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GOINACROSS
Solo ride from Atlantic City, NJ to San Diego, CA. Met and followed Trans America Trail from Berea, KY to Ordway,CO. Guerilla style camping 6 days a week; motel every seventh. Budget:$200/week. (Doug Landman, Aug, 2003)
SIBLING TOUR
My house in Ft. Lauderdale, FL to my sister's house in Seattle, WA visiting other siblings on the way (Dennis Becker, Apr, 2009)
PEDAL PRAYERS
Continuing trip in U.S.A. with 16 cross-country tours using parts of the Northern Tier, Pacific Coast, Trans-Am, Southern Tier, and East Coast Adventure Cycling Routes along with personal routes; etc. (Rev. Hans Myors, Feb, 1993)
BILL AND CHARLIE'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
Three of us (58, 58 and 57) loosely followed the Race Across America route, starting in Carlsbad, CA and finishing in Bowers Beach, DE, with a RV as our support vehicle (4 different drivers). We raised over $15,000 for a soup kitchen in Montclair,NJ (Bill Slezak, Apr, 2009)
GREG'S TRANS-AMERICA CYCLE
A 3784 mile solo unsupported cycle from Yorktown, VA to San Francisco, CA by a 19 year old student from the UK. (Greg Evans, May, 2009)
WASHINGTON TO FLORIDA 2009
After 30 years in the Army, I decided to ride home from my duty station (Washington State) to my home (Florida). (Tom Brown, May, 2009)
KEN & CAROL LYON'S CROSS-COUNTRY RAMBLE
Two recently-retired non-athletes realize a life-long dream as they ramble across America on their recumbent bicycles, emailing their journal as they went. (Ken Lyon, Apr, 1996)
"JOLLY GREEN ICE MACHINE - CYCLING THROUGH THE LOWER 48 STATES
(Michael Galardi, Jan, 2009)
MINIWANCA ODYSSEY 2007
Self supported ride from New Hampshire to the west coast of Michigan via VM, NY, ON. Positive youth delopment focus with 24 high schoolers. (Narelle Couper, Jun, 2007)
ALICE AND BOBBI CYCLE AMERICA
Lewis & Clark to Minot, ND, then Northern Tier to Bar Harbor, ME (Alice Honeywell, Jun, 2003)
JOLLY GREEN ICE MACHINE
I am cycling through the lower 48 states beginning January 1, 2009 from Key West, FL. I love the outdoors and thru-hiked the AT in 2006. This ride is a dream adventure for me. My website www.jollygreenicemachine.com further explains my goals and mission. (Michael Galardi, Jan, 2009)
VANCOUVER TO HALIFAX 2004
In 64 travel days, camping every day but one (excluding staying with friends), we went from vancouver, canada to halifax, Canada, (approximatley 7400 km), in what was undoubtedly the best vacation of our lives. (barry meston, Jun, 2004)
INDEPENDENCE RIDE 2008
Three day trip through central Iowa and east central Illinois during the week of July 4th. (Steve Fuller, Jul, 2008)
FROM FLORIDA TO WASHINGTON
In May 2007 I will fly from Germany to Orlando, FL and than ride some AC routes: a part of the Southern Tier, the Great Rivers South Route, and parts of the Lewis & Clark Route and Northern Tier to the Pacific Ocean. In August 2007 I will fly back from Vancouver, BC, Canada to Germany.
The planned ride is non supported and will take about 3 months. (Peter Matulla, May, 2007)
MID-AMERICA TOUR
A ride from my house in Albuquerque to Uncle Bob's house in Wisconsin. (Andy and Ted Wright, Jun, 2007)
WANDERLUST WITH RHONDA
A coast to coast exploration of politics, sex and culture. (Nora Dye, Apr, 2007)
TRANSCENDENTAL TRANSCONTINENTAL
My bike tour went cross country USA from Seaside, OR to Ocean Grove, NJ. Every day brought an adventure as I travelled "on-route" and "off-route" to places that I always wanted to see.
