RIDE Coast 2 Coast
Journey with us as we bike from coast to coast, Bellingham, Washington to Yorktown, Virginia in a quest to see the country, meet fellow Americans, and raise money to do good in the world.
OUR JOURNEY LEG 4
Date: 7/17/23Day: 25Route: Williamsburg to Richmond via the Capital Trail Miles: 61.4Total Miles: 990!MyZone MEPs: 700 (my MYZone stopped recording, so this is an estimate based on Doug’s MEPS) It’s our final day of riding on this trip from the Paci...
Date: 7/16/23Day: 24Route: Williamsburg Tourist DayMiles: 0 Today is a tourist day to explore the “colonial Williamsburg” on foot and by shuttle. We start out with a hearty breakfast buffet at our hotel (Williamsburg Lodge). I opt for the omelette...
Date: 7/15/23Day: 23Route: Williamsburg - Yorktown - WilliamsburgMiles: 33.5Total Miles: 928.7MyZone MEPs: 325 Today is the day that we reach the Atlantic coast! It’s been a long journey… But today’s ride is a short one. Sleep in a bit and th...
Day 22 Date: 7/14/23Day: 22Route: Richmond -Jamestown - WilliamsburgMiles: 60.7Total Miles: 895.20MyZone MEPs: 400 (my MYZone is not uploading, so this is based on Doug’s MEPs) Up at 6:20 AM, pack and go down to eat a boring Continental breakfast, ...
Day 21 Date: 7/13/23Day: 21Route: Mineral to Richmond, VAMiles: 64Total Miles: 834.51MyZone MEPs: 651 Up at 5:45 AM, and even though this is a bed-and-breakfast, we didn’t want to bother the host with Making a breakfast so early so we had asked for...
Day 20 Date: 7/12/23 Day: 20 Route: Charlottesville to Mineral, Virginia Miles: 57.9 with 2,334 elevation gain Total Miles: 770.51 MEPs: 805 Weather: The sun was HOT (no cloud cover) and temps in 90’s Note- again my gps missed some our ride...
Day 19 Date: 7/11/23Day: 19Route: Tourist Day in CharlotteMiles: 0 We decided to take a “tourist day” because…why not? We have decided to NOT ride our bikes from Richmond to DC because it’s all urban riding and that’s not much fun. My commitment is ...
Date: 7/10/23Day:18Route: Afton (Cookie Lady’s House) to CharlottesvilleMiles: 32.1Total Miles: 712.71 MyZone MEPs: 233 - that’s not much! The musty smell in the "Cookie Lady's" house was much less with all three doors open and the sweeping I did t...
Day 17 Date: 7/9/23Day: 17Route: Lexington to Afton (the Cookie Lady’s House)Miles: 51.18Total Miles: 680.71MyZone MEPs: 706 “The Big Climb” Today’s ride was the “pinnacle” of our route - we thought it would have the toughest climbing and the best...
Date: 7/8/23 Day: 16Route: Dalesville/Troutville to Lexington, VAMiles: 43.3 Total Miles: 629.53MyZone MEPs: 427 We are well over half-way to our end destination of Yorktown, VA, but we are not yet half-way in our charity goal! ~Friends~ If you ...
Day 15 Date: 7/7/23Day: 15Route: Christiansburg to TroutevilleMiles: 46.9 with only 2,888 feet elevation gainTotal Miles: 586.23MyZone MEPs: 498 ---DISCLAIMER-- OK - I have to fess up and give credit where credit is due - Doug has been “ghostwriting...
Date: 7/6/23Day: 14Route: REST DAY!Miles: 0 If you are ever in the Christansberg, Virginia area, you must stay at The Oaks, Victorian Inn. We give them a 5+ star rating and more! The owners, Shannon and Jason, clearly care about the building and its r...
Day 13 Date: 7/5/23Day: 13Route: Wytheville to ChristiansburgMiles: 52.4 withe 3,393 feet climbingTotal Miles: 539.33MyZone MEPs: 576 Alarm goes off at 6 AM – we’re sleepy from staying up late last night for the fireworks, so we snooze until 6:30 a...
Day 12 Date: 7/4/23Day: 12Route: Damascus to WythevilleMiles: 58.6Total Miles: 486.93MyZone MEPs: 704 “We are stronger … and it is still hard” Up at 6:15 AM OK sleep in his room got too hot/too cold and every time I turned over the bed shook. Every ...
