https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog daily 0.75 2024-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527299835831-SI559VXNCBCIKKVKV69H/20180407_104221.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/9/6/bike-day-forty-six-suffolk-va-to-virginia-beach monthly 0.5 2018-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536261739451-ZRBORLWV82YVUWUV12BY/20180804_123507.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Six: Suffolk, VA to Virginia Beach!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536262133584-93NIF9U7MN0JBC3MRU0D/20180804_150126.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Six: Suffolk, VA to Virginia Beach!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536261775321-GAAVN91GOM9QESU6WGH2/20180804_123619.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Six: Suffolk, VA to Virginia Beach!! Whoot! 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Uh oh! I offered to drive back to Virginia Beach, get them and follow the route to get them to him before he completed the entire ride, but he said, "No, this will be fine." If nothing else it made the last portion of the ride memorable! (His bike shoes clip in to the pedals - they are only a couple inches large) ...and he made it!! https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/9/6/bike-day-forty-five-richmond-va-to-williamsburg-va monthly 0.5 2018-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536258137548-U9EW1ZR9VJHHRAUHOPD6/20180803_064053.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Five: Richmond, VA to Suffolk, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536258543320-BINHPY8EB4K10PTK0HZ0/20180803_065053.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Five: Richmond, VA to Suffolk, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536259895180-AYFL3QUU3REKQN6WDUVQ/20180803_123459+%281%29.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Five: Richmond, VA to Suffolk, VA Did you note my scuffed chin? It wasn't bad at all...it was the wrist and ribs that hurt the most... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536260256044-9KLQHC0U6YLQ1AEA4V8F/20180804_093116.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Five: Richmond, VA to Suffolk, VA The huge and very busy Holday Trav-L Park, Virginia Beach -- 4 pools and lots of campsites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536259659494-WT6LA9A5TA05ROIV5F04/20180803_070336.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Five: Richmond, VA to Suffolk, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536258510605-BNWXO1QEA24KAWWH48A7/20180803_064407.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Five: Richmond, VA to Suffolk, VA The sun was shining through the rain clouds, it was just a little wet...and there was a great rainbow. What could be better than that on a nice safe paved trail? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536259742646-4U9W1SO183KPIHMOZN9V/20180803_071215+%281%29.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Five: Richmond, VA to Suffolk, VA Shortly after this scene...as we were chatting and biking, a car came up on the right at one of the very few intersections on this paved trail. It startled me, I grabbed my brakes too hard and went over my handle bars. I hit my chin, left shoulder, wrist, ribs and hip. That was the end of my bike day...today and for a few days. I was able to bike back most of the way to the van, but eventually gave in and had Taylor go back to the van and drive to me. We picked out an urgent care in Suffolk for me to get checked and Taylor would meet me there. But first, our trip from Jamestown across the Chesapeake on the ferry... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536260139713-2G65UBAK8KXXSZ0CE8Q7/20180811_120229.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Five: Richmond, VA to Suffolk, VA No dislocated fractures, but a wrist brace for protection and rest/healing helped a lot. Taylor drove us all the way to our campground in Virginia Beach so that the next day I wouldn't have to do anything with the camper but drive him back to Suffolk then chill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536259805018-IFVK6NKRO6C5JF63I8IS/20180803_121836.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Five: Richmond, VA to Suffolk, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536258055625-SOW6CH5C1F473ZFO97X5/20180803_064035.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Five: Richmond, VA to Suffolk, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536259849911-8MHZAIEWDOWAI5PAESF2/20180803_123438.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Five: Richmond, VA to Suffolk, VA https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/9/6/bike-day-forty-four-palmyra-va-to-richmond-va monthly 0.5 2018-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536257180018-D6B94LW99J9C6KTMZ9AW/20180802_103037.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Four: Palmyra, VA to Richmond, VA All was fine...there were some very tight winding spots...but we were ok...then on to Ashland where we met for lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536256791067-LYV058A3O21HBOF7QIVF/20180802_093005+%281%29.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Four: Palmyra, VA to Richmond, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536257245711-DVU583MNWZ7PIFLYUSU3/20180802_124251.