Day 7 10 Hours – 221 Miles – Grand Junction, CO to Blanding, UT This was one of the best days of riding I can remember. Not just because of the distinct lack of corn fields, straight roads and rain in Utah, but also because our riding group has doubled in size. Dan and Fiona...
Day 5 – 6 Woke up to more of the same crappy weather. The forecast for Denver – rain turning to snow later in the evening. Elevations over 6000 feet were expected to have snow starting at noon. Grand Junction is 280 miles from Brush, through elevations over 10,000 feet. We...
Day 4 10 Hours – 457 Miles – Omaha, NE to Brush, CO We left Omaha at 10 AM with Denver as our goal. The wind was brutal, blowing the bikes all over the highway. The day started sunny, but we could see gray skies in the distance. The wind blew in a cold front, and the...
Day 3 12 hours – 531 Miles – La Porte, IN (not La Grange!!) to Omaha, NE We started in La Porte – NOT La Grange (hey, it was LATE…) had a good breakfast at a place called Mom’s, then slogged through three ‘I’ states. Indianapolis, Illinois and...
Day 2 12 Hours – 518 Miles – Lewiston, NY to La Grange, IN Forty-two degrees this morning, with a frost advisory thrown in for good measure. After a quick breakfast of re-heated egg and biscuit, Abi and I made a quick stop here: We passed through the remainder of New York in...