Author Archives: paulefallon

September 26, 2016 – Sun, 75 degrees Miles Today: 95 Miles to Date: 17,052 States to Date: 45 Cycle touring doesn’t get any better – even with twenty miles on the Interstate! Google mapped me 116 miles to Denver – … Continue reading →

September 25, 2016 – Sun, 75 degrees Miles Today: 79 Miles to Date: 16,957 States to Date: 45 First came 36 gorgeous miles along US 24 West, out of sight and mind of the Interstate. Then, 24 merged with I-70 … Continue reading →

September 24, 2016 – Sun, 75 degrees Miles Today: 70 Miles to Date: 16,878 States to Date: 45 Whoa, guy. Haven’t I already been in Colorado? Don’t have I only three states left? Shouldn’t I start skedaddling home? Although I … Continue reading →

September 23, 2016 – Sun, 85 degrees Miles Today: 66 Miles to Date: 16,808 States to Date: 45 I love the Plains. They teach you not to take anything for granted. When you think the world is flat, it gets … Continue reading →

September 22, 2016 – Sun, 95 degrees Miles Today: 83 Miles to Date: 16,742 States to Date: 45   There is a moment in the morning when the sun, flat across the top of the grass, rises a notch and … Continue reading →

September 21, 2016 – Cloudy, 90 degrees Miles Today: 56 Miles to Date: 16,659 States to Date: 45 I am like an eight-year-old. I ride my bike all day and sleep like a baby all night. After ten solid hours … Continue reading →

September 20, 2016 – Sun, 95 degrees Miles Today: 70 Miles to Date: 16,603 States to Date: 45  Bicycle route challenges crop up in the oddest places. Google Maps showed me a great route from Manhattan to Abilene, but my … Continue reading →

September 19, 2016 – Sun, 95 degrees Miles Today: 85 Miles to Date: 16,533 States to Date: 45 One word describes the challenge of crossing the plains – wind. Today the wind and I did a subtle dance as I … Continue reading →

September 18, 2016 – Sun, 80 degrees Miles Today: 44 Miles to Date: 16,448 States to Date: 45    Summer Sunday – and the living is easy. I had forty-four beautiful, easy miles along the Kansas River Valley. Kansas Speedway … Continue reading →

September 17, 2016 – Sun, 80 degrees Miles Today: 28 Miles to Date: 16,404 States to Date: 45 Everything’s up to date in Kansas City They gone about as fer as they can go – Oscar Hammerstein My first time … Continue reading →