September 13 Crossing America

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Boca Raton – Hobe Sound a distance of 64 miles. 5,025 miles traveled through today, 4,300 of them on my bike. I was the last out of bed today; actually Mark had to wake me up as I must have forgotten to turn my alarm on.  Nice, woke up to scrambled eggs, hash browns, fresh […]

September 12 Crossing America

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Islamorada – Coconut Grove a distance of 89 miles. Total miles traveled through today 4,961, on my bike for 4,236 of them. Are you asking yourself why my mile numbers don’t add up correctly for traveled?  The distance traveled through today reflects the fact we drove north from Coconut Grove to Boca Raton to stay […]

September 11 Crossing America

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Key West – Islamorada a distance of 74 miles. Total miles traveled through today 4,815, on my bike 4,147 of them. It was difficult to leave Tom and Judy’s place this morning as they are such gracious hosts.  Once again I feel like I’m leaving family, I guess in a way I am as my […]

September 10 Crossing America

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Key West Sightseeing At the insistence of our gracious hosts Judy and Tom we are stayed a day in Key West to sightsee.  First order of business was to have breakfast at Peppi’s Bar and Grill as my classmate Dick said was a must stop, Judy and Tom highly recommended it too. After breakfast we […]

September 8-9 Old Guy Goes Wild in Key West

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Charlottesville, VA – Key West, FL. Punctural is Mark as he prepared us a great tasting bunch of scrambled eggs, toated bagle and home ground coffee and still had us on the road by 6:30.  Don’t know what seasonings he put in the eggs but whatever it was they were scrumptious.  Mark you can prepare […]

September 6 Crossing America

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Drive from Missouri to Charlottesville, VA Not much to report, I got on the road at 7:45 drove 863 miles in14 hour I was surprised to see West Virginia foliage is in a kaleidoscope of fall colors already while neighboring States Kentucky and Virginia are still mostly green.  Guess it must be the higher mountainous […]

August 29 – Sept. 5 Crossing America

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Home for a week taking a break and getting reorganized.  Arrived home early evening, only took me 10 hours to drive 625 miles from Denver to Nevada, MO. I drove a little over 2,100 miles in three days and it felt like it.  Sorry to say my welcome home was less then enthusiastic.  Might have […]

August 28 Crossing America

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Driving home with a stop over in Denver to visit a high school buddy. Still in bike riding mode I was up at 6 AM and on the road by 6:30.  This was going to be a long day as I wanted to drive as far as my body would allow toward Nevada, MO.  13 […]

August 27 Crossing America

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Trinidad, CA – End of West Coast Adventure, did not ride. Total distance traveled stage 1 and 2 4,741 miles, on my bike for 4,073 of them. Crawled out of Dale’s tent this morning to discover a thick fog cover with a slight mist and a chill in the air and I decided not to […]

August 26 Crossing America

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August 26 Crescent City, CA – Trinidad, Ca distance 60 miles Total miles traveled through today 4,741, on my bike 4,073 of them. Lighthouse Crescent City, amazing how good pictures are with my little point and shoot camera For breakfast we all went in the mini-van to a restaurant on Hwy. 101 next to Ocean […]

August 25 Crossing America

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Pistol River, OR – Crescent City, CA distance 51 miles. Total miles traveled through today 4,681, on my bike for 4,013 of them. Having breakfast this morning with Ed and Suzy was good but sad as it was time for me to move on.  They have spoiled me with great food and their hospitality.  Once […]

August 24 Crossing America

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Rest and hopefully Recovery. If you are a touring bicyclist riding down the Oregon coast and need a place to stay in Bandon, Oregon you need to contact Suzy at 206-491-7499.  She and Ed will spoil you. Dale is training on the Blackhawk, think I incorrectly said Apache yesterday, today.  Suzy had to work.  Ed […]

August 23 Crossing America

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Bandon, OR – Pistol River, OR distance 59 miles. Total miles traveled through today 4,630, 3,962 of them on a bike. Suzy got to be my SAG driver today as Dale had an opportunity to earn some money and be checked out for working with an Apache helicopter on forest fires.  Sounded exciting and though […]

August 22 Crossing America

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August 22 Reedsport, OR – Bandon, OR distance 67 miles. Total distance traveled through today 4,571 miles, 3,903 on a bike. Dale and I were up at 6:30 but Suzy beat us by at least a half hour and had a great breakfast of fresh fruit, juice, waffles, bacon and coffee waiting for us.  Suzy […]

August 21 Crossing America

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Florence OR – Reedsport distance 20 miles. Total distance traveled through today 4,504 miles, 3,836 on a bike. Today Larry had to go back home in order to work tomorrow.  As a convenience to me he arranged to ride a bus from Reedsport to Eugene where he’ll take the Amtrak to Seattle.  That was very […]

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