Day 11 Date: 7/3/23Day: 11Route: Rosedale to Damascus, VirginiaMiles: 33.4 with 2,375 feet of climbingTotal Miles: 428.33 MyZone MEPs: 399 (Video is of our view from dinner tonight)Neither Doug or I slept much last night in our church - classroom. ...
Date: 7/2/2023Day: 9Route: Gateway to the Breaks to Rosedale, VirginiaMiles: 45.5, with 4,408 feet climbingTotal Miles: 394.93MyZone MEPs: 732 We sleep in a bit, oatmeal in the microwave is great. Pack and out by 8:20 AM. Brutal climb first thing u...
Date: 7/2/2023Day: 9Route: Gateway to the Breaks to Rosedale, VirginiaMiles: 45.5, with 4,408 feet climbingTotal Miles: 394.93MyZone MEPs: 732 We sleep in a bit, oatmeal in the microwave is great. Pack and out by 8:20 AM. Brutal climb first thing u...
Date: 7/1/23Day: 9Route: Rest Day - to Breaks Interstate ParkMiles: 4.46Total Miles: 349.43MyZone MEPs: ? A few Hooray for rest day! This is an unscheduled one and so we’ll have to do some rethinking of time… but is much needed after the 5,000 + feet...
Date: 6/30/23 FridayDay: 8Route: Hindman, Kentucky to Gateway to the Breaks Motel,VirginiaMiles: 72.47Total Miles: 344.97MyZone MEPs: 1085 Words of the day “Humbled and Walking in Eastern Kentucky” Note: the gps did not record about 5 miles of th...
Date: 6/29/23 ThursdayDay: 7Route: Hazard/Combs to HindmanMiles: 18.4 “rest day” 986 feet elevation gainTotal Miles: 272.5MyZone MEPs: 245 “There is always something to be thankful for” a saying on a fence as we zoomed by on our bikes. Today is ou...
Date: 6/28/24Day: 6Route: Booneville to Hazard/CombsMiles: 49.7 miles with 4,434 ft of climbingTotal Miles: 254.10MyZone MEPs: 809 Quote of the day “I like it better when dogs don’t chase us” - Robin It is now 7:30 pm and I’ll tell you, I am very ...
Date: 6/27/23 Tuesday Day: 5 Route: Berea to Booneville, Kentucky Miles: 50.3 and 3,291 feet of elevation gain Total Miles: 204.4MyZone MEPs: 678 We treated ourselves to the brewed coffee in our covered wagon, ate our granola and peaches, and hit the ro...
Date: 6/26/23 Day: 4 Route: Rest Day in Berea at "OH! Kentucky campground" Miles: 0 MyZone MEPs: 0 It was a frightening storm through the night. Winds and rain whipped our canvas roof and we watched the lightening light up the sky all around us and felt ...
Date: 6/25/23 Day: 3 Route: Harrodsburg to Berea, Kentucky Miles: 50.9 with 3,203 feet elevation gain Total Miles: 154.1MyZone MEPs: 755 Quote of the day “It is nicer when it is not raining” - Doug We had a very restful night at the Beaumont and deci...
Date: 6/24/23 Day: 2 Route: Bardstown to Harrodsburg Miles: 46 HILLY! 3,314 feet elevation gain Total Miles: 98.7 MyZone MEPs: 691 Today had Beautiful quiet roads with sweeping views when we were high and serene farming valleys when we were low. ...
Date: 6/23/23 Day:1 Route: Louisville to Bardstown, KentuckyMiles: 57.2MyZone MEPs: 854 We rose at 6:00 am and fuddled our way through getting ready- a Well Oiled Machine, we are not (yet). But we got it together and we're on the road by 7:50am with...
6/24/23 Thursday, Day 0, Louisville In the morning, we repacked all our stuff to create our shopping list for the day and make sure we had everything else. Here’s what happened: Robin: Did you pack the sleeping bag? Doug: Didn’t you pack the sleepi...
2 Days Prior: Landing in Louisville and finding Chicken & Bourbon Date: 6/21/23 Thanks to our friend Matt Iwersen who gave us a lift to the Bellingham Airport at 4am for our early departure to Seattle, then Chicago. We found our flight times had ...
OUR JOURNEY LEG #3
7/30/21 - Back in Bellingham, WA Sigh. We made it. After an epic journey like we just had, it can take a bit to adjust to normal life. As I return to work, so many of our friends and members here at the Bellingham Training and Tennis Club ask me.....
