JOURNAL
Washington
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April 21: Training ride up Grand Coulee ends with bent wheel |
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May 7: The plan.. the plan.. |
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May 13: Send-off Party/Mother's Day |
Virginia
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May 21: Colonial day, stormy night |
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May 22: The Civil War remembered |
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May 24: The ups and downs of bike touring: bonking into Charlottesville |
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May 25: Lay-over day in Charlottesville |
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May 26: Granny gears to the Cookie Lady |
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May 29: Taking an easy day |
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May 30: Free camping again. |
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May 31: Off route for a "hot share". |
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June 1: Rained off the route. |
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June 3: Last night in Virginia |
Kentucky
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June 5: Escape from Elkhorn City |
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June 6: Taking the Hazardous route |
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June 7: Beginning to leave the hills and rain behind...for now |
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June 8: Sweet day of riding. We get a brake...and send it back. |
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June 10: Roller coaster riding through Kentucky's pioneer history |
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June 11: Land of Lincoln's childhood |
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June 13: More of the same only hotter |
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June 14: Last day in Kentucky |
Illinois
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June 15: Across the Ohio River to Illinois |
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June 16: Staying alive at 95 (degrees) |
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June 17: Into Carbondale |
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June 18: The Incredible Lightness of Biking |
Missouri
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June 19: West of the Mississippi |
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June 20: Taking on the Ozarks |
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June 21: More Ozarks |
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June 22: Waiting for the mail |
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June 24: Last day in Missouri |
Kansas
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June 25: We wobble into Kansas |
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June 26: Hubs and spokes |
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June 27: Eureka! It is found! |
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June 28: Tailwinds and tent camping |
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June 29: Random acts of friendliness |
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June 30: Out West |
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July 1: "Straight as a string" |
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July 2: Family connections in Scott City |
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July 3: Last day in Kansas |
Colorado
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July 4: Independence Day |
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July 7: High plains drifters |
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July 8: Climbing into the Rockies |
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July 9: Rocky Mountain Higher |
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July 10: Rocky Mountain Highest |
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July 11: Back to the High Plains |
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July 12: Last day in Colorado |
Wyoming
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July 13: Wide open Wyoming |
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July 14: Crawlin to Rawlins |
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July 15: Riders in the storm |
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July 16: Headwinds and road rash |
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July 17: Through the Wind River Reservation |
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July 18: More of the Winds |
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July 19: Up and over to the Grand Tetons |
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July 20: National Park Syndrome |
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July 21: We enjoy our last day in Wyoming |
Montana
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July 22: Big Sky Country |
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July 24: Double passing and a Wise choice |
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July 25: Montana's historic trails |
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July 26: The home of Adventure Cycling |
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July 28: To Lolo Hot Springs |
Idaho
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July 29: A whole lotta Lochsa |
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July 30: Rainy day along the Clearwater River |
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July 31: Blue skies, White Bird, Salmon River |
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August 1: More mountainous Idaho |
Oregon
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August 2: Bound for Oregon |
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August 3: Westward Ho! |
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August 4: Thunderstorms over the Blue Mountains |
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August 5: Downhill cruise to Dayville |
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August 6: Taking it easy to Mitchell |
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August 7: More history in Prineville |
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August 8: A peak at what's ahead |
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August 9: Over the Cascades |
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August 10: Almost there! |
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August 11: "Great joy in camp..." |
Washington
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August 13: Home again |
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November 9: Epilogue |
Subsequent journals
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