I flew to Salt Lake City for a week of cycle touring. This ride is a continuation of sorts, with previous rides from San Jose to Reno (1999) and from Reno to...
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May 24, 2003 4:20 am
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Today an easy ride as I mostly skirted around mountains that are to the east of Salt Lake City. The route went south first to Orem and then up the Provo...
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May 24, 2003 9:04 pm
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Today I went up and over the first of three large passes of the trip. Daniels Pass was 8000ft high and a climb from 5600ft at Heber City. Fortunately, I did...
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May 25, 2003 11:05 pm
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Happy Memorial Day! Today a shorter ride that ended up just across the CO border at Dinosaur, Colorado. It has been getting warm in the afternoon, so nice to...
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May 26, 2003 9:50 pm
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A beautiful ride today through wide open spaces. This region has either no trees or short pinon pines. Lack of trees, clear skies and broad rolling vistas...
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May 27, 2003 11:02 pm
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A shorter ride today and then restful day around Steamboat Springs. The road followed the Yampa River upstream and was mostly flat with only 400ft net...
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May 28, 2003 7:30 pm
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Welcome to the Moose Viewing Capital of Colorado and home of the nation's Christmas Tree in 1990. Made it to Walden today after a climb over Rabbit Ears Pass....
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May 29, 2003 9:42 pm
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Long mileage today but also 5000ft of descent and only 2200ft of climb. It is nice to end a trip by riding home. I left Walden in early morning dawn. Walden...
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May 31, 2003 1:48 am
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On the road again for a tour through the great plains. The idea for this trip is to start from home and ride the next segment of a third cross-USA ride. Along...
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Jun 28, 2003 2:24 am
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A long ride today, both in distance and time. The wind mostly cooperated with a light south wind through the day. The few times I headed south, it was...
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Jun 29, 2003 1:29 am
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Last night the weather channel looked much more scary than my window outside. Multiple storm cells tracking through the plains, including one with 60 mile...
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Jun 30, 2003 12:52 am
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Today was mostly flat, with almost no wind in the morning. Should have been an easy day? Well, two factors made things tougher: 10-15 mph headwinds in the...
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Jul 1, 2003 1:07 am
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Today a shorter ride with stop in Hays. I followed old 40 all day and the counties had wisdom to keep it paved all the way. Multiple small Kansas towns. I...
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Jul 2, 2003 12:26 am
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What is end point for this ride: Bentonville, Wichita or Tulsa? Read below to find out. Wind and heat combined to make for a tough ride today. I thought I...
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Jul 3, 2003 12:46 am
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Wichita it will be. Plan will be to rent car on Saturday and drive to Tulsa. Today less wind and warmer. I was on the road again prior to sunrise. Two miles...
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Jul 3, 2003 5:27 pm
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Today I went in search of small town Kansas to see the 4th of July celebration. A place with this many small towns was bound to have a small town 4th of July....
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Jul 4, 2003 11:10 pm
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Peabody put on an excellent fireworks show last night. After the parade the park became steadily busier. Music was being played on the football field and...
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Jul 5, 2003 11:40 pm
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It rained. A steady rain as I started in the dark from the airport hotel. I flew back to Wichita last night for a week of cycling. Occasional dry periods...
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Aug 31, 2003 7:17 am
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Heavy rain overnight about 2:30am and light rain on departure. If next message is delayed, most likely my pocketmail got wet. ... Sent from my PocketMail...
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Aug 31, 2003 6:34 pm
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Oklahoma! Today I added another state to the list of ones I cycled. Both the winds and rain were more favorable today, so it was an easier ride. Storms came...
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Sep 1, 2003 1:00 am
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Missouri and Arkansas, two more states added to my cycling list. Today was the third day of rain with some of the heaviest downpours so far. Overnight were...
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Sep 1, 2003 9:14 pm
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Reached the Ozark mountains today. Lots of short sharp hills and winding roads. Left early for quick breakfast stop starting out. Light drizzle to start and...
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Sep 2, 2003 11:34 pm
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Today was an easier ride than expected. Also good cycle weather with overcast skies and cool temperatures. Yesterday I had been told to expect steeper hills...
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Sep 3, 2003 9:43 pm
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A ride out of the Ozarks and into the flat bottomlands. A somewhat longer ride than initially expected. Left Clinton in early morning cool. Mostly clear...
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Sep 5, 2003 12:44 am
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Made it across the Mississippi River today. A relatively easy ride, with mostly flat and mostly downhill. A breakfast stop in Wynne before starting out....
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Sep 5, 2003 9:14 pm
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A day of riding through Mississippi. Not very wide shoulders on the highways in this state. People were busy at slot machines at 6am as I left the casino...
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Sep 7, 2003 12:56 am
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Do you know if anyone has every bicycled all of Hwy 50? i.e. From Cali to MD?...
... I don't know anyone personally, but I've been subscribed to the Route 50 mailing list (see www.route50.com). Wulf Berg who owns the list periodically...
Merry Christmas! I find myself in San Diego in 2003, just as I was at end of 2002. The occasion is the 47th annual bicycle ride put on by San Diego branch of...
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Dec 25, 2003 11:17 pm
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A nice ride climbing the mountains above San Diego. Last night had considerable rain, sometimes sheets of water coming down. Certainly glad the ride didn't...
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