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Four: Palmyra, VA to Richmond, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536257301054-6ZLWP33ZG2N6XXL6C4RU/20180802_134456.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Four: Palmyra, VA to Richmond, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536257501887-880GVB1ILX9TEL6AQ3DE/20180802_180942.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Four: Palmyra, VA to Richmond, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536257077023-E33KVD01WQR58LGBFZOH/20180802_092946.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Four: Palmyra, VA to Richmond, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536257335828-S7GOJF0FE05W6FEOY2O4/20180802_134510.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Four: Palmyra, VA to Richmond, VA Time to get back at it before it starts raining again... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536257121249-LPA68FA3EEY854SE843Z/20180802_093249+%281%29.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Four: Palmyra, VA to Richmond, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536257367652-M54E63GRN1NTAX7NVKFT/20180802_124649.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Four: Palmyra, VA to Richmond, VA By the time we got to Richmond there were some very wet roads (photo below was at the spot we camped but the next day when it was dry). It was raining so hard we stopped in this restaurant's parking lot then called the owner to see if it was ok if we parked overnight...he was in Key West...and said "yes" (There were several campers/mobile homes in the back lot...and in fact there were two teens sitting on the "porch" of the restaurant, smoking when we pulled up. They talked to us and one said, "Yeah...its probably fine if you stay...I live in a trailer out back and this is my friend visiting me from NYC." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536256914820-8XW9FU2OLZ9S9QSW0QOG/20180802_093105.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Four: Palmyra, VA to Richmond, VA "Through trucks prohibited" -- I took a deep breath and said "I'm no truck; it will be fine today" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536257446450-PY8Z0C5H4CXPKWVFW3Q5/20180803_085740.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Four: Palmyra, VA to Richmond, VA The soggy scene outside... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536256837558-BCVGPQHP7P0AEHRW0PR6/20180802_093010.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Four: Palmyra, VA to Richmond, VA I joined Taylor for some riding today...after being at Corhaven and the slave cemetery there I was more curious to take note of small grave sites along our route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536256946393-LK7XNVITJUJPUIZ9ZZXA/20180802_100610.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Four: Palmyra, VA to Richmond, VA https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/9/6/bike-day-forty-three-lexington-va-to-palmyra-va monthly 0.5 2018-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536255405674-59BMI3A2MNDFJLHZ5HY0/20180801_095624.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Three: Lexington, VA to Palmyra, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536255299599-ASZEUZT8B0GSKF7T340X/20180801_100009.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Three: Lexington, VA to Palmyra, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536255184789-5JG8LE73F6VYSQVBKJQX/20180801_080746.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Three: Lexington, VA to Palmyra, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536255365844-YJMJFMMN6ZLBYN77K64Z/20180801_121246.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Three: Lexington, VA to Palmyra, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536255331446-4PPG2YQ9FYR0OKCRLRKW/20180801_103421.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Three: Lexington, VA to Palmyra, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536255226947-RD6BODK06EE1XT1V8BAD/20180801_080823.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Three: Lexington, VA to Palmyra, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536256244202-C0ZD1KRV5F7R4XG1LVT9/20180801_183818.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Three: Lexington, VA to Palmyra, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536256284683-WNT3ET2HPF7C4X210J3E/20180801_082529.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Three: Lexington, VA to Palmyra, VA I encountered a fair amount more fog than Taylor did...I was in front of him that day... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536255604714-Z15NVP8ENX4OGOA4WZCG/20180801_083800+%281%29.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Three: Lexington, VA to Palmyra, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1536255440820-SIW6OR7U7LR9JVNXQUEC/20180801_132406.