Day 42: Can You Feel The Love Tonight Nestled in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, Lake Louise displays royal beauty. Named after a 19th century British princess, the lovely blue water attracts visitors every year. Our team rode 45 miles from Banff to the Lake along the Trans-Canada highway. On what people regard as […]
Day 41: Remember to Breathe As we left the Jewish temple where we stayed overnight in Calgary, our host came out and gave us an inspirational speech. He warned us to be safe, to never forget why we are riding to Alaska, and most memorably, to remember to breathe. “Look up, ” he told us, […]
Day 40: An Act of Starbucks Occasionally we all have an experience that we know instantly we will never forget. The event might be absurdly dramatic or spur some intense emotion. On our 70-mile ride in to Calgary, Alberta, my three-person ride group and I had one of those unforgettable encounters. As we pushed through […]
Day 39: Canada Our summer ride features both planned and unplanned stops. In many places we have hosts at night; in a few, we even have hosts at rest stops. In more beautiful places we often detour in search of a landmark or gorgeous landscape. As memorable as some of these stops are, they often […]
Day 38: Going to the Sun Road What else would we do on our “rest day” at Glacier National Park, but wake up at 5 AM and bike up a 18-mile hill? Several of us put on our warm-weather gear – it was below freezing at sunrise – and rode up the most beautiful road […]
Day 37: I Might Get Lost in Glacier National Park As a child, I wanted nothing more than a treehouse. I would have loved nothing more than a wooded backyard. I wanted to explore, discover, and maybe play with some bugs under a microscope I would store in the treehouse. This was what I had […]
It turns out riding a bike across the continent, trying to find a career and keeping up with a regular blog is a little more challenging than I imagined, so I apologize for the brutal delay here. We’ve been in and out of civilization and without service much of the past couple weeks but, if […]
A night on the town with Emily, Molly and a few of my teammates made for a little less sleep than I would have liked, but you’ve got to make hay while the sun shines, right? San Francisco is the first big city we’ve been in, so the opportunity to go out for the night […]
Day 36: Freedom with a Side of Pancakes We did three awesome activities on our rest day today: 1) We woke up to an amazing view of the sun shining through the aspen forest outside our host’s property. 2) We were treated to a magnificent breakfast of chocolate pancakes and toast. 3) We were part […]
Day 35: Halfway Point in Big Fork Day 35 represents the halfway mark of the summer: it will take us just 35 more days to reach Anchorage. Today, we had an easy ride that was mostly downhill, but I met someone who accomplished a decidedly tougher task. At 68 years old, Chris rode a bicycle […]
