Introduction |
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| Introductory Matters |
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| Updates probably not that interesting to the general public: (you've been warned!) |
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| Kudos |
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| Obligatory Equipment List |
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| Packing list 2--where things are: (at least where they are supposed to be!) |
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| Tips, Cheap Tricks and Creative Solutions: (ok, some aren't that creative) |
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Shakedown Tours |
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| Shakedown Tours |
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| Overnight to Turkey Run |
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| SouthCentral Indiana Shakedown: Getting my feet (and everything else) wet |
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| Beginning at Brown County |
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| Well ... you just can't get there from here! |
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| Relatively painless day to Paynetown |
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| Payne-ful Pepsi Saga |
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| Back to Brown County |
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| Pepsi Saga, Part 2 |
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| NOTE |
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Life is a Highway: At least for the next three months it is! |
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Virginia |
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| Day 0: Indy to Norfolk |
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| Day 1: Yorktown to Chickahominy River: Barefoot Brian and the Soggy Bottom Girls |
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| Day 2: Chicahominy River to Mechanicsville: Homeless and well-fed |
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| Day 3: Mechanicsville to Mineral: Baby hills begin |
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| Day 4: Mineral to Charlottesville: Luck finds us! |
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| Day 5: C-ville to Afton: The Cookie Lady! |
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| Day 6: Afton to Mallard Campground: Whereby Joy is passed by a lawn mower ... and then by a butterfly |
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| Day 7: Mallard to Troutville: Joy gets fed up with marketing |
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| Day 8: Troutville to Radford, VA: Hills, Headwind, and an achin' bum |
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| Day 9: Radford to Radford: Rest day #1/Roaming Gnome takes a Fast Forward |
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| Day 10: Radford to (Almost) Cedar Springs: I thought the headwinds would come in Kansas! |
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| Day 11: (Almost) Cedar Springs to Damascus: Catching the Tail end of Trail Days |
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| Day 12: Damascus to Elk Garden Church |
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| Day 13: Elk Garden to Breaks: Joy the Mechanic! |
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Kentucky |
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| Day 14: Breaks to Pippa Passes: Joy is a dirty, tired, hungry puppy |
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| Day 15: Pippa Passes to Hazard: TGFWPS or "Raindrops on Roses" is not among my favorite things |
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| Day 16: Hazard to Booneville: We've been through Hail and back |
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| Day 17: Booneville to Berea |
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| Day 18: Berea to Harrodsburg: Hot, Hot, Hot |
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| Day 19: Harrodsburg to Bardstown: Still Hot |
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| NOTE 2: Thank You!!! |
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| Day 20: Bardstown to Lincoln Birthplace |
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| Day 21: Lincoln Birthplace to Rough River Dam State Park: Three Weeks! |
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| Day 22: Rough River to Utica |
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| Day 23: Utica to Marion: How much rain can one little biker handle? |
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Illinois |
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| Day 24: Marion, KY to Tunnel Hill, IL: A bad day with a good ending |
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| Day 25: Tunnel Hill, IL to Carbondale, IL |
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| Day 26: Carbondale to Chester |
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Missouri |
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| Day 27: Chester to St. Joe State Park (Farmington, MO area) |
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| Day 28: St. Joe to Centerville, MO |
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| Day 29: Centerville to Summersville |
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| Day 30: Summersville to Hartville |
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| Day 31: Hartville to Fair Grove |
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| Day 32: Fair Grove to Golden City: Kansas, I'm coming!!! |
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Kansas |
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| Day 33: Golden City to Chanute: I JUST RODE MY BIKE ALL THE WAY FROM VIRGINIA TO KANSAS!!! |
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| Day 34: Chanute to Eureka! Kansas |
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| Day 35: Eureka to El Dorado, KS |
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| Day 36: El Dorado to Newton |
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| Day 37: Newton to Sterling |
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| Day 38: Sterling to Larned, KS |
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| I'm Behind! |
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| Day 39: Larned to Ness City |
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| Day 40: Ness City to Scott City |
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| Day 41: Scott City to Tribune, KS: Heat, Headwinds, and biting flies |
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Colorado |
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| Day 42: Tribune, KS to Eads, CO: Finally! Colorado! |
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| Day 43: Eads to Ordway |
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| Day 44: Ordway to Pueblo (then Denver by car) |
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| Day 45: Denver: Rest day #2 |
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| Day 46: Denver to Estes Park by car: Rest day #3 |
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| Day 47: Estes to Estes: Rest day #4 |
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| I'm OK!!! |
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| Day 48: Estes to Pueblo to Lake Pueblo State Park |
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| Day 49: Pueblo SP to Royal Gorge area |
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| Day 50: Royal Gorge to Guffey |
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| Day 51: Guffey to Silverthorne |
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| Day 52: Silverthorne to Arapaho National Forrest |
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Wyoming |
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| Day 53: Arapaho to Riverside, Wyoming |
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| Day 54: Riverside to Muddy Gap |
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| Day 55: Muddy Gap to Lander |
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| Day 56: Lander to Lander: Mostly a rest day! |
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| Day 57: Lander to Dubois: Wind River lives up to its name... |
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| Day 58: Dubois to Some RV Park: Actual text on this page! |
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| Day 59: Teton RV Park to Jackson: Text here, too! |
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| Day 60: Jackson to Jackson: And here!!! |
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| Day 61: Jackson to Flagg Ranch: Just S of Yellowstone |
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| Day 62: Flagg to Grant (Yellowstone) |
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| Day 63: Grant to Madison (still Yellowstone) |
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Montana |
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| Day 64: Madison CG to Madison River: Montana! |
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| Day 65: Madison River to Twin Bridges |
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| Day 66: Twin Bridges to Dillon |
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| Day 67: Dillon to Jackson Hot Springs |
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| Day 68: Jackson to Darby: The Bud and Shirley Motel!!! |
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| Day 69: Darby to Almost Missoula |
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| Day 70: Almost Missoula to Missoula |
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| Day 71: Missoula to Lolo Creek Campground |
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Idaho |
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| Day 72: Lolo Creek CG to Wilderness Gateway CG |
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| Day 73: Wilderness Gateway to Grangeville |
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| Day 74: Grangeville to Riggins |
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| Day 75: Riggins to Council |
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Oregon! |
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| Day 76: Council to Halfway, OREGON! |
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| Day 77: Halfway to Baker City: (actually, I made it all the way to Baker City!) |
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| Day 78: Baker City to Baker City |
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| Brief Update |
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| Day 79: Baker City to Prairie City |
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| Day 80: Prairie City to Dayville |
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| Day 81: Dayville to Ochoco Lake |
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| Day 82: Ochoco Lake to Sisters (almost) |
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| Day 83: Sisters to Sisters |
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| Day 84: Sisters to Mackenzie Bridge |
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| Day 85: Mackinzie Bridge to Eugene |
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| Day 86: Eugene to Florence! |
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I MADE IT!!! |
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| I MADE IT!!! |
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| Days After: Back to Eugene, then to Portland |
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| Headed Home : ( |
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| Links: Fellow Riders, Resources, etc. |
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