Cross Country Day 73: Manchester to Kittery
Today I found an ocean Today was going to be a good day. Today was the day we were working so hard for. Today we were going to find an...
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Matt
Aug 5, 20232 min read
Cross Country Day 72: West Swanzey to Manchester
Today I found a catapult. Today was an excellent day of riding. The temps are finally starting to come down a bit. The sun felt amazing...
Matt
Aug 5, 20233 min read
Cross Country Day 71: Lake Shaftsbury State Park to West Swanzey
Today I found a trail Barb and Kurt brought doughnuts this morning as we had our coffee and headed out for the day. Had pretty limited...
Matt
Aug 5, 20233 min read
Cross Country Day 70: Schenectady to Lake Shaftsbury State Park
Today was once again uphill. We left Schenectady after it rained yesterday. The timing of some of our rest days has been rather...
Matt
Jul 29, 20234 min read
Cross Country Day 68: Frankfort to Schenectady
Today I found some new friends I was the last one out of camp this morning. After replacing my rear tire I don't think I had enough...
Matt
Jul 29, 20232 min read
Cross Country Day 67: Syracuse to Frankfort
Today I hid under a bridge It rained over night so I left the hotel at my usual ish time of 9ish and headed back onto the Empire State...
Matt
Jul 29, 20233 min read
Cross Country Day 66: Macedon to Syracuse
Today I had a prove it day Camping was just fine on the locks though the dew was pretty heavy this morning. A couple of drips were my...
Matt
Jul 29, 20232 min read
Cross Country Day 65: Brockport to Macedon
Today did not go according to plan Today was supposed to be a shorter day and it was for mileage but not for trials. I woke up super...
Matt
Jul 29, 20232 min read
Cross Country Day 64: Buffalo to Brockport
Today I re-learned my geography. Today was spent mostly along the historic Erie canal. A major hub of trade during the early 19th...
Matt
Jul 23, 20234 min read
Cross Country Day 62: Niagara Falls to Buffalo
Today I got wet. Just because today was short doesn't mean it didn't have adventure. We started the day with breakfast and a tour of...
Matt
Jul 23, 20233 min read
Cross Country Day 61: Brantford to Niagara Falls
Today I saw a giant waterfall. Another long day but there were some cool moments along the way. We rolled through Hamilton and...
Matt
Jul 23, 20232 min read
Cross Country Day 60: St Thomas to Brantford
Today I went grocery shopping Today started pretty normal. Well whatever normal is these days. Then we discovered that our route was...
Matt
Jul 23, 20232 min read
Cross Country Day 59: Dresden to St. Thomas
Today I found an elephant Today started fairly straight forward. We're continuing through the farmlands of Ontario. Corn, beans, wheat,...
Matt
Jul 23, 20233 min read
Cross Country Day 58: Detroit to Dresden
Today I left the country. We left Detroit and headed north. Leaving town we didn't roll though really any neighborhoods that were as bad...
Matt
Jul 17, 20232 min read
Cross Country Day 56: Ann Arbor to Detroit
Today I saw sadness With the big push yesterday to Ann Arbor we were set up for a relatively simple downhill tailwinds ride to Detroit...
Matt
Jul 17, 20232 min read
Cross Country Day 55: Potawatomie Recreation Area to Ann Arbor
Today I got wet. Thankfully the storms from last night didn't pack a ton of wind. Just rain rain and more rain. We talked to one local...
Matt
Jul 17, 20231 min read
Cross Country Day 54: Berrian Springs to Potawatomie Recreation Area
Today my legs felt awesome I think having a short day really was good for me as I was up and at em today. I was the first out of camp...
Matt
Jul 17, 20232 min read
Cross Country Day 53: LaPorte to Berrian Springs
Today I crossed the line I didn't sleep great last night so I was pretty sluggish getting packed this morning and my peddling also felt...
Matt
Jul 12, 20232 min read
Cross Country Day 51: Chicago to LaPorte
We rolled out of Chicago as a group. We figured it would be easier to navigate difficulties/roughness together. Well our concerns were...
Matt
Jul 12, 20232 min read
Cross Country Day 50: Illinois Beach State Park to Chicago
Today I went to the heart of the big city Rolled out of the state park and began making our way south. At first we had large chunks of...
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