I also sampled and documented the local brews along the way. (Alan Haag, Aug, 2004)
BIKE ACROSS AMERICA
Started in San Francisco, CA. Biked up to Portland, OR. Followed the TransAmerican to Missoula, MT. Biked around the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, over to Crazy Horse, Mt. Rushmore, the Badlands. Hooked up with RAGBRAI in Iowa for 6 days before going up to end in Oshkosh, WI. (Eric Schraufnagel, May, 2007)
10THGEAR JETT RIDE
(Arlen Hall, Jun, 2007)
10THGEAR JETT RIDE
(Arlen Hall, Jun, 2007)
CROSS-COUNTRY
My first self-supported tour was a 4000-mile self-designed tour across the United States with a friend. (Alan Bloom, May, 1996)
ROLLING ACROSS EUROPA
A nice summer trip from Lviv to Napoli to London. (John Robinson, Jun, 2006)
10THGEAR JETTRIDE 2007
Nearly 20 Teens, ages 14-18, and 12 Adults ride across America to discover its beauty, culture, and geography while raising awareness to Duschene Muscular Dystrophy and raising funds for the Jett Foundation to fund research for treatments of this fatal disease. (Arlen Hall, Jun, 2007)
ELIJAH'S ADVENTURE
Saint Augustine to Vancouver to San Diego on a recumbent. www.elijahsadventure.com (Elijah Chancey, Apr, 2007)
WISCONSIN TO SAN FRANSISCO
Rode from Wisconsin to San Fransisco. Across MN, SD, WY, ID, OR & CA. Saw the Badlands, Black Hills, Mt Rushmore, Yellowstone, Crater Lake, Pacific Ocean and Golden Gate Bridge. (John Wegner, Jun, 1983)
TRANS AMERICA BICYCLE ADVENTURE
Starting at the Golden Gate Bridge covered the distance to join the Bikecentennial Route in Salida CO. From there to Yorktown VA I stayed either on or close to the transamerica route. (Van U'Ren, May, 1996)
WESTERN EXPRESS/TRANSAMERICA. SF TO YORKTOWN!
I and friend Greg Scally did this trip in 42 days, for an average of more than 90 miles a day. Among these days, we took 1.5 days break. Slept in beds only 4 different nights, the rest was camping! Best trip of my life! (Alexander Winant, Jun, 2004)
HABITAT BICYCLE CHALLENGE
A cross-country bicycle fundraiser, organized and led by college students, that benefits Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven. Three trips traverse the US from New Haven to Seattle, Portland (OR), and San Francisco. (Eric Bloom, May, 2006)
TREK4THETROOPS
A solo, non-supported fixed gear ride from San Diego to Savannah, with the goal to raise awareness and support for programs supporting the service members and families of service members serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. (Scott Hendricks, Dec, 2006)
R&R'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (NY TO OREGON)
A cross-country adventure to celebrate retirement-- from our home to my brother-in-law's. The route was mostly Northern Tier, with our own route through Ontario (Manitoulin Island), and ending up on the Lewis & Clark trail. (Roberta Dakan, Jun, 2003)
SAN FRANCISCO TO BOSTON 2004
Combined the Western Express and Northern routes. (Jeremy Buchmann, Jun, 2004)
CYCLE ERIE CANAL 06
Participated in cross-state supported tour. (Dale Oswald, Jul, 2006)
NWCLOTBUSTERS
My husband and I wanted to make you aware of http://www.nwclotbusters.org/ and find out about our ride for OHSU Cancer Research Center and blood clots in all ages. There are a lot of links of information for individuals suffering from DVT, PE, and other lethal blood conditions as it relates to every disease.
I was diagnosed with two PE's (blood clots that moved into my lungs) over a two year period, and have been a very active athlete all my life. It devastated me, but I am so grateful that I survived. Because of this, I formed NWclotbusters Foundation. We are working through OHSU to help those with lethal blood conditions that are under medications and constant monitoring. It is a huge change in quality of life for an athlete, but I am trying to show others that you can still try to achieve some quality of life.
We are cycling across the country this month to raise awareness of the condition and promote research and education possibilities across the nation.
This is so important because I teach spin classes and have been such an active cyclist in this community and NEVER thought I could ever get something that only old and inactive people get. I go every day wishing someone had told me and I cannot be that person! I want to tell everyone and I am seeking your help so we can save lives.
We have a blog with pictures that we will be posting all along the ride, from June 21st to August 8th. So, please ck. out the web!
