All was quiet on the Midwestern front at St. Cloud’s Rivers Edge Park… Til the midnight bell tolled. Quietly nestled in our sleeping bags like stuffed stockings under the mantel, we lay blissfully unaware of the terrors that would soon unfold. Dark obelisks rose from the earth one by one, whirring to life with sinister […]
The Trekkers of 2 groups the Cape Cod Trek and the New England Shore Trek met this morning to begin their adventures. The groups embarked onto a ferry going from Boston to the far tip of Cape Cod, the town of Provincetown. Over the next 10-16 days this combined group of cyclists will ride the […]
The sound of miniature hooves clip-clopped atop our tents, rousing us like children on Christmas morn. Did our yuletide kahuna return bearing gifts of Lays potato leis and pineapple scented bike grease for our knitted stockings?? Or was our sense of urgency fueled by fears of drenched panniers? T’was the latter. The rain chimed the […]
Early morning pinballing round Fargo bike shops gave us a chance to warm the legs to the tune of 10 miles. Shaun fixed up his bike, Grace bought a new one and we then cracked off at noontide like frozen ropes from Roger Maris’ Louisville Slugger, adding 75 more miles to our little AM jaunt. […]
Yesterday’s *tailwind turned round and buffeted us like Berkshire Hathaway properties, making our century feel like it began during the Taft administration. We incised our way through the wind like it was fresh elote, leaving husks of exploded inner tubes in our wake, and despite some early hurdles, we made industrious strides worthy of those […]
The Comfort Inn continental biscuits and syrup hardtack stood us in firm stead to blitzkrieg 102 miles from Bismarck to Jamestown. Guest relations at the hotel were cordial, but our gust relations made us feel like riding royalty … We had a 20 mph headwind all day, as if an invisible red carpet were laid out […]
Today we bade dear Arthur goodbye, our dual citizen chum from London, known for his quads — both the muscle and the amount of bear mace canisters he purchased after hearing local grizzly horror stories. Our 21st century Oscar Wilde made us laugh with his wit and whimsy, bringing many laughs per minute to lighten […]
Today was the final day of the New York to Montreal trek! We woke up bright and early from the overnight bus and spent three hours rebuilding our bikes in the bus station. We went to a diner for lunch (our final meal together sadly), and then biked around New York City. We checked out […]
Who’s got the Bengay and Tiger Balm and Blue Emu and Lidocaine? Another 102 today for a total of 547 this week, and our joints are creaking like carnival ride steel. Roadside sunflowers swayed in the breeze, all pointed east like golden pennants waving us home. Horn honks helped us battle the unceasing headwind all […]
We woke up on our last day in Montreal excited for a VERY hyped up breakfast. Shannon said they were her favorite bagels in the world. We found out that she has terrible taste. After the breakfast we biked uphill in order to climb Mount Royal. It didn’t make much sense. After seeing the foggy […]