August 6 Crossing America

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San Juan Island, WA Loop Ride, distance 26 miles Distance Traveled thru today 3,946 miles, on my bike 3,280. Larry was up at 4:30 fixing us a huge breakfast of eggs, bacon, hashbrowns with green peppers and onions, toast and coffee.  With a very full stomach we were heading north to Anacortes by 6:24 AM.  […]

August 3 – 5 Crossing America

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Rest and Relaxation time. My back is slowly feeling better, especially after the massage, had on the 4th compliments of Larry and Charis.  They even had the gal come to their home so I wouldn’t have ride in the car. On the 2rd, I took my bikes to Trailside Cyclery owned by Brian Backus in […]

August 2 Crossing America

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Driving North to Seattle I sleptpretty well but oh what surprise I had when I tried to get out of my mini-van.  My back and hips were giving me excruciating pain I had to hold onto the side of my car the first few steps, then snail walk to the restroom, felt like I was […]

August 1 Crossing America

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San Francisco YAWM – GoldenGate Bridge Distance 15 miles, of course I rode them all. Total distance traveled Stage 1 of Crossing America 3,920 miles, rode 3,254 of them on my bike. As a crew we all arose with the anticipation and excitement of completing the final celebratory ride to and over then Golden Gate […]

July 31 Crossing America

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Davis, CA – Vallejo, CA Distance 67 miles, rode all of them. Total distance traveled through today 3,905 miles, on my bike for 3,239 of them. We decided to all ride as a group today.  That hadn’t worked in the past and it didn’t work today.   The 30 and under group left me after the […]

July 30 Crossing America

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Folsom, CA – Davis, CA Distance 44 miles, rode all Total distance through today 3,838 miles, on my bike 3,162 of them. Another easy day promised, yea right I’ll believe it after riding it.  Ike and I were up at 5:30, strolled over to the I-Hop and had blueberry pancakes for breakfast and we were […]

July 29 Crossing America

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Carson Pass, CA – Folsom, CA Distance 88 miles, rode them all Total miles through today 3,784, I’ve ridden my bike 3,118 of them. The ride today is mostly downhill, there is about a 600’ climb out of camp and then a couple little humps near the bottom of the mountain then it’s pretty much […]

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