It has been a few weeks since I made time to update you on my NY adventures and I apologize for being remiss. A week or so before Halloween I took a fun ride up the Hudson River Valley…
The Last Push Days 8 and 9
My nice day sightseeing with Trudy turned out to be the last rain free day of my trip. I got up in the morning and Trudy had left already. It was raining, yuk….. It is a bit over 800 miles…
Day 7, Chicago
Monday was a “work day”, I woke up fairly early and got online, catching up with work e-mail, keeping current on projects, anything except covering ground toward my destination. This was supposed to be one of two off-road days, but…
Day 6, few photos, lots of riding
On Sunday I had a lot of road to cover, my goal was to stop in Madison and make Chicago by bedtime. If I had done a better job getting more distance in Minnesota, that would have been easier. I’m…
Day 5, Saturday, back on the road
Of course, I assumed that since Friday was sunny all day long, that Saturday would be as well, but no such luck. It started as a wet, rainy day which slowed me getting on the road. I spent some time…
Day 4, first day “off the road”
One of the things that I didn’t communicate well about day 3 was how amazingly beautiful and varied the landscape and scenery are leaving Yellowstone. I awoke before the sun and headed toward Custer SD. This was Friday, the day…
Day 3, visit to Yellowstone
Wow, it has been far harder to stay on top of these blog posts than I had anticipated. Riding all day is exhausting, physically, and mentally, plus I’ve been trying to get as far as I can each day, so…
Day 2
It isn’t that I “like” or “crave” fear, so much as it is that the feeling of having come through it and survived is exhilarating, and makes me feel alive. I probably chase risky and frightening activities like roller coasters…
Epic first day on the road
I flatter myself to imagine this trip to be some kind of “hero’s journey” from sea to shining sea, and though I understand that heroism does NOT mean being un-afraid, it is more about going forward in the face of…