Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
AMISH LAND TO ATLANTIC CITY
After going over 1000 miles late yesterday I woke with high energy to begin the last stage. We said goodbye to the Penn group as they had elected to bypass the Atlantic City leg and we were off. The morning was warmer then the last few days and a fog lay [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Another hot day and that old head wind. What a beautiful ride? Rolling hills, expansive farmlands, going in and out of Maryland and Pennsylvania stopping at the Gettysburg Civil war memorials and crossing the Susquehanna River as a heavy thunderstorm began and ended our biking. When we entered Amish country it was cart after cart [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here we go the hills of WV, Maryland and PA!!!! Logged 58 miles thru 1, 2, and 3 miles hills with grades of 7-9% grades and again the temps in the 80s. Long upgrades but great long downhills. Really felt it in the thighs. One more day of 10,000 feet of ascent and we will [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Our “short” day. Frank’s 60th. He rode 60 to celebrate his 60th so I did 78 to celebrate my 76th coming up October 2nd. After breakfast at a café near our hotel we headed out-bit chilly at first- but got hot fast. Good thing I had a Texas filet at ye old Texas restaurant [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The day started off cool enough to wear my Sherpa jacket for the first time but that didn’t last and we were in the high eighties shortly. Ohio’s farm land stretched out and at first as flat but eventually became rolling and late a bit hilly going through some narrow woodlands. The farms were spread [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
ILLINOIS AND INTO OHIO
Flat farmland, slight rollers, and machinery working the fields, lots of horses and cattle and the occasional lama farm. Small towns and friendly people wishing us luck. Motorcyclists yelling good luck, one couple even rode along side talking with us. Headwinds all day so there goes the theory ride West to East [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
MOVING INTO THE LAST WEEK AND PASSING 2000 MILES
In the morning our first early start since day one took Frank, Nir , Pat and I backwards to Wentzville on RT 70. The incoming traffic to St Louis looked like we were back in LA. Frank and I started paralleling rt 70 which will be our [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We got started a little late after getting back from the Bucknell dinner thrown for us by Ron Benjamin at a gorgeous Argentine restaurant. Thanks Ron!!!!Also had Bill Stock and wife Carol came up from home and joined us. Bill and I ran competively around the world with the US Masters team for years so [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
ENTER MISSOURI
We start in Fort Scott,MO and 6 miles later enter Missouri. Prior to that we got a ticket for 35 in a 20 mile school zone. We did not see any warning lights and the cop said they were on. We drove back to check and the lights in both directions WERE NOT ON!!!!! [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
STILL IN KANSAS
We left Dodge City and drove to Ford with Bruce and Mike to start, our 1st day biking with the “old guys” and our 1st with the PENN GROUP. It was flat all day through Kansas’s farmland. We biked through Clarksburg the town that was wiped out by a tornado last year. When [...]
