Category Archives: Biking

Today’s Highlights: We finished our 250-mile crossing of Illinois in two and a half days, and entered Indiana about half way into our ride today. The timezone also changed at the state border, so we are now on EDT. Our … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: Our ride today took us another ninety six miles across Illinois, from Springfield to Champaign. Part of our route followed the Lincoln Trail, which highlights notable areas and events associated with Abraham Lincoln, the 16th USA president. We … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: Today’s ride was 106 miles long, from Quincy to Springfield. That distance is a challenge regardless of the other elements involved. We had a mix of terrain, from long gradual hills during the first half, and long flat … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: We completed our journey across northern Missouri over the last three and a half days. There must have been one thousand hills in that three hundred mile ride, and I enjoyed almost all of them. There were no … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: It was another ideal day for cycling. Missouri has been wonderful so far. Perfect weather, no wind, peaceful country roads in very good condition, and lush green scenery. Our morning started comfortably cool with low-lying fog. We cycled … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: It’s hard to believe that I cycled ninety miles today, because it felt like twenty. Maybe it was the great weather, or the beautiful pastoral scenery, or the rolling hills and smooth roads. Maybe it was the previous … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: We are on day thirty of our adventure and it is our third rest day. Tomorrow we start a string of high-mileage days. Since there is little to say about a day of chores and downtime, I have … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: We completed our traversal of Kansas today, entering Missouri in the town of Rushville. Our final fifty seven miles across Kansas were just as enjoyable as the previous days. For the first several miles we cycled through the … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: It was another delightful day for cycling. The weather was beautiful, with a clear blue sky in the morning and high puffy clouds in the afternoon. Comfortable 60-degree temps started our morning, and the heat of the 90-degree … Continue reading →

Today’s Highlights: Kansas just keeps getting better on our easterly journey through it! Today’s ride was one of my favorite of the trip so far. We were back on quite, narrow country roads, surrounded by farms and pastures and fields … Continue reading →