Day 32 Miles: 112 Mileage from start: 2,900 We lost an hour coming into Escanaba last night (and the eastern time zone), so when we slept in until 8:40, it’s because our bodies thought it was 7:40…or something like that. We went to breakfast, which was nice and part of the cost of the room, […]
Day 31 Miles: 122 Mileage from start: 2,788 Today marks a month since we rode away from the Sea-Tac Airport. The day, like that first day, was blue skies and warm. We woke up with the mosquitoes waiting impatiently outside our tent. Both Richard and I are covered in bites. I have three in a […]
Day 30 Miles: 122 Mileage from start: 2,666 Today was all blue skies, white, puffy clouds, bright green trees, and roads lined with white and gold wildflowers. The temperature was a pleasant 75 degrees and all the trees blocked any wind there was. The climate has definitely changed from the open plains. Rather than all […]
Day 29 Miles: 107 Mileage from start: 2,544 The day started off a little chilly but sunny. We had a slight wind from the north. But now that the landscape is trees rather than open farm fields, the wind isn’t that big of a deal. Our route took us north through swampy land and we […]
Day 28 Miles: 0 Mileage from start: 2,437 The forecast called for rain for most of the day; at least, the part of the day that we bike. It didn’t rain overnight and when the sun rose, it was sunny. I laid in the tent reading Bridge to Terabithia and trying not to wake Richard […]
Day 27 Miles: 106 Mileage from start: 2,437 A while back, I was talking to my friend Alena about how I want to live where it never gets above 75 in the summer. Alena, who is from Duluth, Minnesota, said I should move to Minnesota because that’s what the weather is like. She was so […]
Day 26 Miles: 128 Mileage from start: 2,331 Today, the weather was great. If I couldn’t see it for myself, a nice lady with gray hair twisted up and pinned perfectly biking along the Paul Bunyan Trail with us told me. “Perfect day,” she said, beaming. The temperature was pleasant, the breeze was mild and […]
Day 25 Miles: 113 Mileage from start: 2,203 Last night at dusk, looking at the edge of the woods about 100 feet from our campsite, I saw a raccoon scamper excitedly into the campground. A few seconds later, another one followed. We had been told to put our food in the bear boxes, which we […]
Day 24 Miles: 111, I think Mileage from start: 2,090 Yesterday, the cycle computer on Richard’s bike recorded an additional 14 miles. But at some point yesterday the magnet that marks each time the wheel rotates 360 degrees got knocked out of line with its sensor. And he didn’t notice until 5 or 10 miles […]
Day 23 Miles: 0 Mileage from start: 1,965 Our last zero in Waterton Village was unlike any off day I’ve had during an endurance trip. We slept, we ate, we chilled out. I was beginning to think that thrubiking was just so chill in comparison to thruhiking where zero days are filled to the brim […]