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As Christin and I journey homeward on the Amtrak, I am compelled to offer typical details…

Miles complete: 3,875.8 I won’t say much now, because I need a nap before our celebration…

Miles to date: 3,827.3 We lived through the Manchester Inn experience, and that’s what really matters.…

Miles to date: 3,749.2 We got a text from friend Tim Lenning today, wishing us well…

Miles to date: 3,676.6 84.2 miles today with some serious climbs (17 of them according to…

Miles to date: 3,592.5 Andy Beck and his far better half Annie showed up this morning…

Miles to date: 3,550.1 Thanks to a bridge outage and a long detour through Utica, we…

Miles to date: 3,462.8 The Rivers Crossing Campground was about 1/2 mile from the middle of…

Miles to date: 3,422.0 Our day started with the early morning crowd out for their routine…

Miles to date: 3,341.2 Like a salmon returning upstream to their natal stream, fighting against the…

After a few days at home, where the soreness in my thighs that began on August…

We have traveled 3,261miles; by my estimates we have 581 miles to go, more or less.…

Miles to date: 3,260.7 After a pleasant sleep in the Asian room at the Tudor House…

Miles to date: 3,231.2 80 miles is 80 miles. We had a relatively enjoyable 30-40 miles,…

Miles to date: 2,923.4 Cool, clear, casual and composed… it may have been the easiest 60-mile…

Miles to date: 2,862.2 It’s always difficult to leave the homes of loving friends who lavish…

Miles to date: 2,800.8 Halfway through our day, a couple pulled up next to us as…

Mikes to date: 2,745.5 Today was an anomaly. It was perplexing, maybe somewhat disquieting. We had…

Miles to date: 2,695.4 It was quite a fun way to spend a Friday getting back…

Miles to date: 2,598.5 I’m taking the night off from the blog. I’ll provide an in…

Miles to date: 2,553.2 We began this journey with the relocation of my youngest daughter Caroline…

Miles to date: 2,481.2 Tomorrow we ride to Woodstock IL; the following day we leave Woodstock…

Miles to date: 2,369.4 Today was planned to be another vacation day… 55 miles to a…

Miles to date: 2,281.6 Today was the type of day we’ve worked for. I’ve been telling…

Miles to date: 2,217.9 What great hosts Shootman and Jen were. I don’t know why, but…

Miles today: Zero Baby what a big surprise, right before my very eyes; just to be…

Miles to date: 2,142.8 I’ve had several people ask me about the dynamics and personality challenges…

Miles to date: 1,998.3 I’m going to tell you upfront, Bob Dylan’s “Idiot Wind” is going…

Miles to date: 1,915.7 Today somewhere near Abercrombie, North Dakota, we reached the halfway point to…

Miles to date: 1846.1 Our earliest start so far. We were up before the sun and…

Miles to date: 1,749.4 The days off are dangerous. Living with wonderful people even for 36…

Miles to date: 1,659.8 We’ve arrived in Bismarck ND, which means Leg #3 of our journey…

Mike to date: 1,580.8 As I wrote in the post last night, we went to the…

Miles to date: 1,517.0 In a riding sense, it was like night and day from start…

Miles to date: 1,372.5 We had a good night sleep on our cozy mattresses at the…

Miles to date: 1,274.9 Well, actually it’s one state, but the stark difference in scenery from…

Our objective today was only 35 miles to Livingston Montana. We heard good things about Livingston.…

I can’t say the war is over, we have over 2,700 miles to go, but our…

Miles to date: 1061.3 (after effort to calculate yesterday, I’ll just keep a running tab) This…

Apologies to those that were expecting a morning blog read. I literally fell asleep with the…

I was going to title today’s offering: “Nothing happened”. Most of the riding day was very…

Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not…

I wrote this blog title last night. I should’ve titled it after my favorite Dr. Seuss…

It was a veritable Shagri-Las camping in the Tekoa Rest Area. We were spoiled by our…

As Geeto’s steroids are creating positivity in the poison ivy department, tire anxiety is running an…

I really didn’t think I would write much more than that title tonight. And I think…

So we had a day off today in Walla Walla Washington. Ken and Kristin live about…

For those that are worrying (mom), last night I had the best night’s sleep in memorable…

The ghost of some poor pitiful soul has been put back in his place. What a…

Today’s blog is being written by the ghost of some poor pitiful soul. We imagined today…

My goodness… I don’t know if I can possibly capture the entirety of this day. Beautiful…

Again… when one witnesses and wonders on many things through the course of a day, one…

My mother-in-law and any other naysayers will be happy to know, we left Corvallis this morning…

Day 1 in the books! I can’t believe we’re officially underway. And as expected, Day 1…

Them wild-eyed boys that had been away. Seems crazy, but Geeto and Lecy met us at…

We arrived in Corvallis today. With the help of one of Caroline’s new roomies and two…

I wasn’t sure if I’d post for this in transit period, but I’ve got some things…

This day feels like it’s been years in the making, yet it’s suddenly here. I packed…

Hello world. Our journey starts in two weeks and I think I’m ready (enough) to get…