Published Aug. 13, 2007
Another rain delay. Strong storms moving through Chicago and Indiana. Lightning and thunder and some local flooding. My goal is to bike through Chicago to Kenosha, about 114 miles today ... and, possibly make it to my sister’s house in Franklin.
Published Aug. 7, 2007
Hit the road from Conneaut, Ohio early Sunday morning. Back to back 100-mile days have left me a little spent, and I’m looking to take it a bit easier today.
Published Aug. 7, 2007
Made it 102 miles on Saturday and biked from New York, through Penn to Ohio. Got in about 6 p.m. and secured a church for the night.
Published Aug. 6, 2007
Got into a bit of a fix on Wednesday. Hot weather and hills sapped my strength quickly and I bummed a ride over the final mountain of Massachusetts.
Published Oct. 10, 2006
I spent the weekend bicycling around Chicago. Threw the bike in the car and headed out. Weather was sunny and in the 70s. I exited Tower Road, pulling into a parking lot near a bike trail and with no particular plan I followed another biker named Don.
Hamilton, New Zealand - Dec. 29 - Slept in a jail cell in Hamilton last night. It wasn't actually a jail cell - I've yet to accomplish that; it just felt like a jail cell - or an iPod. There was a weather warning issued for Tuesday; rain the entire day with extremely strong winds. I was safe...
Turakau, New Zealand - Dec 31, 2010 - I've had a streak of good luck lately as New Zealander's have stepped up and adopted me for the night.In Hamilton, Sue was bringing me coffee at the Garden Cafe in the Town Centre and we started chatting about the tour.Moments later her husband brought me a b...
Taihape, New Zealand, Dec 26 - Happy Boxing Day; it's a New Zealand tradition much like Black Friday. HUGE after-Christmas sales, only I really haven't seen many shops open. Matter of fact, the sporting goods shop in Taihape kicked me out; my darn bike was to blame. Let ...
Dec. 24, Foxton, NZ - SALVATION ARMY & XMAS.. Pushed along to Foxton; managed 79 kilometers in a brutal headwind that was reportedly so strong, it blew children away from parents. Spent the night at the Salvation Army. Lt. Beth set me up with a plush rocking chair that kicked out to full-body...
Dec. 23, Paekakariki, NEW ZEALAND - Flew from Christchurch on the south island to Wellington on the north island today. Prior to my flight I ran into Nancy, a senior attendant from Air New Zealand. Originally from the Midwest, Nancy gravitated to California and made the leap to New Zea...
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