Surprise Adventures in Cycling
I’ve often wanted to visit Google headquarters and throttle all the engineers who worked on Google Maps. … More Surprise Adventures in Cycling
I’ve often wanted to visit Google headquarters and throttle all the engineers who worked on Google Maps. … More Surprise Adventures in Cycling
Friends have asked, usually in a round about way, how we handle bathroom needs since we’re often cycling 4-5 hours every day. … More On Snot Rockets and Other Bodily Functions While Cycling
How we tackled our bicycle ride across the US is directly applicable to tackling large, daunting life challenges. … More Tackling Life’s Challenges, Like Cycling Across the US, is a Series of Small Accomplishments
We’ve adjusted our gear to accommodate riding in Europe. We aren’t carrying camping/cooking gear. So, maybe only 30 pounds of gear each instead of 55. … More I Got a Brand New Pair of Cycling Shoes, You Got a Brand New Bell
Each day I would record about half a dozen segments of video and later pick a 2 second snippet to represent each day of riding. … More Cycling Across the US – A Three Minute Video Overview
Cycling through vast swaths of Internet Deserts was certainly annoying to us, and often restricted our ability to plan and make decisions. … More Surviving the Internet Desert
The first part of our trip did not bode well on the cuisine front. Once we hit eastern California, restaurant menus were grim and I resorted to ordering hamburgers. … More Adventures in American Eating
On May 1 we set out on our bicycles to ride across the United States. 4,275.7 miles and 172,171 feet of climbing later we completed our adventure! … More Adventure Complete: Cycling Across the US
Our most recent “update” post saw us to Michigan in late August. As I write, it’s late September and we are marking time near Manchester, New Hampshire. Let’s catch up. Michigan We blew through Michigan in 4 days, and it was a month ago so it’s a bit hazy. My main impressions are: Humidity! It wasn’t horribly hot, … More To the Sea. Almost.
Getting encouragement from strangers when we were creeping up a steep climb and my body was begging me to stop really buoyed our spirits. … More In Praise of Encouragement
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