Thanks so very much,
NWclotbusters.org
clotbusters@aol.com
(Cheryl & Tom Edwards, Jun, 2006)
BIKE AND SEE
podcast of our tour. it is in progress right now (5/23/2006) (Matt Ryan, Mar, 2006)
NYC->DC->EARTHAVEN->MEXICO
In April 2003, I biked from NYC to DC. In July I continued to Earthaven ecovillage, NC. In September I went west into TN, New Orleans, and followed Southern Tier, going into Mexico at Del Rio/Acuña. Biked south to Manzanillo, and took busses to Tijuana. (Colin Leath, Apr, 2003)
BETHANY OR BUST!
52 days from Renton, WA to Bethany Beach, DE. 3 wks with CA tour, 4 wks solo self-supported. (Paul Rito, Jun, 2005)
POINT REYES, CA, TO ASSATEAGUE ISLAND, MD
Three of us rode self-supported on the Western Express Route from Davis, CA, to Pueblo, CO, before joining the TransAm. We then split from the TransAm in Kansas and did our own self-guided tour. (Other riders were Andrea Scott and Dan Simmons.) (Jeff Kaminski, Jun, 2004)
THAT'S ALL FOLKS
We rode down the Hudson River Valley in 3 1/2 days, where I completed a sectional cross-country ride. (Dale Oswald, Sep, 2005)
CROSS COUNTRY 2005
I rode cross-country, solo (except for riders met along the route) using four Adventure Cycling routes: Northern Tier to St. Paul, Great Rivers to south of St. Louis, TransAmerica to Louisa, VA and Atlantic Coast to Northampton, MA. (Gary Fifield, Jun, 2005)
DIESEL AND DUST
In late May of 2005, we headed west riding two modified cyclocross bicycles each dragging a one-wheel trailer. Along the way we dropped in at Oberlin College, visited old friends in Indiana and Iowa before joining the route of the 1804 Lewis and Clark expedition in Sioux City, Iowa. (Houston and Garrett Miller, May, 2005)
CYCLEAMERICA
4200 mile cross country supported trip from Seattle, WA to Boston, MA. Consisted of stays in schools and campgrounds. (Scott Katzer, Jun, 2004)
FATHER AND SON CROSS-COUNTRY ADVENTURE
My 15 year-old son and I rode, mostly self-supported, from Seaside Oregon to Washington D.C. (Doug Orcutt, Jun, 2005)
AMERICA BY BICYCLE 2005
The continuing saga of three teachers touring the USA by bicycle. This trip follows a combination of Northern Tier, Great Rivers and Southern Tier. (Gary Speary, Jul, 2005)
MIKEACROSSAMERICA.COM
A bunch of rides across america in the locations I love the best, glacier, yellowstone, banff, Ottawa, San Juan Islands, more... (mike french, Jun, 2005)
BIKE FOR TIMMY
The first two thirds was unsupported. We were supported from Indianpolis to Washington, DC. We rode through the west during the hotest July on record. My 21 year old son with cerebral palsy riding a trike suffered the most. (Jim Barnett, Jun, 2005)
RIDE (ALMOST) AROUND LAKE ERIE
This is the story of my bicycle tour around Lake Erie. (Sharon Bouchonville, Jul, 2005)
MICHAEL FRENCH'S CROSS AM-CAN 2005
In Summer of 2005, this trip will be about finding my personal limits, dragging too much gear across the US and Canada, and getting to know the countries I call home. WILL FINISH IT THIS SUMMER. (Michael A. French, Jun, 2004)
3 WEEK NEW YORK TO CHICAGO BICYCLE TREK
Looking to change my life I planned a NY-CA cross country self-supported tour to discover the real me. No real plans were set. States included NJ, PA, WV, OH, IN and Il. It was the adventure of a lifetime, which included stopping the trek to relocate in Chicago. (Bernard Lopez, May, 1997)
DENVER TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
From Denver to southern Colorado and Utah on primarily dirt roads, then up through Utah, Idaho, Montana, Idaho again, and Washington to Anacortes. Finally a little jog in the San Juan Islands, Victoria, and the Gulf Islands, before finishing in Vancouver. (Randy Fay, May, 2004)
WESTERN EXPRESS/TRANS-AM CELEBRATION
Karen and I celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary by crossing the USA on our recumbent tandem. (Brian and Karen Managan, May, 2004)
BIKRUTZ
