I was asked to write about my final thoughts of our trip. I don’t think there are words in the English language to accurately describe our adventure. It is like trying to summarize a lifetime with a few paragraphs. Where does a person start?

My attempt will start from the square one. It took a great deal of preparation to attempt a ride of this length. Danny and I have been riding for a long time as well as doing up to 750 mile rides for at least five years. I also became interested in long distance self-supported rides as my interest in randonneuring (http://www.rusa.org/) grew. After moving to St Joseph, I slowly became interested in the westward expansion and thought about trying to tie these interests together (it makes sense in my mind).

This spring, I took a stab at the Santa Fe Trail with a friend (Thomas ...  Read More »

We got up at the usual time and grabbed our convenience store breakfast and hit the road before 7 am. We were treated with a wonderful sunrise and calm winds. The sky was red and all the fog made it seem like we were in some mystery movie in England.  Read More »

Left North Platte and it was about 37 degrees outside. It warmed up in the 60's around noon and ended up becoming a glorious day in the 70's. It was sunny and there was hardly a cloud in the sky.  Read More »

Today we went 145 miles up to North Platte, NE. Today was suppose to be the day we got 20-30 mph head winds, but the direction of the wind was a little off so it wasn't hitting us directly in the face. I checked in with the weather and they ...  Read More »