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Three: Lexington, VA to Palmyra, VA Always time for a little snack stop...peach and vanilla twist...at a peach orchard. We ended the day in Palmyra where we camped in a Methodist church parking lot. The pastor came by and was very welcoming, They have hosted many bikers as part of their outreach ministry. They even let us run an extension cord from the camper to the church so we could have electricity (read: air conditioning!) overnight. Before heading to bed we took a walk down the road, overlooking the muddy river flowing below. It was really humid and thunderstorms were expected overnight and the next day. https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/8/24/bike-day-forty-two-troutville-to-lexington-va-and-corhaven-retreat-center monthly 0.5 2018-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1535139426179-TTVOZ3T08NJE957HM6TT/20180731_175239.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Two: Troutville to Lexington, VA (and Corhaven Retreat Center) Bill and Tara's kids showed us around the property https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1535139025564-QUBVETWZ1U93CKNMALSV/20180730_071505.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Two: Troutville to Lexington, VA (and Corhaven Retreat Center) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1535140257910-Q4WUTVLMH0QGCL1QHHGZ/20180731_195258.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Two: Troutville to Lexington, VA (and Corhaven Retreat Center) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1535139287220-PRRFK3PVLZWXGVAA76I2/20180731_124735.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Two: Troutville to Lexington, VA (and Corhaven Retreat Center) At the Jesus statue...sorry I couldn't rotate this one for some reason today... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1535139151881-8ZVXNUGLCIP7S2LHQS73/20180731_110859.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Two: Troutville to Lexington, VA (and Corhaven Retreat Center) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1535139066313-MAQX35X5KON0J9Q6POJ4/20180730_071554.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Two: Troutville to Lexington, VA (and Corhaven Retreat Center) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1535139104529-31AL62GZI01FGTG675TQ/20180730_071610.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Two: Troutville to Lexington, VA (and Corhaven Retreat Center) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1535139553122-6UYTFB0CWPBCY4V8YTW7/20180731_122953.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Two: Troutville to Lexington, VA (and Corhaven Retreat Center) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1535139814654-32ET5ANW2L229OCZUHPZ/20180731_124808.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Two: Troutville to Lexington, VA (and Corhaven Retreat Center) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1535139880971-OH06E3QGZRFEHTD63O8U/20180731_124823.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-Two: Troutville to Lexington, VA (and Corhaven Retreat Center) A peaceful re, treat from biking...sleep in a historic building, hearty meals, farm animals...and we got to ponder our country's history as we quietly visited the slave grave on the property, learning the names and stories of some souls who are most likely buried there. Before leaving we had a lovely meal at Gail Scherer's lovely historic house, filled with hospitality, love and family time. We loved our time with this part of the Haley clan ;) https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/8/13/bike-day-forty-one-wytheville-va-to-troutville-va monthly 0.5 2018-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534166400839-QLSDBECRKA2S6S0Z46VQ/20180729_141003.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-One: Wytheville, VA to Troutville, VA These were for sale. Maybe Hudson can make us one with his welding skills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534166330769-UPTYV2L12G4W8TE8ACWL/20180729_134838.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-One: Wytheville, VA to Troutville, VA What do you think this is? I guessed a soapbox derby race track. I listened to Hidden Figures while I drove and know that soapbox derby racing was popular at least at one time in VA...and one of the women engineers in the book helped her son win! When I ran past here, I thought I got a new insight into Latin...even without knowing it I figured this must mean something close to "Lift up your Eyes!" yes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534169664277-R6BV8NB9G9O51XCFLP8F/20180729_080050.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-One: Wytheville, VA to Troutville, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534169720769-MVGQU74MXIFSLRBQ7N2R/20180729_131235.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-One: Wytheville, VA to Troutville, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534166433334-IZ0R9EDYPOXRXKZV25AD/20180729_141150.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-One: Wytheville, VA to Troutville, VA It was a stormy night, but before the downpour we got to have dinner at Ruthann's house. A special time for them to reminisce. As the evening came to a close the clouds over the mountains were awesome... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534169770530-G4QACAB9BDTA2T6ALI0M/20180730_100823.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-One: Wytheville, VA to Troutville, VA I drove a highway today...thus my photos represent what I saw from the roads as I took a run in Troutville while I waited for Taylor to arrive before we stopped to visit Ruthann. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534166366050-1AREQVGQDIACWQH2MNCK/20180729_140138.