July 26th, 2006 Yesterday (I’m writing this from Bendavis, MO) Chelsea and I rode absolutely the toughest miles of our trip to date. Things started out great with Alex dropping us off at the highway at Twin Rivers Landing in Lesterville, MO. We were nearly dreading the mileage because of how tough things had been …
July 24th, 2006 Here we are in Missouri, at a private campground in Lesterville, on the Black River, in the Ozarks. Life continues to be an amazing adventure every day. Each day seems to have so much change and so many new events packed into it, that sometimes I feel as though each day is …
Nearing the end of the Ozarks…Twin Rivers Landing, Lesterville MO Read More »
July 20th, 2006 What an experience we had in St Louis! We knew that there had been a strong storm there the night before, but we had no idea of the severity till after we’d been there awhile. It only took about two hours to get there, and we went straight downtown to get to …
July 19th, 2006 Chelsea and I got up and got dressed and got completely ready to go – we took the bikes down ourselves for the first time, had eaten, had our sunscreen on, and were ready to rock and roll. It was taking us a long time to get going, and we finally realized …
Rest In Peace Campground, IL, near Cape Girardeau MO Read More »
July 18th, 2006 We started out with good attitudes on Tuesday the 18th, but it became clear very quickly that Chelsea’s derailleur was not working properly. After struggling up one particularly steep hill, we realized we needed a bike shop, and going back to Grand Rivers was our best bet. Alex picked us up and …
July 17th, 2006 The next day was memorable because Chelsea took a tumble only about 30 miles into our ride. We had been climbing, climbing, climbing again, and she looked down to shift, but she was too close to me, and her tire clipped mine. She went down immediately, and I must give her major …
July 16th, 2006 The next night found us in Gatlin Campground in the Land Between the Lakes Recreation Area in Kentucky. We had expected the ride to smooth out a lot, after the nasty hills of TN, but we found the riding to be just as hard and harder in some ways. We quit after …
July 15th, 2006 The next day we tackled some really, really serious hills in Tennessee, headed towards Kentucky. We ended the day at Kentucky Lake, and couldn’t find a campground anywhere within reasonable distance. On a hunch, we stopped at a small convenience store and grill at the end of a road, near a boat …
July 14th, 2006 The day after I last wrote, we did make it to the Loretta Lynn campground, near Waverly TN, and it was just what you might expect from the name. It had a great swimming pool, where we played around for a while, gratefully (yes, it was still in the high nineties with …
July 13, 2006 We have finally finished the Natchez Trace Parkway, and tomorrow we start the serious roller-coaster hills of Tennessee. Chelsea and I have made good time the last week on our riding days (we took 2 days to catch up on our organizational issues). We have ridden 65-72 days almost every day except …
