Written by Dave Day 2–Sept 26 – 60 Miles, 2,245 feet climbing We woke to surprising fresh feeling legs this morning. Both of us thought yesterday’s super steep Green Mountain Road would have been lingering. We are definitely under-trained for this ride. Maybe the reviving Hammerhead IPA we had yesterday did some good. Further research … Continue reading Kalama to Centralia

Written by Dave Day 1 –Sept 25 - 49 Miles, 3,545 feet climbing We made it to Kalama just as planned. A good day all round. All smiles at the start  Highlights of the day included a nice ride on forested Terwiliger Boulevard, some funky, fun Portland vibes, some safer than expected North Portland rolling, … Continue reading Portland to Kalama

Written by Chris Day 79 – August 15 – 57 Miles, 2,960 feet climbing (Fryeburg, ME to Portland, ME) First off, happy 90th to Dave's Mom! August 15th is the 68th day Dave, Nancy and I have ridden since we started our journey on May 29th. Cindi, my wife asked during week two if I … Continue reading Ending Chris Crossing America with a boom!

Written by Dave Day 78 – August 14 – 46 Miles, 2,640 feet climbing (North Woodstock, NH to Fryeburg, ME) We stayed last night in North Woodstock. It’s a cute little town with a quaint main street. This morning we had brekkie on the main street at Riverside Coffee. We didn’t think that there was … Continue reading Maine, lucky state 13

Written by Dave Day 77 – August 13 – 71 Miles, 5,246 feet climbing (Royalton, VT to North Woodstock, NH) I’ve had yesterday and today mentally circled on our spreadsheet for quite some time. They were back-to-back hard climbing days coming at the end of long stretch of riding days and right near the end … Continue reading New Hampshire

Written by Dave Day 76 – August 12– 65 Miles, 4,080 feet climbing (Whitehall, NY to Royalton, VT) First a report on dinner last night... For a small, extremely well hidden restaurant, they had pretty good crowd at 6:30 for dinner. We snagged one of the last spots and had pretty good food, not the … Continue reading Vermont, state 9 or 10

Written by Dave Day 75 – August 11 – 69 Miles,  2,400 feet climbing (Arrowhead RV Park, Glenville to Whitehall, NY) It was nice and quiet in the Arrowhead RV Park overnight. There is a lot of noise in the Mohawk River Valley during the day but the frequent trains and freeway traffic died down … Continue reading To the edge of New York

Written by Dave Day 74 – August 10 – 61 Miles,  2,060 feet climbing (Herkimer to Arrowhead RV Park) First up – no rain and sun today. I suppose I could just end the post there. Faith has been restored in the fun factor of bicycle touring! Blue skies in Central New York - yeah … Continue reading To path or not to path

Written by Dave Day 73 – August 9 – 61 Miles,  2,077 feet climbing (Syracuse to Herkimer) Today we made a bee-line for Herkimer, choosing to ride on the road, not on the Erie Canal path. We feared that parts of the path would be very muddy or even flooded. Debby was here today in … Continue reading Debby dousing