Bicycle trip overview

It's official. Today, after 4,413.9 miles, my rear wheel having been dipped in the Pacific 90 days ago, today I completed my TransAmerican bicycle tour when my front wheel touched into the Long Island Sound, which flows around Long Island to the Atlantic. This brings closure to my adventure in which I've enjoyed the people, the wildlife, the scenery, and the history of America. I complete my adventure with wonderful memories, but even more, a greater appreciation of what I have here. I'm thrilled to be back, to be with Rach, and I'm ready to get back to work.

Here are all of my blog postings for my 2006 bicycle trip across the country, listed in chronological order. Hopefully this gives you a flavor of my adventure this summer. Feel free to click on a link and then just hit your browser's "back" button to return to this page:

• 06/11/06 - Moving on and bicycling across America
• 06/11/06 - Technology on bike
• 06/13/06 - Bicycle route
• 06/23/06 - Reliving history on bicycle trip
• 07/04/06 - Departure
• 07/06/06 - Thanks to Charlie and Bruce
• 07/07/06 - Napa County
• 07/08/06 - Sonoma County
• 07/09/06 - Rest Day
• 07/09/06 - Bike Breakdown
• 07/11/06 - Redwoods and Pacific
• 07/12/06 - On the Pacific
• 07/13/06 - Little Red Mountain
• 07/14/06 - Benbow and Myers Flat
• 07/16/06 - Eureka!
• 07/17/06 - Dipping Wheel in Pacific
• 07/18/06 - Leaving California
• 07/18/06 - Entering Oregon
• 07/19/06 - Brookings to Port Orford
• 07/21/06 - Port Orford to Bandon
• 07/22/06 - Bandon to Lake Tahkenitch
• 07/23/06 - Oregon Coast
• 07/23/06 - Rest Day
• 07/24/06 - Forging Along the Oregon Coast
• 07/25/06 - Roaring Fire
• 07/26/06 - Reached Columbia Gorge
• 07/28/06 - Eastward Bound
• 07/28/06 - Entering Washington
• 07/30/06 - Columbia River
• 07/31/06 - Entering Oregon (Again) and Entering Washington (Again)
• 08/01/06 - Walla Walla, Washington
• 08/02/06 - Climbing Towards Idaho
• 08/03/06 - Entering Idaho
• 08/04/06 - Lewis and Clark Route
• 08/04/06 - Generosity of Strangers
• 08/05/06 - Along the Clearwater
• 08/06/06 - Climbing out of Idaho
• 08/07/06 - Entering Montana
• 08/09/06 - Big Sky Country
• 08/10/06 - Preparing for the Continental Divide
• 08/12/06 - Continental Divide
• 08/13/06 - Great Falls to Geraldine
• 08/14/06 - Lewistown
• 08/18/06 - Eastern Montana
• 08/19/06 - Continuing in Eastern Montana
• 08/21/06 - Heading out of Montana
• 08/22/06 - Entering North Dakota
• 08/23/06 - Along Lake Sakakawea
• 08/24/06 - North Dakota Storms
• 08/25/06 - Newtown
• 08/26/06 - Minot, ND
• 08/27/06 - Center of North America
• 08/30/06 - Eastern North Dakota
• 08/31/06 - Waiting out storms west of Fargo
• 09/01/06 - Starting a new Page
• 09/03/06 - Fargo, ND
• 09/05/06 - Entering Minnesota
• 09/07/06 - Pedaling through Minnesota
• 09/13/06 - Bicycling (and not bicycling) in Wisconsin
• 09/14/06 - Wisconsin Dells
• 09/16/06 - Milwaukee
• 09/18/06 - Ups and downs of Milwaukee
• 09/21/06 - Welcome to Michigan
• 09/23/06 - Michigan family affair
• 09/25/06 - Michigan wildlife
• 09/26/06 - Mechanical failure in Michigan
• 09/27/06 - Visiting friends in Detroit
• 09/28/06 - O Canada!
• 09/29/06 - Lake Erie
• 10/03/06 - Rain, rain, go away
• 10/05/06 - New York!
• 10/08/06 - Niagara Falls and Erie Canal
• 10/09/06 - Upstate New York
• 10/11/06 - Upstate NY Part II
• 10/12/06 - Short ride despite morning rains
• 10/13/06 - Through the Catskills
• 10/14/06 - Poughkeepsie and beyond
• 10/15/06 - Home!