7/22/21 Day 25 Shady Grove to NashvilleMiles: 57.7Total Miles: 1204.1!!!!! That’s the end!MyZone MEPs: 704 I’ve waited a couple of days to write this post because I think I don’t want this bike trip to be over. I love the challenge of each day’s rid...
7/21/21 Day 24 - Waverly to Shady Grove/Duck RiverMiles: 54Total Miles: 1146.4MyZone MEPs: 735 We were a little melancholy to start today’s ride, since we only have 2 days of riding before we get to Nashville. Up at the routine time of 4:15am. Made...
7/20/21 C2C Leg#3 Piney Campground to WaverleyMiles: 41.7Total Miles: 1092.4MyZone MEPs: 698 We wake at 4:15 and make the best breakfast we can... without a stove. PB&Jam sandwich, can of peaches. No coffee is tough. We are ready to go by 6:00am...
7/18/21Day 22 - Kentucky Dam Village Resort State Park No real miles today And the vacant large lobby overlooking the Kentucky River Lake created by the dam. It just seems like if they added a few more family friendly activities (putt-putt gol...
7/19/21 Day 23: Kentucky Dam Village Resort State Park to Piney Creek Campground (Tennessee!) Miles: 59Total Miles: 1050.7.... We crossed 1,000 miles!MyZone MEPs: 1016 Since we decided not to ride to a grocery store yesterday, the other one on our...
7/17/21 Day 22: Cave-in-Rock (Illinois) to Kentucky Dam Village Resort State Park (Kentucky) Miles: 54Total Miles: 991.7MyZone MEPs: 714 We were prepared for hills today and were surprised by the empty roads and flat to rolling terrain. No cars pas...
7/16/21Day 20: Karnak to Cave-In-RockMiles: 63.7Total Miles: 937.7MyZone MEPs: 970 I am writing this on 7/18/21 as we hide from the rain and thunder in the Kentucky Dam Village camping area laundry facility. Yesterday we moved the tent and all of o...
7/15/21Day 19: Cape Girardeau (Missouri) to Karnak (Illinois) Miles: 42Total Miles: 874MyZone MEPs: 630 This was the Easiest Day of Riding! Mostly flat, strong side/tail wind, great roads, and little traffic. We left the hotel at 7:40am and were ...
7/14/21 Day 18: Cape Girardeau REST DAY! Miles: 0Total Miles: 832A day off of our bikes is exactly what we both need. We’ve got a few saddle soars and Doug has a stye in his eye and his eye irritated and eyelid swollen. Our only plan today is to d...
7/13/21 Day 17: Marquand to Cape Girardeau, MissouriMiles: 52Total Miles: 832MYZone MEPs: I thought it was over 800, but didn’t upload :-( We hit the road around 7am and had a slow wake-wakes slug up away from Castor River with a mile long 8% steep c...
7/12/21C2C Leg#3 Day 16: St.Joe State Park to Marquand- Cruisin....We thought there’d be more days like this Miles: 43.5Total Miles: 780MYZone MEPS: 560 - lowest MEPs yet We wake to a soggy campground & tent, but the skies are blue. We make a quick...
7/11/21 Day 15: Stanton KOA to St. Joe State Park Miles: 70Total Miles: 736.5MyZone MEPs: 1199 and I earned everyone of them With headlamps on, we prepared breakfast outside of our cabin and left Stanton KOA 6:20am. We had a pleasant steep rollin...
July 10, 2021 Day 14: Stanton KOAMiles: 6 round trip to Meramec CavernsTotal Miles: 666.5 After the crazy storm last night, we slept in. When I opened my eyes, something was amiss. My right eye was swollen from an itchy bug bite from last night. It ...
7/9/21aDay 13: McKittrick to Stanton KOAMiles: 58Total Miles: 660.5MyZone MEPs: 938 We packed up with the intention of leaving right after breakfast at 6:30 - but we got talking with Joey, Rich, and James (two other old guy friends of Joey who owns th...
7/8/21 Day 12 Hartsburg to McKittrick/HermannMiles: 54Total Miles: 602.2MYZone MEPs: 762 Hartsville, 6am wake up with a glorious breakfast at 6:30am. We got chatting with Leah and Mark and before we knew it it was 9:00 am and we were getting...