An American family seeks its future by bicycling through its past. (Al Truscott, Jul, 1997)
PHASE V
A ride to raise money and awareness for various charities (Nick Benavidez, Apr, 2004)
A PORTLAND TO PORTLAND RIDE (KIND OF)
Meg and I decided it was time to ride. What better way to go home then ride your bike. Since Meg lived near Portland, ME why not start near Portland, OR. Well we didn't exactly ride from Portland to Portland but it was close. Florence, OR to Cape Elizabeth, ME. (Eddie and Meg, Jun, 2003)
COAST(ER) TO COAST(ER)
San Diego to New York, group of three, self supported, self planned, still friends. We camped about half the time, motels the rest. May and June 2004. CA AZ NM OK KS MO IL IN OH PA NY NJ NY. (Bruce Binder, May, 2004)
TRY AGAIN
After not finishing my cross country tour last year, Beth got in touch with me in the fall of 2003 and asked if I was ready to plan the next cross country ride. Right away I started to plan again, and the try try again tour was coined. Beth put her journal on here under that title, that is why I dropped on of the try words. Unfortunately our riding styles were to different for me to feel comfortable and I split from our group in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Incredible, both Beth and I finished on the same day. (Moni Neville, May, 2004)
GREAT PLAINS LEG
Deadwood SD to St. Paul MN. This was the third segment of several that will link up for an east/west crossing of the country. (Pete Keith, May, 2004)
SEA TO SEA ON A TANDEM
We rode our tandem bike 3601 miles from LA to our home in Marblehead, MA. We followed rte. 66 to St. Louis and then rte. 50 (with some diversions) to the east coast where we dipped our wheels in the Atlantic in NJ. (Jan & Craig McLanahan McLanahan, Apr, 2004)
TOUR DE DUDE
Tour around much of the US, using Adventure Cycling routes. 23 states. (Greg Kaiser, Jun, 2002)
THE LONG BIKE RIDE
Charity ride for Make-A-Wish Foundation from New York to San Diego. (Sam Reed, Jun, 2004)
MICHAEL AND KATHY TOUR SOUTHWEST COLORADO
We rode a large loop through southwest Colorado, visiting Mesa Verde National Park and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park along the way. (Michael McGrath, Jun, 2004)
BIKING THE BUTTERFIELD TRAIL
I rode the Texas portion of the 1858-61 Butterfield Stage Coach route. (Pete Shannon, Apr, 2003)
TRANSAM
Brad and I rode BikeE recumbents from Reno, NV to Portland, OR and then to Washington DC (andrew morton, Jun, 2001)
CALIFORNIA TO MINNESOTA VIA FLORIDA
For my first bike tour, a mere 6,711 miles! Started off in L.A. by riding the Pacific Coast Route (down to San Diego) followed by about two-thirds of the entire Southern Tier Route (to St. Augustine, FL) and about half of the Atlantic Coast Route (to Washington, DC). From Virginia to Cleveland, I took several hike & bike trails (C & O Canal Towpath, Great Allegheny Passage) for long stretches. Finally, I followed portions of the Lake Erie Connector and the North Lakes Route to Minneapolis. (John Wickland, Mar, 2003)
COAST TO COAST: A RIDE TO REMEMBER
A solo ride across the country to raise money and awareness for the Alzheimer's disease. My first tour ever! and now I'm hooked. Pieced together a route on N Tier, Tranamerica, and Western Express. www.memride.com (Andrew Brown, Jun, 2003)
AUSTIN (TX) TO CHICAGO
Self-planned route from Austin to Chicago in May 2002: Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois. Was moving to Chicago, so I thought, why not ride there? Sister came along for the ride. I can't wait to tour again! (Monique Stinson, May, 2002)
USA COAST TO COAST IN 2002
Solo from San Diego to Mobile away from the Southern Tier, then on supported cross-State rides in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina (Bob Schofield, Apr, 2002)
NEW ENGLAND LEG
Boston to Portland, via Lake Champlain. This is the second leg of several that will eventually link east-west across the US & Canada. (Pete Keith, Jun, 2002)
