Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 13, 2007
The Bike Writer: The trip back home
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.
Tags: biking, gary, chicago, train, bike, kenosha, steffes

Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 7, 2007
The Bike Writer: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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.
Tags: bike, steffes, ohio, rock and roll hall of fame, cleveland

Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 7, 2007
The Bike Writer: From the back of a police car
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.
Tags: bike, steffes, ohio, police

Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 6, 2007
The Bike Writer: Great Barrington to Arcade, N.Y.
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.
Tags: biking, mass, new york, steffes

Travel & Visitors Guide - Oct. 10, 2006
The Bike Writer: Biking Chicago
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.
Tags: biking, chicago, steffes

Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 5, 2009
Home stretch; 2069 miles down
INTERESTING MINNESOTA... Crossed from Fargo, North Dakota into Moorhead, Minnesota which is home to a plethora of gigantic tourist attractions. Big Ole is a 28-foot Viking statue in Alexandria that's welcomed visitors since 1965.  There is a 13-foot prairie chicken in Rothsay, Mi...
Tags: bike, Steffes, Minnesota

Travel & Visitors Guide - July 24, 2009
Donation from helpful trucker
  MEET DEAN...  Forced to jump on the Interstate today to head east from Bismarck, N.D. to Medina to Jamestown and Valley City. Bikes are allowed on the Interstate in North Dakota since most of the roads are gravel and many are currently covered because of flooding.  Pulling into a...
Tags: bicycle, Steffes, North Dakota, lights

Travel & Visitors Guide - July 22, 2009
In love.... with Lewis & Clark
Bismarck, ND  July 21, 2009  I have a t-shirt that reads: My boyfriend said I should be more affectionate.... so I got another boyfriend.  Well I met a guy. Actually two.   I think I'm in love with Lewis and Clark.  Stayed late Tuesday morning in Washburn, North Dakota so...
Tags: bicycle, Steffes, Lewis, Clark

Travel & Visitors Guide - July 20, 2009
Coasting through North Dakota
July 19, 2009 KILLDEER, ND - Three states down, three more to go. I've been on the road since June 25 (started in Seattle, WA) and have collected over 1,420 miles. The distance per day is primarily determined by how far each larger city is from the next. Large city is defined as on...
Tags: bicycle, Steffes, North Dakota

Travel & Visitors Guide - July 7, 2009
Out of Washington into Idaho
Pateros, WA - Making my way from Winthrop to the Coulee Dam.   Hitting the road around 5 a.m. in order to beat the heat and the headwinds; temperatures this week are expected to be in the 90s..  Took a break at the Rest Awhile cafe along Highway 153, just outside Pateros. Homemade desse...
Tags: bike, tour, Steffes