Look we're moving and there's Wayne!

(Courtesy of Jennifer Patey)

Adventure Cycling Night

Group Photo Group photo taken by Carol Crossland in front of Adventure Cycling office in Missoula Montana at the start of week 2

Made the local paper on Friday (14 September)

To more easily read article enlarge by first clicking on photo then selecting "All Sizes" on menu shown at top of photo on the Flickr website.

Edited Full Resolution Photos

I just finished edited my photos from the trip, flipping over the inverted ones, eliminating many of the over,underexposed and out of focus pictures, including some new ones showing the route along with some from Naomi. They can be found at this Flickr web page: Edited Photos . All the photos have been re uploaded in full resolution mode. Please feel free to download any that are of interest to you. This can be done without charge. I still have some more photos to get from Wallace for week 2 and I will upload them soon after I get them.

Andy

Cycle America Staffers

Cycle America Staff Missing from photos are PJ, Victoria Landgraf, Carrie Gussenhoven, Shuli Lamden, Dan Brown, Shelley Mulvaney and George Edwards. If anybody has portrait shots of any of these folks please send them to me at bavetta@pacbell.net.

Other Riders of Special Interest to Me

Other Riders

The hardy crew of 26

Here is a link with photos of each of the coast to coast riders. If you are one of the riders and don't like the picture I included of you like possibly, Maureen Hall, Lloyd Strong or Neil Laverty please send me a substitute picture. Thru Riders
Thanks,
Andy

Done!!!!!!!!!! (Week 9 Photos)

Week 9 Photos

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Ceremonial front tire dip in Gloucester Bay, MA after completing coast to coast ride from Marysville,WA on August 18th.

7 down 2 to go

Just finished week 7. Spending night in Motel Niagara Ontario. The Motel is 9KM from the falls. Took a ride down to see them this afternoon. Falls are awesome but unfortunately all the associated tourist clap trap is a bit much.

Day 38 Pepin to Sparta, WI

Long day today, 93 miles. Got in at 3:30PM and went straight to the library. Scenery is changing every day now. Very green. Lots of water. Small farms, winding country roads. Going to the ice cream store now. That's the great thing about riding so far every day. I eat as much as I want and don't gain any weight.

Day 32 July 18th De Smet SD to Watertown SD

Short day only 60 miles mostly flat with not too much of a headwind. Spending night at Watertown Middle School. New school with a bank of 7 Internet connected computers.

Half way there

Reached the halfway point today 2100 miles in Wolsey SD. Hard to post photos now as my laptop seems to have broken and internet access is hard to come by.

Photos from Days 24 and 26

Day 24 & 26 Photos
Hard to find WiFi on the trip. Staying at KOA in Interior SD tonight so I had an opportunity to upload some photos.

Day 20 Buffolo to Gillette, WY

Day 20 Photos
Today we rode most all of the way on Interstate 90. Very hot. Got in at 12:45PM. My bag balm melted and made a mess in my tent. Camped out at Gillette High School foot ball field Rode 74 miles with 2539 feet of climbing. Tomorrow Naomi joins the ride for a week. Hope it cools off a bit.

Day 19 Worland to Buffolo, WY

Day 19 Photos
Sagged to picnic stop to give my rear end a rest. Rode from there to camp over Powder Pass at 9666 ft. Super downhill much of which I did not ear as I missed the early part of the climb which was the most difficult. Got in at 11:30AM almost beating Neal into camp.My ride was 47 miles with 2423 ft of climbing. Hit 47 mph on the downhill and averaged 14.1 mph over the ride. Lower saddle seemed to help minimize but chafing.

Day 18 Riverton to Worland

Day 18 Photos
Very hot. Started riding at 6:15AM to try and beat the heat. Much of ride down river canyon. Lowered seat 1/4 inch and moved saddle forward to try and ease butt chafing. 93 miles with 2088 feet of climbing.

Day 17 Dubois to Riverton, WY

Day 17 Photos

Hot. Road down Wind River Canyon for Much of the ride. Head wind much of the way. Butt still sore. Got in camp at 1:45PM. Made good time in spite of the wind.
76 miles.

Day 16 Jackson to Dubois, WY

Day 16 Photos

Theme of this days ride was road construction. Decided to sag 24 miles to breakfast and on beyond the first 5 mile road construction zone missing the ride though Teton Park segment. As a result I had a rather easy day with one big climb over 9658 ft Togwotee Pass. Got into camp at 2:45PM and promtply took a 2 hr nap. Today I rode 45 miles with 2963 feet of climbing.

Day 15 Layover day

Kicking back, doing laundry and catching up on my trip blog today at the youth Hostel. Eleven new people, 3 of them in my room, joined the tour today for week 3. Sad to see Robert and Wallace leave but it was super having them here for the past week.

Day 14 (Saturday) Ashton , ID to Jackson, WY

Last Day cycling with Wallace and Robert. Started out with about a 40 mile ride through green fiedls of I suppose potatoes with increasingly closer views of the Teton Mountains. After lunch we had the most difficult climb of the week over 8431 foot Teton Pass with the gradient reaching 10% for long stretches. Stayed at the Teton Village Youth Hostel, 4 to a room, crowded but OK accommodations. Big treat going out to dinner with Robert, Wallace and Steve our 4th roommate in Jackson. I had prime rib, everybody else had steak.
78 miles
4436 feet of climbing