Author Archives: paulefallon

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 →

September 16, 2016 – Rain, 75 degrees Miles Today: 66 Miles to Date: 16,376 States to Date: 44 I woke to the threat of rain and pedaled with determination to Independence, motivated by the darkening skies and Harry S. Truman’s … Continue reading →

September 15, 2016 – Sunny, 85 degrees Miles Today: 91 Miles to Date: 16,310 States to Date: 44 I woke before dawn, excited for the ride; stretched, breakfasted, and was on the road by seven. I always enjoy riding in … Continue reading →

September 14, 2016 – Sunny, 75 degrees Miles Today: 68 Miles to Date: 16,219 States to Date: 44  Today was a terrific day of bicycle touring, though it still did not win me over to gravel. I spent the first … Continue reading →

September 13, 2016 – Sunny, 75 degrees Miles Today: 28 Miles to Date: 16,151 States to Date: 44  True confession: I do not seek out absolutely every contact I know to discuss tomorrow. I’ve passed on few Catholic recommendations because, … Continue reading →

September 12, 2016 – Sunny, 75 degrees Miles Today: 70 Miles to Date: 16,123 States to Date: 44 Missouri’s bicycle claim to fame is the KATY Trail – 237 miles from Machens to Clinton, mostly along the Missouri River. But … Continue reading →

September 11, 2016 – Sunny, 75 degrees Miles Today: 38 Miles to Date: 16,053 States to Date: 44  I spent most of today noodling over what I learned yesterday, which included a long writing break to consider Ferguson and the … Continue reading →

September 10, 2016 – Cloudy, 70 degrees Miles Today: 16 Miles to Date: 16,015 States to Date: 44  16,000 miles after I left Cambridge I arrived at one of the very first push pins I placed on my map: Ferguson, … Continue reading →