In North Dakota I met with my first signs of smoke. I was told repeatedly that it was blowing down from fires in Canada, not the fires in Montana, but the particles in the air were enough to make the sunshine wildly. I couldn’t stop taking pictures on my first day in the state. WeContinue reading “The Ride to Bismarck”
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What the Heck is a Hose Clamp?
After a day off due to pouring rain, I got back on the road and continued west along the Missouri. By lunchtime I was in Yankton where I crossed over the Gavin’s Point Dam to visit the Army Corps of Engineers Lewis and Clark Visitor Center on the other side, my last stop in Nebraska.Continue reading “What the Heck is a Hose Clamp?”
Entering My 11th State
Next to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, connected by a paved bike path was the Charles Floyd Riverboat Museum. Riverboat Museums seem to be a thing on our country’s major rivers. There was a Riverboat Museum in Marietta OH, then in Brownsville, NE there was a boat called the Meriwether Lewis Dredge. A dredgeContinue reading “Entering My 11th State”
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…”
Useless When Wet
I’ve spent most of the last week running around like a mad woman, trying (and succeeding!) to keep up with my training regime while putting together a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Thus, I’ll keep today’s post brief. My every moment has been so crammed full of preparation that the ride I wrote about last weekContinue reading “Useless When Wet”
Stuck in the Mud
March 25, 2021 It’s time for my first training montage, so open Spotify and play “Eye of the Tiger” for the full effect. While my first day back on a bike was incredibly eventful, things got easier and less chaotic. The next day I went for a ride around Marblehead. I decided to take advantageContinue reading “Stuck in the Mud”
Boy Are My Arms Tired
March 23, 2021 Somehow, riding in clipless shoes for the first time was not the only excitement on my first day of training. When I decide I’m going to do something I go in with everything I have. In this case this was literal. I strapped my panniers to my bike, brought a camera aContinue reading “Boy Are My Arms Tired”
The Stars On the Horizon 