Category Archives: 2013 Cross Country Bike Trip

Today’s Highlights: Outside the hotel this morning, it was a comfortable 70 degrees, the higher humidity felt nice after being in the desert climate for days, and the sweet aroma of cow manure hung thick in the air. Ahhh, Kansas. … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: We completed our second back-to-back century of our cross-country tour today. The first one was back in Utah entering Salt Lake City. After yesterday’s 120 miles, we cycled 103 today. We also left the great state of Colorado … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: I woke up this morning feeling very tired and a little ill. I guess that’s what a rest day can do to you. My enthusiasm to start today’s 120-mile ride (our longest of the tour) was not as … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: After eight days of riding from Salt Lake, we had our second rest day of the trip. Since June 2, we covered 1460 miles and climbed over 53,000 feet. I spent 100 hours on the saddle and pedaled … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: We had a very enjoyable 94-mile ride today. It was mostly downhill, dropping from 7000 feet to 4800. It included some great scenery. And everyone seemed to agree that the best thing of all was a very helpful … Continue reading →

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 →