Do to the lack of internet connections in Salome and Yarnell, I will now post some catch ups. For the Blythe to Salome, AZ portion, we passed around a note...
Yarnell to Prescott, AZ Well today I was glad we struggled up the Yarnell grade yesterday, because it made this day a really great day. While we actually...
Today was supposed to be easy; a 53 mile day with less than 2,400 feet of climbing. I do not know if it was the perfect weather, the helpful tailwind, the...
The circle turns. And so do the winds. Today the winds turned around and unfortunately did not bite us on our butts. When it wasn't blowing straight at us, it...
Day ten, and at seven thousand feet you can expect almost any weather, and we were not disappointed. To go north from Flagstaff, you need to get around the San...
The advantage of overcoming adversity is that it makes the regular days seem great. But today might have been near perfect even without yesterday's adventures....
It is a short but breathtaking ride from Kayenta to the entrance of Monument Valley. The entrance is actually in Utah, but the campground we are currently...
Well, when you ride from a place called Monument VALLEY to a place called BLUFF, you know you will be climbing. And climb we did. We had three leg screamers...
We climbed out of Bluff on a hot sunny morning. The problem with a cute little town surrounded by cliffs is you need to climb over them to leave. We hit the...
Do you remember reading yesterday about all that real estate we got to keep; meaning we were up at seven thousand feet. Well, you really know you are up at...
We left Moab this morning by the "River Road", route 128. It runs through this deep cut canyon along the Colorado River. This could quite possibly be the most...
Today's report has been carefully prepared for you by Bonnie Brennan. Bonnie, Martin and Walter broke camp late to lengthen their enjoyment of the peaceful...
After everybody's kind e-mails about how much they are enjoying the daily reports, I go ahead and fall behind a day. It was not easy bidding farewell to...
We were able to stay off the Interstate for most of way between Parachute and Glenwood Springs. While the smaller highways weave in and out and up and down a...
After a full day of rest, we left Glenwood Springs on a marvelous bike path. Like the River Road out of Moab, we followed the Colorado River up a narrow...
Today we had a true vacation day, playing tourist in Glenwood Springs. In the morning, Bonnie, Gail, Ken, Walter and Susie took a gondola up to the Glenwood ...
The Vail Pass! Well, we all made it. Was it difficult? You bet, but not too difficult. The good part was for most of the climb and descent; we were on a ...
Two passes in two days. The Loveland Pass, was not so much up and down as yesterday; just straight up, for nine miles in air that was getting pretty thin. We...
While it is only twenty-five miles from Golden to Boulder, it felt like seventy-five. Today was the first day we all rode fully-loaded. Today is Walter's last...
For some reason, when I sit at my keyboard at the end of the day, I try to sum up and decided whether it was a good day or not. When in reality, most days are...
What! Did that say Sterling, not Julesburg? Yes dear reader, for the first time this trip, we did not make our goal of Julesburg. You would have thought if we...
With a big black band of thunder clouds streaking across our path we headed out from Sterling today. (It is amazing how much sky you can see when the horizons...
I would like to say we blew into Nebraska today, but what actually happened was the wind almost blew us away from Nebraska. We woke up to a cold, grey, drizzly...
I believe congratulations are in order. Two of the Bookenders, Gail and Susie, rode their first century today. And we have all become "Touring Centurions"...
The problem with camping is it takes at least another half hour to leave in the morning because you have to pack up and load all your stuff on your bikes. Why...
Because some of us needed to dry out our tents and gear this morning, we got a late start. Columbus was forty-two miles away. We were told that after Columbus...
Nebraskans are found of saying that of you do not like the weather, wait a few minutes and it will change. Unfortunately, the converse is true as well....
We have had requests from several of you for information on members of the group who they are not familiar with. Bonnie will attempt to post brief bios on all...
We not only changed states today, but also terrain. We had to say goodbye to the nice flat or downward grades of Nebraska, and hello to the rolling hills of...
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