I Am the Weakest Link - CycleBlaze

I Am the Weakest Link

Trying Not to Lose My Mind on the Great Divide

By Jeff Lee
2,648 miles (4,262 km) over 58 days between Jun. 1, 2016 and Jul. 28, 2016

The drive to the border

“Texas-Size It!” heart 67

New Mexico

“The desert is full of pointy things!” heart 69
I will never again disregard my wife’s advice regarding the handling of porcupine quills. heart 97
Something I've been dreading for the last year heart 25
The old man who swallowed the fly heart 45
"I don’t trust either of you men, but I do trust that Jesus Christ will help me.” heart 50
Why am I such a weenie? heart 64
“No, No, No!” heart 61
Map Wrassler heart 57
Brief visit to a truly deplorable outhouse heart 61
Don’t stay at the Red Lion Hotel in Grants, New Mexico heart 9
Our first serious navigational disagreement of the tour heart 127
“Uh, that’s dirt, actually” heart 86
"Fresh" heart 31
The Infamous Forest Road 144 heart 75
Marital harmony was restored heart 39
"Oh! So you were a little bit creepy, eh?" heart 50
“Some MAN pounded his tent stakes into the ground so hard he couldn’t get them out!” heart 46
“That chipmunk wants our Cheez-Its!” heart 51
“Brazos Ridge made me cry." heart 47

Colorado

My Colorado mood heart 39
The highest elevation, but my lowest point heart 40
New chains purchased, grudgingly heart 6
It wasn't a rattlesnake after all heart 31
Butts of iron heart 20
Joy maintains a steady smirk heart 16
My belief that chiropractic is quackery is confirmed heart 23
“Are you a mountain man again, Mr. Grizzly?” heart 44
"You really do look terrible." heart 23
We're grownups, and we can do what we want. heart 7
Reboot heart 19
This is the way bike touring should be! heart 12

Wyoming

A heavy jar of Nutella is, of course, an essential item on a long bicycle tour. heart 16
“YOU INSPIRE ME!” heart 26

Nebraska

“If you see a bicycle on THIS road, you just have to stop” heart 31
"IT’S STATE LAW!!” heart 18

South Dakota

Vicious Mosquitoes heart 26
“My gummy bears are produced with genetic engineering!” heart 26
An unfortunately brief nap heart 22
I’ve really been missing my nice teakettle heart 28
“Oh no, they’re going to take all the burritos away!” heart 17
"Six F*CKING peaches!" heart 23
“If I had to ride that thing, the seat would be so far up my booty that I couldn’t find it.” heart 20

North Dakota

"For funsies" heart 14
EAT SOMETHING heart 20
I have become the kind of cranky, picky old man who actually travels with his own supply of oatmeal. heart 18

Minnesota

Joy inadvertently rides in a funeral procession heart 15
“Think of it as exfoliating.” heart 27
“These stains tell a story!” heart 19
Joy ponders the inscrutability of men in general, and me in particular heart 10
“Can you do 30 more miles, Mr. Grizzly?” heart 21
Man Flu heart 16
“You should warn a person about that!” heart 31