My Cross-Country Bike Tour

For the third night in a row, I’ve got a roof over my head. I owe tonight’s lodging to Jesse, who I randomly met outside the library in Ennis and who generously offered to let me stay at his house with his family for a night.
 
Over dinner, Jesse told me that he just graduated from […]

Randy left a few hours earlier than I did this morning. He had heard that the weather was going to be rough. It certainly was. By the time I left Wisdom, the temperature had dropped below 40 degrees and the wind was blowing snow sideways across the road. I had to clear two passes on […]

The weather held out for morning and midway through the afternoon, but it started to pour as I was coming down the last climb of the day. Clouds had blanketed the entire sky by the time I woke up. When it wasn’t raining, I rode through open plains and I could see regions of isolated […]

I made it to Montana and I’m now officially on Mountain Time! I reached Missoula on Saturday, but I hung around for an extra rest day to get my bike serviced and to resupply before leaving today. I even stopped by the Adventure Cycling Association office, the organization I purchased my maps from, where they […]

The town of White Bird is located a few miles beyond a canyon channeling the Salmon River that I’ve been following. Like many of the towns I’ve passed through, it’s fairly small. I might have completely forgotten it in a few days’ time if it weren’t for the massive hill sitting right after it. This […]

I made it to Idaho today, but I wish I could’ve lingered around Richland a bit longer. It’s a tiny town and I meant to pass through it last night, but I decided to stay on a whim. The people are extraordinarily friendly. As I rode through Main Street, I met Debbie, who let me […]

Pictures from all over Oregon! Click pictures to read more about them (goes to my Flickr page).

My parents left me this morning. This weekend was my only supply delivery. Now I can truly say that I am on my own. As we parted ways on Highway 7—my parents headed west; I headed east—I had mixed feelings about their departure. The bitter-cold night we spent at the campground left me a bit […]

I’m two days away from Idaho. Tomorrow I move on to Section 3 of my route, which stretches from Baker City, OR to Missoula, MT. Today was my longest day yet: I cleared around 95 miles and I took a bit of a spill this morning. I’m exhausted, and I’m ready to turn in for […]

My route across the country is divided into twelve sections. Each section has its own map, which is further divided into a series of ten or so smaller maps that describe the TransAmerica Trail to a turn-by-turn level of detail. If you look closely at Map 18 of Section 2, you’ll notice a small town […]