Thursday, August 8, 2013

Mississippi River Trail

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The route north was pretty relaxed since I had neither plans nor timetable. I was traveling north on Rt 1 in Illinois when I passed a sign t...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Swimming in Tennessee

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This is the camera shot from my handlebars on my first attempt at crossing creek #4. Obviously it did not go well. The bike with luggag...
Saturday, July 27, 2013

TAT By The Numbers

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While I'm trying to sort through the photos to pick out the best I thought I'd review some of the numbers from the trip ...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

The last two days

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Another picture of a train and the Transalp I admit that I've been tardy in updating my trip info. The last two days after my previo...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Unsafe at any speed

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Today started off great. Sunshine and mild temperatures as I cruised to the east on US 20. At Cleveland I switched over to Interstate 80. ...
Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Planes Instead Of Pains

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Took a day off today to get some feeling back in my backside and some circulation in my legs. The USAF National Museum has virtually ever...

Heading East

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Yesterday was just a delightful day of riding on the road. There were wide easy curves through the rolling hills of southern Illinois and In...
Monday, July 8, 2013

MRT for TAT

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The disappointment of leaving the TAT has been balanced against finding the MRT( Mississippi River Trail). This is a bicycle path from the v...
Saturday, July 6, 2013

Plan X

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I went to Memphis and got new sneakers for the bike. Unfortunately, they are more suited to street and trail. I tried about 15 miles of the ...
Friday, July 5, 2013

Losing My Grip

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These tires are just about gone. However with amazingly bad planning, getting new tires on the 4th of July weekend is impossible. Getting ...
Thursday, July 4, 2013

Mississippi Blues

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Only 180 miles yesterday. Mississippi has proven to be a most irritating state. Many of the back roads are graded clay with a layer of crush...
Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Overnight

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I was misinformed about the reservations I had made on the Internet. I ended up sleeping next to some farmers cornfield. Who needs fireworks...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013

TAT Day 2

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Bright and sunny and warm today. Just the opposite of yesterday. Pulled over to change maps in the route sheet holder. Finally got a train a...

TAT 2.1

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Started early and got across the creek safely. Didn't get wet there but got wet everywhere else. Sometimes it rained and sometimes it ra...
Sunday, June 30, 2013

Back to TN

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An evening of relaxing with Dave & Janice and I'm ready to try again.
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Saturday, June 29, 2013

TAT Two

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Why wait for next year?!! I'm heading back to TN tomorrow. I don't have time to go the whole distance but I'll ride the TAT fo...
Friday, June 28, 2013

I get by with a little help from my friends

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12 quarts of oil and 3 oil filters cleared the "chocolate milk" from the engine. It took 2 days to get it to clear. Everyone at th...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Waterloo

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Those of you who have ridden with me before will understand this picture. I got through 3 water crossings but fell over on the 4th one. Th...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Wooden Tents II

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The tents.

Wooden Tents

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I stayed at the Cherohala Mountain Trails campground. Kellie and Wayne are perfect hosts. I spent the morning sorting out my gear. Wayne is ...