Our planned 60 mileage today was a needed inhalation in preparation for another 100 push to Bismarck on the morrow. It began with delectable gluten free pancakes, blueberries and coffee courtesy of Emily, Lela’s mom, and we bid her farewell before pushing into oil country. Low on tubes and thin on tread, we pushed our […]
We pegged another 102 onto our total today, landing in Sand Springs, MT, where we camped and enjoyed a delicious ramen. Another day on the bikes took us through our first rain shower, but gifted a beautiful double rainbow in return. Crickets hopped at us in self defense as we scooted up surprisingly hilly terrain. […]
We woke up in Sandwich, MA to a dry morning. Juliet strapped a tire to herself to go repair it at a nearby bike shop. Everybody had a pre-breakfast of banana bread and then we were off to a Stop and Shop to get muffins for the group. Afterwards we rode the bike path to a […]
We woke up in a hostel in Martha’s Vineyard and then we biked 5 miles to the ferry with some bike difficulty. Despite our best efforts, we missed the first ferry and we ended up having to go on the 12 pm ferry. With the extra time before the ferry, we all went shopping in […]
A groggy start from Lenore campground gave way to humpy hills covered in matchstick trees. We covered 82 miles and met with kindness from strangers — Judy — a shop owner who gifted us $60 worth of smoked salmon, and Michelle, a veteran bike packer cross crossing the country. We also learned that Idahoan drivers […]
Yesterday we arrived in Bruges in Belgium. The first half of the day was mostly biking, with only one stop to look in a museum in a very old hospital. Well the building was originally a hospital, then it was a church, and finally a convent before it became a museum. Inside were exhibits made […]