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  • Day 30: Stop the world and let me off

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

  • One thing I got to do… Ramble on

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

  • Day 29: The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind…

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

  • Day 28: Clear sailing to Clearwater

    Day 28: Clear sailing to Clearwater

    Miles to date: 2,077.8 We started the day perplexed; without winds in our face and gravel…

  • Day 27: The Trail of Tedium

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

  • Day 26: Escape from North Dakota

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

  • Day 25: From Gackle to Near Crackle

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

  • Day 24: Back On The Horse

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

  • Day 23: One leg closer to home

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

  • Day 22: Ridin’ the storm out

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

  • Day 21: From Obsolescence to Opulence

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

  • Day 20: Last night in Big Sky Country

    Day 20: Last night in Big Sky Country

    Miles to date: 1,453.2 80.7 miles today put us in Glendive MT (emphasis on DIVE). Seems…

  • Day 19: The Gypsy They Call Sammy 3-Flats

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

  • Day 18: A Tale of Two States

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

  • Day 17: More Majestical Montana

    Day 17: More Majestical Montana

    Miles to date: 1173.8 We waded through a Monet painting, we were the protagonists in a…

  • Day 16: Livingston, I Presume

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

  • Rest Day in Big Sky

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

  • Day 15: Into the Bozone, standing on 2 legs!

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

  • Day 14: What goes up…

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

  • Day 13: Another beautifully ordinary day

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

  • Day 12: Alone again, naturally

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

  • Day 11: The battle is over, but the war goes on

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

  • Day 10: Gypsy Barista Helps Homeless

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

  • Day 9: Trek tubeless tires take toll

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

  • Day 8: Make good decisions, and question your life choices

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

  • Get busy living, or get busy dying

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

  • Day 7: Jesus has got my six

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

  • Day 6: Goodbye Klickitat County

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

  • Day 5: The slog for the blog

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

  • Day 4: I’m your huckle bearer

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

  • Day 3: The great gift of surprise

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

  • Day 2: Learning to live together

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

  • Today’s ride is dedicated to the Organ Grinder

    Today’s ride is dedicated to the Organ Grinder

    After a 6+ year battle against cancer, my dad passed away this past October. Today would’ve…

  • Day 1: Best left turn ever!

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

  • Guess who just got back today

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

  • SERENITY NOW!

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

  • Getting the show on the road

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

  • July 31: All my bags are packed. I’m ready to go…

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

  • Test 1, 2… test 1, 2… is this thing on?

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

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