7/7/21Day 11: Arrow Rock to HartsburgMiles: 61Total Miles: 548.2MyZone MEPs: 928 We still got up at 4:30am, even with last night’s raccoon disruption. With headlamps on, we broke camp, made coffee, ate breakfast, said hello to the little frog who ho...
7/6/21 Day 10: Lexington to Arrow Rock - classic bike touring Miles: 67. 4Total Miles: 487.2MYZone MEPS: ??? My strap didn’t pick up the whole ride We woke at 4:30am today, wanting to get an early start to try to beat some of the heat. On the road ...
July 5, 2021Day 9 - Lexington, Missouri - Bonus Rest DayMiles: 6 while putting around townTotal Miles: 419.8MYZone MEPs: didn’t count them today And that is what we are doing...resting. We picked up this $3 microwave proof mug so we could make scramb...
7/4/21Day 8: Watkins Mill State Park to Lexington, Missouri Miles: 59.7 (including the putting around)Total Miles: 413.8MYZone MEPs: 842 We are up at 5:40am on road before 7am. A rather dry breakfast of bananas and granola. No surprise, there wer...
7/3/21Day 7: Atchison to Watkins Mill State ParkMiles: 75!Total Miles: 354.1MYZone MEPs: 1542 - a beefy day (4,431 calories) Knowing that we had a long day ahead, we departed Atchison at 6:45am. (Picture of the bridge we are about to cross over the Mi...
7/2/21Day 6, Rest Day in Atchison, Kansas Sleep in until 8:15am - needed that after previous night’s interrupted sleep. Breakfast at the hotel and off for a walk about. 1st stop to stock up on Gatorade for tomorrow’s ride. Then to the museum at...
7/1/21Day 5: Falls City, Nebraska to Atchison, KansasMiles: 54.7Total Miles: 279.1MYZone MEPs: 715 Our standard breakfast of a can of peaches and granola... Then we left Fall City to Rulo on quiet State Highway 159 was rolling hill after rolling hi...
6/30/21 Day 4, Waubonsie State Park (Iowa) to Falls City (Nebraska)Miles: 56.2Total Miles: 224.4MYZONE MEPs: 830 We had a nice chat with our neighbor tenters who were driving to... Guemes Island (in the San Juans) and were considering a move to Bellin...
6/29/21 Day 3, Council Bluffs to Waubonsie State Park, IowaMiles: 51.3Total Miles: 168.2MYZONE MEPs: 761Were up at 6:15am, back under the freeway to the HyVee grocery to stock up for lunch. Today started out foggy and 70 degrees. We rode for a shor...
6/28/21 Day 2: Onawa KOA to Council BluffsMiles: 70.4Total Miles: 116.9MYZone MEPS: 1042Temps: 66 - mid 80’s with thunder & pouring rain We left the serenity of our campsite at 7:50am, and 66 degrees, eager to start before it got too hot. We got ...
Day1: Sioux City to Onawa KOAMiles: 46.5MYZone MEPS: 680Temps: 70-80 with threat of rain We said goodbye to Sioux City at about 8:45am - a leisurely start. The route was straight forward - and mostly straight - for today. We were on “old h...
June 25, 2021 We departed from the Seattle airport with the usual crush of people in line for security. The only evidence of the Covid pandemic was the requirement to wear masks. Otherwise Sea-Tac was busy as ever. We landed in Sioux City at about 5...
We are at the Denver airport, waiting for our flight to Sioux City, Iowa. With a little time to kill, Doug and I are reviewing our bicycle route. I always like to have some “highlights” to look forward to along the way. In legs #1 & #2, that was eas...
Our bikes arrived before us! We decided to save ourselves some time, and ask the experts at Earl's Bike Shop in Bellingham to put on new chains and pack up our bikes (when you have racks and fenders on a bike, it is more complicated to pack) and shipp...
6/20/21 4 Days Prior to Departure Deciding what to take on a 4 week long bicycle trip is more about what bare minimum you need. Since we carry all of our gear on our bikes, every ounce counts. While we'd love all the luxuries of home, we certainly ...
Can a person with 2 knee replacements ride over 1,000 miles in 4 weeks with a bike that weighs 75+pounds? Place your bets now... That's what we will find out this summer! My husband, Doug, and I are getting ready for Leg #3 of our "corner to corner" ...
OUR JOURNEY LEG #3
RIDE C2C L2 DAY 17: Hill City to Rapid City...caught in a storm and end of this tour Miles: 28 Elevation: 4300ft to 3200ft - sounds like downhill.... We’ve been contemplating it for some time, asking the locals about safe routes east from the bad...
