Location: Tribune, KS (Shed at the city park) The wind blew hard last night, and a misty rain soaked my tent and gear. At some point in the night, the winds switched from southeast to north, and the temperatures dropped substantially. I woke up around 6:00, just as it was getting light. The wind and […]
Cycling across Colorado plains – Bike Across America Day 40
Location: Eads, CO (Eads City Park) Today was pretty uneventful. The plains don’t leave much to speak of. The green and brown horizon stretches for miles in every direction, occasionally interrupted by farm buildings and silos. At the center of several towns that we passed through were massive white silos, several hundred feet high. We […]
Riding the flats into Ordway, Colorado – Bike Across America Day 39
Location: Ordway, CO (The Junction Campground) I woke this morning to warm temperatures and it felt great to do so. Finally I didn’t need to put on three jackets to crawl out of my tent. I casually packed my gear in the warm sun, and I even spent another fifty cents on a warm three […]
Cycling out of Colorado into the plains – Bike Across America Day 38
Location: Pueblo, CO (Lake Pueblo State Park) Last night was as expected, cold but bearable. My sleeping bag failed to keep me warm as temperatures dipped into the twenties. At some time in the night, probably early morning, the cold woke me. My feet, chest, shoulders, and face were cold. I quickly decided there was […]
Bicycle climb to Hoosier Pass – Bike Across America Day 37
Location: Currant Creek Backpackers Hostel (Guffey, CO) Our water bottles froze overnight and a glistening frost covered everything this morning. The tents, bikes and picnic table were covered in ice. The sun quickly turned the ice crystals into puddles, but shaded grass and other areas stayed frosty until I left the campsite about 9:00. Brian […]
Cycling through Frisco and Breckenridge Colorado – Bike Across America Day 36
Location: Camped by Dillon Reservoir, Frisco, Colorado The temperatures last night did not fall as I suspected them to do. I stayed warm in my 35̊ sleeping bag, and I even sweated a bit on my chest. The wind blew hard, but the heat stayed trapped in my tent and I was comfortable through the […]
Biking through Colorado Part II – Bike Across America Day 35
Location: Camped by Blue River, seven miles south of Heeney, CO I hid from the sunlight this morning and refused to climb out of my sleeping bag into the cold. I probably would have slept until noon, but Brian shouted for me to wake up. I reluctantly crawled on the dirt into the cold and […]
Biking through Colorado – Bike Across America Day 34
Location: Sawmill Gulch outside Granby, CO The rain poured so hard last night that I felt as though I were inside a snare drum. The rattle of raindrops on my rain fly rattled so loudly and constantly that I had to put in my earplugs to dull the noise. Once I had done that, I […]
Some sketchy locals before cycling into Encampment, Wyoming – Bike Across America Day 33
Location: Walden, CO (Walden City Park) I say every time I write in my journal that I rose early this morning. Today, though, I rose really early. The sun had not yet peeked above the mountaintops, but its light shined brightly off wisps of clouds, reflecting brilliant colors of pink, orange, and gold in the […]
Biking on the Interstate in Wyoming – Bike Across America Day 32
Location: Saratoga, WY (Saratoga Lake) I didn’t sleep well last night because of the raucous from Interstate 80 traffic. The RV Park and campsite advertised that is was the quietest in town. I can’t compare it to other sites, but it wasn’t quiet by any definition of the word. The noise from the trucks and […]
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