Category Archives: Bicycle Journey 2011

Start:  Claremore, OK Finish: Neosho, MO Weather:  105 degrees, sunny Bike Time: 8.5 hours Miles:  95 Distance to date: 1,156 Today presented a series of unexpected charms. They began at the continental breakfast bar of the Will Rogers Inn, where … Continue reading →

Start:  Bristow, OK Finish: Claremore, OK Weather:  110 degrees, sunny Bike Time: 6.5 hours Miles:  71 Distance to date: 1,061 When the sun came up this morning it was a fireball, not a cloud in the sky; 95 degrees by … Continue reading →

Start:  Oklahoma City, OK Finish: Bristow, OK Weather:  105 degrees, sunny Bike Time: 8 hours Miles:  76 Distance to date: 990 A completely different period of history filled todays’ travel – the 1930’s through the 1950’s. I left Kenyon and … Continue reading →

Start:  Oklahoma City, OK Finish: Oklahoma City, OK Weather:  105 degrees, sunny Bike Time: 1.5hours Miles:  14 Distance to date: 914 Today was a superb day for visiting.  After a leisurely morning Jeff, Jamie and I went to lunch at … Continue reading →

Start:  Watonga OK Finish: Oklahoma City, OK Weather:  105 degrees, sunny Bike Time: 6 hours Miles:  66 Distance to date: 900 Contrived, yet true, my odometer turned over 900 miles as I entered my nephew’s Jeff’s driveway in Oklahoma City.  … Continue reading →

Start:  Woodward, OK Finish: Watonga, OK Weather:  100 degrees, sunny Bike Time: 7 hours Miles:  76 Distance to date: 834 This was the most uneventful day of the trip; riding from early morning to early afternoon through the landscape of … Continue reading →

Start:  Dodge City, KS Finish: Woodward, OK Weather:  102 degrees, sunny Bike Time: 11 hours Miles:  111 Distance to date: 758 My third century in four days; I sure will be glad when the motel towns get closer. Aside from … Continue reading →

Start:  Garden City, KS Finish: Dodge City, KS Weather:  95 degrees, sunny Bike Time: 6 hours Miles:  58 Distance to date: 647 Any number of sayings could apply to me today.  ‘Be careful what you wish for.’  ‘The most difficult … Continue reading →

Start:  Lamar, CO Finish: Garden City, KS Weather:  90 degrees, overcast Bike Time: 10 hours Miles:  112 Distance to date: 589 I am beginning to get the hang of this – travel early, stop often.  Today I logged thirty miles … Continue reading →

Start:  Limon, CO Finish: Lamar, CO Weather:  100 degrees, sunny Bike Time: 10 hours Miles:  118 Distance to date: 477 There are no hotels between Limon and Lamar, and only one restaurant at a mid-point, so I knew today would … Continue reading →