RIDE C2C L2 DAY 16: Black Hills Loop (some of the most spectacular cycling ever!) Miles: 55 MEPS: 555 Grades: 8%, 9%, 10% Word of the Day: Amazing! WOW- AMAZING! Is how I describe today - a day of the greats: Crazy Horse, Custer State Pa...
RIDE C2C L2 DAY 15 - REST DAY IN HILL CITY Miles: 0 Word of the Day: Rest in Hill City A rest day is all about ... Sleeping in (til about 6:30 instead of getting up at 5am), Walking in to town for breakfast Strolling the shops along the Main...
RIDE C2C L2 DAY 14: Lead to Hill City via the Mickelson Trail through the Black Hills Miles: 44 - all but 2 on the Mickelson TraiL Our tent rainfly was soaked, everything felt damp, and so we did a quick pack up and moved over to the covered pati...
RIDE C2C L2 DAY 13: Spearfish to Lead - up the Spearfish Canyon Miles: 45 MEPS: 390 Highest incline to date: 9% grade AND on a gravel road (we get extra points for that) You never know about a complimentary hotel breakfast, but the Black Hills Best...
RIDE C2C L2 Day 12: Devils Tower, WY to Spearfish SD Miles: 62 MEPS: 539 Elevation Gain: 3,333.3 feet (what are the chances of that?) Word of the Day: Expansive Wyoming continued to surprise us with its beauty! As Doug was making coffee, I had t...
RIDE C2C L2 DAY 11 Keyhole State Park to Devil’s Tower National Park 8/9/19 Miles: 40 +6 more to/from the base of Devils Tower TOTAL MILES: Nearing 450 MEPS: 361 Word of the Day: Unexpected We survived! For about an hour in the middle of last ni...
RIDE C2C DAY 10 Gillette to Moorcroft then on to Key Hole State Park, WY Miles: 47 MEPS: 423 Word of the Day: Small Town We weren’t sure how far we are going today - stopping in Moorcroft (30 miles) or going on to the State Park (about 50 miles...
RIDE C2C DAY 9 Transport from Buffalo to Gillette Miles = 0 on bike, 70 in a car Word of the Day: Tourista Time! We had choices: #1) ride I-90 for 70 miles, #2) Take the country road for over 100 miles without any services or water, or #3) Get a...
RIDE C2C DAY 8 Ten Sleep to Buffalo Miles: 65 Word of the Day: Climb and then Climb MORE and then do it 5 more times MEPS: 1115 Calories burned: 3848 1st Climb Elevation gained: over 5,200 feet Total Elevation for the day: Peak Elevation: ...
RIDE C2C DAY 7 Rest day in Ten Sleep Miles: 0 Word of the Day: Relax & Recover Ahhh, a rest day. Slept in until 6:30am (woo!) and had a leisurely morning, walking the 2 blocks to the grocery store to buy eggs for breakfast. as we were making/eati...
RIDE C2C L2 DAY 6 Greybull to Ten Sleep for 2 Sleeps Miles: 55 MEPS: 527 Ride time: 4 hr 15 min High temp of the day: 103.6 degrees Word of the Day: Exposed After the first 8 miles, there were no services. 180 degree views of plains for mil...
RIDE C2C L2 DAY 5 Cody to Greybull 8/2/19 Miles: 50+ Temperature: 65 at 7:15am; 99.5 at 12:30pm 50 miles on a straight highway across the Big Horn Basin can go a lot of ways. It all depends on terrain, road surface, traffic, weather, wind, and of ...
RIDE C2C Day 4 - Pahaska Teepee to Cody, WY 8/1/19 Miles: 55 MEPS: 487 Today could not have been a better day of riding! We had a -unintentionally slow- breakfast at the Pahaska Teepee restaurant. Side note: the Pahaska Teepee resort was ...
RIDE C2C L2 Day 3 - Grants Village to Pahaska Teepee, WY Miles: 53 Sylvan Pass: 8530 ft Weather: 93.5 degrees while climbing: Rainstorm while descending We thought everything was going to be soaked and that we’d be riding in the rain this mornin...
RIDE C2C L2 Day 2 Flagg Ranch - Grants Village (Yellowstone) 7/31/2019 Miles: 24 Starting elevation: 6600 ft Continental Divide: 7988 ft Ending elevation: 7700 ft It’s 3:52pm and we are hiding in our tent from a Yellowstone rainstorm. The eleva...
