Author Archives: John Aylward

Day 13: Salt Lake City to Provo

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 first … Continue reading

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Day 12: Salt Lake City

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

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Day 11: Wendover NV to Salt Lake City UT

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 time. … Continue reading

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Day 10: Elko to Wendover

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 ride … Continue reading

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