THE LIMEY PROJECT
DOWN THE PACIFIC COAST TO SAN DIEGO AND THEN EAST ALONG SOUTHERN TIER TO FLORIDA. SOUTH TO MIAMI (Adam Stones, Sep, 2003)
COAST TO COAST 2002
From Georgia to Texas mostly on US 80 parallel to I-20, then west across the middle of New Mexico and Arizona, following old Route 66 in western Arizona and southern California, and west from Barstow to the coast. (Dave Johnsen, Feb, 2002)
COAST TO COAST
Lincoln City to Pasco WA, then north to Glacier, then Hwy 2, Millaukee, Ohio, South to KY, then over the Blue Ride Parkway to Coast (Mary Kay Britton, Jun, 2000)
THE RITE OF PASSAGE TOUR
A young man's solo journey into the heart of America in 1976 via secondary roads in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, and Iowa. (Chuck Allen, Mar, 1976)
TRANSAM+
Miami- Phoenix, AZ - San Francisco, CA - Lakeview, OR - Boise, ID - Yellowstone N.P. (Matthias Wuestefeld, Jun, 2003)
COASTING 2002
New York City to San Francsico through PA, OH, IN, IA, KS, CO, UT, WY, ID, OR and CA. (Gigi Sims, May, 2002)
TOUR TALES - TOURING STORIES & INFO
A library of touring stories (add yours!). Our tour went N along coast to Oregon, ID, Tetons and Yellowstone, Badlands, Iowa, Madison, Illinois, Indiana, Cleveland, Penn, NJ, NYC. The site also includes my tours along California coast and around Arizona. (Matt Griffiths, Jul, 1997)
HOKEY POKEY
Across northern Rockies, South-east across the plains/mid-west to the southeastern US, east to Atlantic Coast (Ian Carroll, Aug, 2003)
MLPS-DENVER-SEATTLE-LA
Minneapolis to Cheyenne, WY to the TransAM at Pueblo, CO to Astoria, OR up to Seattle and down the Coast to Los Angeles. (David Reuteler, Jun, 2002)
TRANS CANADA ON TRAIL
Across Canada on te trans canada trail. (Nick Jacobs, Jun, 2003)
BIKE TO SHINE
We mapped out our independent bicycle touring trip over 11 states as we went, discovering each state on our own terms. We briefly followed the Adventure Cycling Transcontinental Trail in Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky. (Jill Homer, Aug, 2003)
COAST TO COAST
Best summer of my life. Through southern NH, VT, and NY State bike route 5. PA, OH, IN, IL, MO, KS, western tier to San Fran (Brock Dastous, May, 2003)
TANDEM ACROSS AMERICA
It was just Gabrielle and I on our Tandem. We followed the Western Express to Pueblo, CO where we joined the TransAmerica route. We (more or less) took this to the Mississippi river where we caught the Great Rivers route heading North. In Muscatine, we then joined with the Northern tier which we look all the way to New York. From Niagra Falls to Manhattan we self routed. (Robert Larson, Jun, 2003)
MICHAEL AND KATHY'S RIDE FROM CO TO VA
Rode together on tandem bicycle. East on Hwy 14 to the corner of Nebraska, then southeast to Manhattan, KS. East to Harrisonburg, MO. Hwys 7 and 42 around the lakes to Osage Beach, MO. Cross Mississippi near St. Genevieve. Ride southern edge of Illinois and cross into Kentucky at Cave-in-Rock. Visit Mammoth Cave then cross into Virginia at Breaks Interstate Park. Enter Blue Ridge Parkway at Roanoke and take it all the way north. East through Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, then Chesapeake Bay (Michael McGrath, May, 2003)
BOSTON TO OREGON - A CROSS-COUNTRY CELEBRATION
Started north of Boston, MA, I found my own route through MA, NH, and VT, and joined the Northern Tier route at the ferry to Ticonderoga, NY. I follwed the Northern Tier to Indiana, then found my own route through IN, IL, MO, joining the TransAm route in southwestern Missouri. I continued on the TransAm to Missoula (Denise Goldberg, Jun, 2002)
BIKE2MEXICO V1.0 - NORTH/SOUTH ADVENTURE 2003
US northern border to southern border through the Rocky Mountains including Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and California. (Eric Goetz, Aug, 2003)
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