RIDE C2C L2 Day 1 Moose - Flagg Ranch 7/30/19 Miles: 45 miles Today Doug and I celebrate our 31st wedding anniversary and I could hardly imagine.a better way to do this (unless it was LAST year for our 30th with our kids in Melbourne, AUS). We ar...
Last night, arrived with an + hour time change at 10:45pm to "the Campus Inn" in Missoula, Montana. Had to get out for a bit of a walk and, after a nightcap at "the Press Box", had a little walk about at the campus of U of Montana. Our continental ...
C2C L2 Day 0 - Bellingham to ? 11:57 am and we are off! Departing Bellingham to Missoula or Butte (depending on our car endurance.). On the road again and so excited to start this next leg of our Coast to Coast (C2C) ride! Stay tuned for daily up...
We are almost ready! Leg 2. Coast to coast, corner to corner, Bellingham Washington to key W. Florida Rd. bike trip here we come! Tomorrow is departure date and I'm getting the last part of my bike packed up taking as little as possible but just en...
LEG #2 - Jackson, Wyoming to Sioux City, Iowa It's all part of our continuing cross-country bicycle adventure with knee arthritis. Our goal is to ride "C2C" corner to corner, coast to coast. The first corner started in our home town of Bellingham, Was...
7 Weeks Post-OP - Is THIS the promised land? We all hear that party line - "6 weeks recovery" - but how recovered are you at 6 weeks and what happens next? Of course this will vary from person to person and depend on how fit you were before surgery a...
OUR JOURNEY LEG #1
I had a few people ask me, a little perplexed, as to why I wasn’t still on my bike and did we already dip our tires in the Atlantic? The answer is - we “only” had 4 weeks to ride (as we will in every summer), so no, we did not ride 3,000+ miles in ...
These are some "notes to self" for next year. Bring DUCT TAPE! (We bought some on Day 2) Things Fixed with Duct Tape: Shnozzle air pump bag for air mattress - without duct tape we could not inflate our mattress. Bottom of Purse - from Vietna...
7/8/17 Day 21 Dupuyer to ChoteauMiles: 34. Total Miles: 989.6 Depart: 7:00am - Arrive: 10:00am Choteau Mountain View RV & Tent After getting beat up in the heat and wind all day yesterday, we are so glad that today will be a short day and … No wind! ...
7/7/17 Day 20. St. Mary’s Campground to DupuyerMiles: 69.9 Total Miles: 955.6Elevation Gain: 3386 Elevation Total: 28,956.6 Break Camp: 6:33am Make Hotel: 5:30pm This was, by far, our hardest day yet.... It is cold this morning! 50 degrees. Up at ...
7/9/17 Day 22 Choteau to Great Falls - the End!Miles: 54. Total Miles: 1043Depart: 6:30am - Arrive Great Falls 11:10am - Escape from Great Falls 4:00pm - Arrive White Sulphur Springs 6:30pm Moon setting during the sunrise in Choteau Beautiful su...
7/6/17. Day 19. McDonald Lake Lodge to St. Mary (Going to the Sun Road)Miles: 39.2 Total Miles: 885.7Elevation: 3707.3 Total Elevation: 25,570.6 - but my Garmin stopped working for a few days, so this is a low estimate…. EARTHQUAKE! We awoke with a fr...
7/4/17 Day 17 Whitefish to Lake McDonald LodgeMiles: 40.8 Total Miles: 846.5 Happy Independance Day! Yesterday, In the organic grocery store we had purchased soy & regular yogurt to go with our granola. What a treat (or so we thought). Doug said that ...
7/5/17 Day 18 McDonald Lake Lodge rest dayWe had the luxury of sleeping in followed by a buffet breakfast at the Lodge. We hung around the lodge all day - foregoing the thought of a hike UP then DOWN (That’s just no good for my knees). Here is what we...
7/1/17 Day 14 Two Rivers RV Park to Libby Dam (Dunn Creek)Miles: 68.1. Total Miles: 691.3 After a breakfast of canned peaches, bananas, granola, and coffee, we packed up and were on the road by 7:30am. An early start is key to beating the heat. We imm...
7/2/17 Day 15 Libby Dam (Dunn Creek) to EurekaMiles: 56.4. Total Miles 747.7 Elevation - don't know, my Garmin gizmo ran out of juice. BUT it was A LOT of up (and down). Out of the campground at 7:30am with an immediate 3 mile climb up to Libby Dam....
