After leaving Montrose, CO I was starting to get used to guaging my daily distances by how many mountain ranges where ahead of me. So leaving Montrose, I knew I would be set stay in Telluride, CO or Mountain Village, CO. I ended up staying in Telluride for the simple fact that was easier to …Read More
Day 42 through 50: Picked up by the Sheriff
Day 42 through 50: Ordway, CO – Pueblo, CO – Westcliffe, CO – Salida, CO – Poncha Springs,CO – Gunnison,CO – Montrose,CO – Telluride, CO Prior to this journey I had never been more than around 1K feet above sea level. As I entered Colorado and made my way towards Pueblo, it seemed that there was …Read More
Day 31 through Day 41: I’m not the only guy on a bike across the country
Day 31 through Day 41: Clinton,MO – Osawatomie,KS – Emporia,KS – Hillsboro,KS – McPherson,KS – Larned,KS – Garden City, KS – Leoti,KS – Eads,CO – Ordway,CO Kansas. What can I say…. I’ve never really been in Kansas past the University of Kansas in Lawrence, which is in the eastern part. And I found that Kansas doesn’t look as flat and desolate cliche-Kansas until you …Read More
Day 23 through Day 30: Thought about ending the ride
Day 22 through Day 30: Saint Louis, MO – Herman,MO – Columbia,MO – Sedalia,MO – Clinton,MO Day 22 starts in good ole St. Louis, Missouri. The hometown. What I found strange is that for 22 days I have been inching my way across the country and my perception of the accumulative distance wasn’t really intact until I arrived …Read More
Day 19 through Day 22. What do you eat on the road?
Day 19 through Day 22: Bloomington, IN – Sumner, IL – Sedalia, IL – Saint Louis, MO Once I got out of Indiana and into Illinois, my riding was pretty smooth. Smooth as in flat as can be. There’s nothing like looking straight ahead and being able to see two miles or so into the …Read More
Day 13 through 18. Rural America
Day 13 through 18: Saint Clairsville, OH – Zanesville, OH – London, OH – Hamilton, OH – Brookville, IN – Columbus, IN – Bloomington, IN Following my most recent route through Pittsburgh, I decided that it just isn’t worth it to go through large metropolitan areas. The main issue is that the city traffic is far more dangerous than the …Read More