Author Archives: aaron

its now been about 3 weeks since I finished the bike across the US with jon. it seems like a really long time and I guess it still feels like a story that someone told me rather than something I … Continue reading →

the last cycling day of our bike across the united states.  amazingly today arrived both very quick and took FOREVER to get here, but our last day of biking to reach the pacific is finally here.  SHUT THE FRONT DOOR. … Continue reading →

today is the last major day of riding and it has all that you would want from an epic day – 4500ft of climbing, desert, vistas, isolated road, incredible scenery.  it also scares the hell out of jon and i.  … Continue reading →

aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh.  let me explain.  I knew yesterday was going to be tough.  everything thing pointed to an epic day mostly due to fatigue in the legs (several big days up to phoenix and over 500mi straight with no rest not … Continue reading →

after a great night kicking around salome, az we woke early and headed out on highway 60 towards california.  it’s a bit surreal to see all the signs list LA, still several days away, which is the first real sign … Continue reading →

last night was about as perfect as you can get.  we rode in early since it was an early ride and beat the wind, which meant we had a really chill afternoon.  its one of the big benefits of kicking … Continue reading →

ok, I think phoenix is unholy.  when you enter phoenix like we did in the south east corner and intend to exit in the nw corner (like we do) you have to cover over 55mi (as the crow flys, which … Continue reading →

nothing like waking up in the morning, walking out your door and then climbing to top of the world to get the day started.  it was nearly perfect weather, a cool 70 degrees, a slight head wind, enough to keep … Continue reading →

we took yesterday as a rest day to let jon recover from the late night push, mechanical, and the trauma of doing the right thing.  we also could push a bit longer and gain a day by making it to … Continue reading →

after splitsville (see previous post) I started out for what I was hoping would be a better day than yesterday in the wind.  one thing I have accepted during this trip is that no matter how bad 2 things are … Continue reading →