The next few days were a blur of speed for me. I needed to get to Evansville in time for a rental car reservation to get to my best friend’s wedding. Louisville has an extensive series of bike paths that go to the far stretches of the city, so I took those as far asContinue reading “The Rush to Iowa City”
Category Archives: May 2021
A Break in Louisville
Alright, now where was I? I left off in Carollton, KY, desperate to get back to Indiana, away from unleashed dogs and the hills. Oh God the hills!I’d spent all this time, nearly two weeks now, struggling to keep up with my daily journal entries. I stopped at a coffee shop in Madison, Indiana toContinue reading “A Break in Louisville”
A Grave Week
I was at the Grave Creek Burial Mound shortly after it opened. This site was particularly important to me, not only because there was historical documentation that Meriwether Lewis had been in that exact spot in 1803. It was important because it got me asking questions and suddenly reminded me how strange it was thatContinue reading “A Grave Week”
Hospitality on the Road
My second day on the trail was spent battling hills and reassessing everything about my timeline for the next few weeks. While I planned on 50 miles a day, I had barely managed more than 30! I was worried that I was going to continue to fall behind schedule. I had to wait that morningContinue reading “Hospitality on the Road”
Those Aren’t Foothills…
I got to a late start on Sunday morning, after a long night of preparing for the road. I downloaded my maps into my GPS, since this would be my last time in front of my computer for four months, wrote a few e-mails to my contacts at the NPS, and didn’t go to bedContinue reading “Those Aren’t Foothills…”
Hitting the Road to Harpers Ferry
On Friday, May 7, I left Boston with my mom to meet up with my brother in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia before setting off alone on my bike trip. My brother is moving abroad later this summer and will likely be gone before I return from my trip. We decided we wanted to meet somewhere forContinue reading “Hitting the Road to Harpers Ferry”
The Stars On the Horizon 