Tag: Cross Country Bike Trip

Good fishing music: Sufjan Stevens, Bat For Lashes, and Foals. Today was a rest day, but somehow I still got a good 3 hours of cycling in. I offroaded it about 9 miles to get to some potential fishing spots. I ended up literally dragging my bike along the beach, but found a good spot.…

Since my last post mentioned god, guns and abortion, I want to pre-empt any potential replies with the following: [edit- this is irrelevant to people I know and is aimed specifically at the Internet at large. Just wanted to clarify! –ch] I will probably not reply to your post on contentious issues. If I deem…

Distance: 73 avg: 11.6 On the way in to yellowstone I saw a herd of wild buffalo! It was amazing, I had never seen them before. I think Paola will be jealous. 🙂 Today was a tough day. Perhaps because it’s time to rest my legs, or because the entire day was uphill. Regardless I…

Distance: 72 avg: 12.5 Today was a fun day. I was able to spend a good amount of time on the road, and also exploring the land around me. The area I’m in now was originally settled as gold rush mining. There are very colorful tales of gold miners, highwaymen, and crooked sheriffs. Those days…

I just ran into the mayor of Twin Bridges, Tom, and his head of construction Bill. They are currently working on a great little project to pull cyclists into the community. They’re building a great little spot in their park for cyclists. Shower, electricity, sink, bathroom, picnic area, and more. I told them I’d blog…

Distance: 67 avg: 11 Today’s riding was so bad I don’t want to talk about it. Two words: fucking crosswinds. I had a very entertaining show this morning while I had my breakfast: I got to watch cowboys drive cattle! First a guy came by and closed the gate to the park I was in.…

Distance: 15.8 avg: 10.6 Today was my first day of high altitude climbing. I went up 3500 ft to 7214. I could really feel the effect of the thin air. My speed was low and the uphills tough. I felt lightheaded and fought a light headache part of the day. Later on I hit a…

Distance: 17 avg: 8.9 The following entry is a bit more graphic than most. I don’t attempt to hold anything back. I don’t want to lose the accuracy and emotion of the situation because of etiquette. Welcome to a new level of knowing me. But if you can get past the grossness, I hope you…

Distance: 45 avg: 13.3 Yesterday I neglected to mention my cycling gear got melted to the side of a dryer. The temperature control was broken and it basicallly ruined a good amount of my gear. I was pulling my melted booties off my jacket. Important lesson: cyclists, don’t trust laundromat dryers! Or any dryer! Check…

Distance: 35 avg: 17.5 I don’t know what really bothers me with the place that john found us. Perhaps that it’s filthy, or that the people there are kinda delusional, lazy, and complicated. I don’t know about that last part, it’s hard to lump a group of people together. They’ve been very nice to me,…