7/3/17. Day 16 Eureka to WhitefishMiles: 58. Total Miles:805.7Break Camp 7:32am. Make Whitefish hotel 4:15pm It was so nice to wake up and look through the foot of our tent and see the Tobacco River flowing peacefully along. Many people thought were w...
6/29/17. Day 12. Sandpoint Idaho rest dayMiles: Ride about town Today was a relaxing day of a few errands and simply enjoying Sandpoint Idaho. It’s a sweet town with plenty of good eateries, a great beach, and cool vibe. There's a bunch of pictures a...
6/30/17 Day 13. Sandpoint, Idaho to Two Rivers RV park, MontanaMiles: 47.9 Total Miles: 623.2 Elevation Gain: 1594 Total Elevation: 23,457.3 Time to roll - busy highway, quiet backroads, 2 surprising bakeries, and back to camping. We ate our scra...
6/27/17. Day 10. Ione to Priest RiverMiles: 64.4 (that’s about 10 miles more than we thought). Total Miles 545.6Elevation gain: 1745.4 ft. Total Elevation: 21,863.3Break Camp: 8:00am - Make Camp: 5:00pm This was intended to be an “easy” day, riding a ...
6/28/17 Day 11 Priest River to SandpointMiles: 29.7. Total Miles: 575.3 Summary: Lazy start, broken stove, going “off map” was worth it, our motel in Sandpoint is the best. We have a lazy start to the day since we knew had “short” miles today. We inv...
6/26/17 Day 9 Kettle Falls to IoneMiles: 58.7. Total Miles: 481.2Break Camp: 7:00am - Make RV Camp at 3:20pm Elevation Gain: 3287 feet (this was supposed to be an "easy" day) Total Trip Elevation: 18,900 feet - about It's a day of miscalculated mile...
6/25/17 Day 8. Republic to Kettle FallsMiles: 53. Total Miles: 422.5 miles Elevation Gain: 3360 ft.A treat for breakfast, earliest start yet, “Grade Steepens” = 18 mile climb, longest coast EVER, campspot with a million dollar view. We woke at 5 am t...
6/24/17. Day 6 Riverside layover dayMiles: 0. Total Miles: 258.5 Legs are tired, tent site is good (with amenities), and our bottoms need a rest. We get a great surprise from a new friend. Yes, even seasoned cyclists need to give their bums a break....
6/24/17. Day 7 Riverside to RepublicMiles: 58. Total Miles: 316.5 milesElevation Gain: 3300 ft.Temperature: 90’s +Break Camp: 8:15am - arrive Republic around 4pm First 17 miles a moderate climb then 25 miles all up in 90+ degree, no shade. Downhill (m...
6/23/17 Day 5. Brewster to RiversideMiles: 41 Total Miles: 258.5 When 40 miles feels like 65 on our rest day, our butts are screaming, and ended at a lovely RV park & Tent camping in the grass.Hot Tip: Hot gravel is good for your backWish I had: a 60 ...
6/21/17 Day 4 Winthrop to BrewsterMiles: 51. Total Miles: 217.5Elevation Loss: 550 feet Wake up inside, casual morning, coffee on a saddle, then get pushed by tailwinds on back roads to Pateros. Salad lunch at the river, tailwind on the highway pushes...
Day #1 6/18/17 Bellingham to Rasar State ParkMiles: 50Start in the rain with a friendly send off, ride familiar roads, soggy Sedro Woolley, flat wet pretty ride to Rasar State park and dinner delivered. It’s a beautiful spot! Elevation Gain: 1300 (abo...
Day #3. 6/20/17. Colonial Creek Campground to WinthropMiles: 62.5. Total Miles: 166.5Brutal climb right out of the campground, perfect conditions up to the top (2 tops actually), Strauss at the pass, and tail wind all day pushes us to Winthrop. Toda...
6/17/17 1 Day Prior to departure Deciding what to take on a 4 week bicycle trip is more about deciding what not to take. We have to carry all of our gear...so while we want all the luxuries of home, we certainly don’t want to tow all that extra weight...
Travel. Bicycles. USA. Charity...IT STARTS JUNE 18, 2017. It’s a bucket list item for sure...our idea of bicycle touring quickly morphed into an epic journey to ride our bikes from Bellingham to the farthest point away in the continental US. And so ...
