Monthly Archives: June 2013

Today’s Highlights: We had a fabulous ride today, with great scenery, some very easy cruising, one very challenging climb to new heights, and ending with a great downhill. Herb and Rick joined us today for the sixty-four mile ride on … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: Today we had some of the best scenery since leaving the Sierra Nevada Mountains two weeks ago. We are in the heart of the Rocky Mountains and it is just beautiful. The price of admission for today’s visual … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: Good old headwinds! It was very easy to fill our lungs with fresh Colorado air this morning, since we had a 20 mph wind directly in our faces. On the other hand, it was quite a challenge to … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: The highlight of today was entering Colorado! It’s a great place to be. We worked very hard today to get here, but it was worth it. Our ninety mile ride started at 7:00 am. We immediately got on … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: Today is Ken Harris’s 70th birthday. He’s riding strong and is quite an inspiration. Yesterday I mentioned how refreshingly green our route was, and I was optimistic that the trend would continue. However, we once again entered the … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: We had a chilly 46 degree start this morning with the sun still behind the Wasatch Mountains, only streaming sunbeams through the canyons. Once it was high enough to shine on us, it warmed us up a bit. … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: Today’s 64-mile ride was fun and easy, especially the bike path along the Jordan River. We all wore our red America By Bicycle jerseys today in honor of Flag Day. It was also requested that we ride the … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: We had our first rest day of the trip after riding for eleven days in a row. My primary goal for today was to not sit on anything hard. Mission accomplished. I slept late – until 6:00 am. … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: We had another epic day on our cross-country journey! We covered 118 miles from the Nevada-Utah border to Salt Lake City. We are on Mountain Time now, although it doesn’t matter much since we really operate on sunshine … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: We had another early start today, on our bikes at 6am. It was a cool 60 degrees and we had a nice tailwind to help us cruise along with ease. It was a great start to our longest … Continue reading →