Ely to Baker Day

Woke up trying to leave Ely's motel. Door key wouldnt work. Carried bike down stairs. Went to Ridley's. Day just seemed off. Couldnt find alkaseltzer. Kaylas shoe got stuck onbike. Made it to Majors station. Shared a burger. Started at 8. Seemed like an easy day.

The sun made it difficult. Kayla, was cool about it, well, she tried. She was getting struck by some sun rays, especially on the legs so, she put a bandana on. I don't think that covered that much, but something is ...

Ely

So yeah. We made it to a somewhat big town, like 4,000 people here. Ely. They have a McDonald's here-that's gotta mean they are an actual town. Right? We needed to update our blogs, do laundry and really just take a day to recover. Fortunately, we got access to a laundry room, a room with cable and after camping out for the last few days, a bed.

My spider rash is just about gone, i have to be more aware of where I sit from now on.

So it turns out, there is no open library today, so w...

Eureka to Ely (Long Day)

We woke up for our earliest start. It was a 78 mile-day. We began our ride at 6am. We arrived at 7 pm. (13 hours).  We wanted to take advantage of the cool weather in the morning. We started the day by climbing the first 2 miles to the top of Pinto Summit.

We stopped after a decline and ate breakfast. We began climbing again another summit. The day was hot, and we kept stopping for quick breaks. It was actually kinda boring, so I began doing handstands. I was safe a...

We ran into a man riding his bicycle, 10 miles from West Sacramento. He pulled a sqweaky trailer with his sqweaky bike and I was a bit concerned that his bike would collapse any second, 10 miles from West Sacramento. He asked us for directions, we couldn't help him. When he spoke, I noticed his one front tooth, and wondered what his story was, I didn't ask him though, for a second, I though that maybe I didn't really want to find out. He looked confused, and he then told us he'd instead just ...

Things go wrong most of the time pt 2
June 17, 2012

Plane lands. Stop at Golden Gate Bridge. Phone rings. I dont hear it. I check the time. Four thirty. I have a missed call. The number, 650. I google the area code. Its california. It must be the bike shop. A voicemail appears.  It's them. "Hi, this is...REI in San Carlos. Just wanted to let you know we got your bike in here, it was shipped to us in San Carlos. If you want us to assemble it, it is 25 dollars. If you want to let us know". 25 d...

Training Trails

Leading up to our trip we gave ourselves two months to train. Right now, I wish it would’ve been more. In those two months we covered about 300 miles. During that time, Denver proved to have some decent areas for cyclists. From our rides, my favorite was a one to White Ranch Park. We took the Cherry Creek Path to Confluence Park where we veered off the path and took side streets to 51^st and Harlan where we found the Clear Creek Trail. That, led us the Golden Gate Road, an...