Category Archives: 2013 Cross Country Bike Trip

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 →

Today’s Highlights: In order to beat the afternoon heat for today’s 75-mile ride, we were up before 4:30 am, had breakfast at 5 am, and where on our bikes before 6:00. A thunder storm had blown through the region last … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: It was another beautiful sunny day in northern Nevada, and we enjoyed a 55-mile Sunday stroll along I80 from Winnemucca to Battle Mountain. It was a cool 60 degrees when we left the hotel and a breeze was … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: Good old headwinds! They don’t call this a “cross-country challenge” for nothing. Today we traveled 73 miles NNE to Winnemucca into a strong, steady wind from the north the entire way. The morning was particularly grueling, and I … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: Today’s challenge was a 92-mile ride through the Nevada desert. I was told that there would be no photo ops today – just take one picture of the desert and the rest looks all the same. That was … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: We had an exceptionally scenic ride today over the Sierra Nevada mountains. Leaving Truckee before 7:00, we enjoyed some very crisp 45 degree mountain air. It was quite chilly riding in the shade of the tall pines since … Continue reading →