I'm going to cycle across the US!
15 июля 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 90 °F
No I haven't ridden a bicycle and about 15 years, but I'm going to do it! How hard can it be? 😟
I am headed to Portland on August 10th to be with my beautiful daughter when she gives birth to myЧитать далее
The bike
19 августа 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
I found the bike that I'm going to ride. It is a beautiful black Novara Safari. I bought it from a great guy named George who has helped me out tremendously !
Now I have to work on learning to rideЧитать далее
1st ride
20 августа 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
I took the bike out for the first time today. I was a little wobbly at first, but overall not too bad.
I rode for about 4 miles... I may not be able to walk tomorrow
accomplishment!
2 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Doubled my time on the bike today! 10 1/2 miles!!! Crossed the beautiful Willamette river. I am so excited about this trip!
Getting better
4 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
I'm actually not riding more than 11 or 12 miles a day, but the ride has definitely gotten easier. My legs aren't shaking when I get off the bike. My butt is adjusting. and i feel like I could justЧитать далее
Gear
5 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 64 °F
I think I have but just about everything that I need for the trip. Just waiting for the panniers i ordered to come in so that I can pack everything!
Yes all of this is supposed to fit into two bagsЧитать далее
25 miles!!
7 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Today I biked the 25 miles to my daughter's house! I went through some crazy Portland Hills with insane inclines. So steep that twice I had to get off my bike and walk up the hill, but I made it!
IЧитать далее
1week to go!!!
11 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
This time next Sunday I will hop on my bike and head toward the coast. I'll travel all the way down the 101 into California, through the Redwoods, then slowly trek my way east till I (eventually) getЧитать далее
Four days left!
14 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
I can't believe it's so close!
Here is an updated gear picture. I look back at the first gear picture (and chuckle) All of this is going to fit on my bike. . . . .?🤔🤔🤔
2 days till takeoff
16 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
This is it! This bad boy is packed up and ready to go!
Practice ride
16 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Today I decided to take my loaded bike on the 22 mile trek to my daughters. Google Maps lead me on some crazy bike trail that ended up kicking my already sore booty. I didn't eat right and I ran outЧитать далее
Today is the day!
19 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
loaded up and on my way!!!
Day 1
19 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
52.4 miles. I am impressed with myself :)
Today was cloudy and chilly.
Didn't really have to climb much.
This is what I am most worried about with the weight on my bike.
Locus maps took me to aЧитать далее
Day 2:
20 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 57 °F
Today was not a particularly good day. I rode 58 miles with an extremely sore rear end, and constant pain in my left knee.
My route today had a lot more elevation. Not too bad, but the weight on myЧитать далее
Day 3 :
21 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
Conquered my first big hill today. It was 754 feet in elevation. Not sure what the grade was but it was hard!!! It took me an hour and a half with many breaks .
When I finally got to the top a guy inЧитать далее
Day 4:
22 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
Overcast and chilly today.
Had another large hill to conquer. Not quite as bad as the first one, but still pretty tough. I can't imagine ever being able to get all of the way up without stopping forЧитать далее
Day 5:
23 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 54 °F
Today was a really great day!
Woke up early to rain, so I layed around in my tent for a while thinking how wet I was going be all day, and how wet my stuff would be that night.
I waited for theЧитать далее
Day 6:
25 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 54 °F
Woke up this morning to a beautiful day! Most of my 35 mile ride down the 101 ran right next to the water giving me a spectacular view. Even the constant hills could not damper the day.
I took aЧитать далее
Day 7 :
25 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 66 °F
Another pretty day! Right where I camped the 101 starts to turn inland, so all that flat land that I thought was ahead of me was really to the west. I got to spend another day taking on smallЧитать далее
Day 8 :
26 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
The weather is definitely cooperating. Clear skies again.
Had a fairly easy ride the first half of the day. Then I took the seven devils road to Bandon. In hindsight I should have realized devilЧитать далее
Day 9 :
27 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 55 °F
Woke up early this morning to a heavy fog that had settled on the coast. I rode into Bandon which is a quaint little fishing town just south of where I camped last night.
There i stopped on the dockЧитать далее
Day 10 :
28 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
Woke up this morning to a bad case of vertigo. This has happened to me a 4 or 5 times before. It sucks! I had to stay where I was and pretty much sleep it off. I really needed an off day, but this wasЧитать далее
Day 11 :
29 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
It turned out to be a pretty darn good day.
I wasn't feeling 100% when I woke up, but much better than yesterday. I definitely wasn't staying in the same spot again.
I got an early start around 8Читать далее
Day: 12
30 сентября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
Goodbye Oregon....
Hello C A L I F O R N I A ! ! ! ! ! !
I've officially ridden a few less than 400 miles and crossed my first state line. Quite an accomplishment I would say!
I realized todayЧитать далее
Day: 13
1 октября 2016 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
I woke up tired this morning. Could have been the thunderstorms rolling through in the middle of the night. They are scary from inside a tent in the middle of the woods
It stoped raining around 8amЧитать далее







































