon until we leave the river and head up. Only 800もっと詳しく
Arkansas Headwaters
5月31日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Make our way to the tony town of Salida. Quite the hub for all sorts of outdoor activities. Doug rolls into a bike store to get gears fixed. Walk around town a bit. Bike mechanics do what they can,もっと詳しく
Crossing the Continental Divide
5月30日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Wake to frost on the tent. The Sky is clear and the wind has yet to pick up. We have 10 miles to climb to Monarch Pass at 11,300 feet. Wind picks up as we head up but it is generally behind us. Haveもっと詳しく
Sargents - a perfectly placed oasis
5月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Another short day; our version of a rest day. Day starts out cloudy but does clear. Visit the campground animals before hitting the road. 34 miles along HWY 50 - much of the time into the wind. Yetもっと詳しく
Gunnison
5月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Only 24 miles today to town of Gunnison. Beautiful ride along the water and amongst the rocks. We have transitioned back to Hwy 50 and it is much busier but we have a good shoulder. Arrive at the KOAもっと詳しく
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
5月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
A monster day awaits us: over 4000 ft of climbing to 9100 feet. Nice morning as sun is out and seems to be little wind. Roll along on as we gradually climb. Some bits get steeper but not too bad. Atもっと詳しく
We are headed up
5月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
A short day planned, only 35 miles but we are climbing up to the North Rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. SR 92 is relatively quiet as we ride towards Hotchkiss. Get last supplies and continueもっと詳しく
A blustery day
5月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Slow start as we utilize good internet to do some planning. Finally head out and return to lovely cycle path which leads us out of Grand Junction. Dark clouds all around and it does appear to beもっと詳しく
State #4: Colorado
5月24日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Survive our night in the vast high prairie. Pack up and conserve as much water as possible. Cross into Colorado and still no services. Turn off into Mack and a nice woman gives us Gatorade and water.もっと詳しく