Day 62 through 65: Amboy, CA – Newberry Springs, CA – Adelanto, CA – Palmdale, CA – Santa Monica, CA I was too glad to make it into California. Last state of the trip. But at the same time, I knew I still had a good amount of ridiculous desert to roll thru. The thing about …Read More
Day 60 through 61: Super hurt I had to skip Vegas
Day 60 through 61: Kingman, AZ – Laughlin, NV – Amboy, CA As I exited Arizona, I encountered a mountain range that was unexpected because it didn’t show up on my Google map. On second thought, it wasn’t really a mountain range I don’t think. The issue was that the city of Bullhead City, AZ was …Read More
Day 51 through 59: Worst roadside litter in AZ
Day 51 through 59: Dolores, CO – Teec Nos Pos, AZ – Kayente, AZ – Tuba City ,AZ – Grand Canyon Village, AZ – Williams, AZ – Ash Fork, AZ Seligman, AZ – Kingman, AZ As I exited Colorado, I stopped at the 4 corners monument where, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona meet. It was pretty anti-climactic actually, I …Read More
Day 50: The surreal town of Telluride Colorado
After leaving Montrose, CO I was starting to get used to guaging my daily distances by how many mountain ranges where ahead of me. So leaving Montrose, I knew I would be set stay in Telluride, CO or Mountain Village, CO. I ended up staying in Telluride for the simple fact that was easier to …Read More
Day 42 through 50: Picked up by the Sheriff
Day 42 through 50: Ordway, CO – Pueblo, CO – Westcliffe, CO – Salida, CO – Poncha Springs,CO – Gunnison,CO – Montrose,CO – Telluride, CO Prior to this journey I had never been more than around 1K feet above sea level. As I entered Colorado and made my way towards Pueblo, it seemed that there was …Read More
Day 31 through Day 41: I’m not the only guy on a bike across the country
Day 31 through Day 41: Clinton,MO – Osawatomie,KS – Emporia,KS – Hillsboro,KS – McPherson,KS – Larned,KS – Garden City, KS – Leoti,KS – Eads,CO – Ordway,CO Kansas. What can I say…. I’ve never really been in Kansas past the University of Kansas in Lawrence, which is in the eastern part. And I found that Kansas doesn’t look as flat and desolate cliche-Kansas until you …Read More