The No Tear Tier - CycleBlaze

The No Tear Tier

Cycling the Southern Tier

By Mark Bingham
2,733 miles (4,398 km) over 55 days between Sep. 22, 2008 and Nov. 15, 2008

pre-ride

about this journal heart 7
training for the tour, part one: the farmer's blow heart 5
training for the tour, part two: the archaic tourer heart 9
FAQ heart 5
stuff I'm taking this year heart 4

California

the first day of autumn, jack the tour guide, world's worst burrito heart 25
salsa, quick calculations, plastered city, safety first!!! heart 25
the great debate, my worst day of cycling ever, are you having fun? heart 38
yes, virginia, there is a santa heart 10

Arizona

no desert gold, brenda, klaus, clean restrooms, agnews heart 29
thirty percent, the tradition, the massage heart 23
drafting in my living room, surprise, the finger, black hole heart 10
working rest day heart 6
sprawl, AJFD, everything in the desert, lost dutchman heart 14
a superior hot dog, top of the world diner, don and the casino heart 46
the gift, erin, klaus is not my friend, this is the life heart 38
three-way, grasshoppers, one cheek to blackjack heart 71

New Mexico

coasting cold, new mexico, silver city retirement heart 33
rainy rest day, armies, collared peccary, sweat heart 12
massive mine, ceiling tiles and toast bandages, trundling, emory pass, black range lodge, strawbale houses heart 79
pepper town, mercy from marcy, my personal beer coach heart 33

Texas

new computer, spoke repair, you may not walk naked through the halls, the safety radar pings heart 54
joe's advice, juarez, fearless, percolator heart 37
adios el paso, cecil and his chihuahuas heart 43
however, 13,000 km, border patrol, my friend heart 30
precision touring, soft, pain, -rhea town heart 15
text message, wind, twilight zone heart 11
big bend, walking sticks, desert plants heart 25
flat, hoping it works out, iriide to iraan, chrystal heart 19
bettina, ozona, four people heart 8
library, flats, short day heart 6
I'm my own cautionary tale, patches, dumber than a box of rocks heart 25
the push mower guy, leaving I-10, texas hill country, craig heart 16
rest day, adam knows bruce heart 4
luckenbach, geology, rowes, look who I found heart 20
failing, 14K, leaving the hill country heart 16
just like mom's, I meet johnwayne, everbody's always on a diet, dillo heart 19
chicken ranch, happy water, little churches heart 18
ari and erin, birthplace of texas, competitive sports heart 9
rest day, sign in the donut store, computer heart 7
rest day, buppy's, end of the party heart 9
happy birthday, honey island joe helps out, still.... heart 15

Louisiana

a religious conversion, combining art forms, tall mailbox/grahamtown heart 16
jim in the tiger's den, the $29.00 motel heart 37
end maintenance, the ping pong conversation, a scary sight on halloween heart 38
mississippi crossing, old centenary inn, or at least I hoped, why there are only three places to eat heart 30
the meauxs, historic homes, even the valedictorians, bear's corner, 42 heart 32
like chicken fried steak, dustin, gumpish, kevin heart 24

Mississippi

the odd thing, panhandler, stoned county, no shoulder heart 20
the argument, ruminating, this is MY road!, mobile homes, six miles out, rowes heart 35

Alabama

deep sea fishing rodeo, if ya stop workin', ya die! heart 63

Florida

catching fresh fish, building empty condos, a real gullywasher, I'd have to kill you heart 18
niceville, 50 lbs a day, hewes, why? heart 23
I don’t even know what some of those words mean, speared by edith heart 22
worm fiddlin’, angel, "...but I've eaten there," neel heart 22
magic spit trick, the filling station, around the block, sand legs, intimidating voters heart 30
breakfast conversation, shade tobacco, the trooper, l'il bro, akira endures, my first alligator sighting, damn fine water heart 39
ray charles, learning about my riding companions, suwannee river, dulcimer festival, alligator heart 34
planning the end, kid in a car heart 17
bob, the perfect ending for this trip, that's a lot of thinking heart 34
epilogue heart 6
epilogue to the epilogue heart 6
unused quotes heart 5