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-One: Wytheville, VA to Troutville, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534166484876-IGM247BZEU17DUWYE4E9/20180730_062043.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty-One: Wytheville, VA to Troutville, VA https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/8/13/bike-day-forty-damascus-va-to-wytheville-va monthly 0.5 2018-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534164972306-2RUZ8HRITJQY4JJK2BO1/20180728_162120.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty: Damascus, VA to Wytheville, VA Checking out the rooftop of the Bolling Wilson Hotel...reminded us of the Charmant in many ways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534164880250-V38K4ZOVJL3BA0KEK4M0/20180728_071515.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty: Damascus, VA to Wytheville, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534168495596-47XMN5KQ431QAA7P490X/20180728_072852.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty: Damascus, VA to Wytheville, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534169095716-MOO4KV6ATUJGXTFS6TPZ/20180728_161516.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty: Damascus, VA to Wytheville, VA We noted that Wytheville's claim to fame is being the hometown of First Lady Edith Bolling Wilson. Interestingly I had been reading Dead Wake, the story of the Lusitania (thanks, Louise!) and the chapters included quite a lot of history of President Wilson and his distraction with losing his wife then later courting Edith (who originally turned down his marriage proposal). I don't remember now if I learned it from Dead Wake or from info in Wytheville, but Edith basically served as the first female president for a couple years after President Wilson had a severe stroke and was no longer in the public eye. Rather than turning the government over to the VP, Edith consulted with Wilson and led the country in that way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534164945304-276OCNBCY037GA00TIZN/20180728_071539.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty: Damascus, VA to Wytheville, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534168530749-9YQKFTXT239F0B64EN1G/20180728_081849.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty: Damascus, VA to Wytheville, VA His bike route followed this creek for many miles. Interestingly, back in Virginia, one could almost hear the hunting hounds as we passed several "fox pens" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534164992982-TFKQK0RHWQTAIZS8PWSH/20180728_164533.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty: Damascus, VA to Wytheville, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534168572903-T58WYNT7I9Y0TEO1CU73/20180728_075659.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty: Damascus, VA to Wytheville, VA Just because it was only about 2 miles from Damascus, VA Taylor took a short detour into Tennessee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534168609433-OS5MFE6CWPPQFJHLWVCC/20180802_095439.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty: Damascus, VA to Wytheville, VA When we arrived in Wytheville we took some time to walk around town. There was a big festival going on for kids to be able to get a free back to school backpack filled with supplies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534164917843-WB649754ZARFVKMUK7SE/20180728_071533.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty: Damascus, VA to Wytheville, VA If you went straight instead of following the left curve of the road here, you would ride over a small bridge and head to our campground last night...with the steep gravel road... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534169133057-FUMT8D1C6G9ZFVZI585M/20180728_163947.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Forty: Damascus, VA to Wytheville, VA https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/8/12/bike-day-thirty-nine-breaks-va-to-damascus-va monthly 0.5 2018-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534080578162-N51J3GN8SZBSPMBSVUFG/20180727_085927.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA At the park entrance was our reminder that Virginia is for Lovers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534080878630-G9XZPC0OK3WJXSHK0BAE/20180727_141458.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534081169985-9NYHAXQGLNT9B0IE6E5U/20180727_144724.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA After my run I drove to the campground to set up before Taylor got to town. Below is the hill from hell down to the riverside campground. It doesn't look like much here, but the gravel and the steep slope about put me over the edge. Thanks to a kind fellow camper I survived but not without some tears. I took two days off backroad driving after this day. Ask me about it sometime and I'll tell you the story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534081350782-PJL8VNFDZFJ4T16TWQ65/20180727_225622%280%29.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534081011745-5Q82DGY1OHKOVQ3VDFRU/20180727_143147.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534081050263-TKRT9JLXD0S60PDFPHTM/20180727_143214.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA I think I expected the trail to be wider and more prominent for some reason... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534080969514-HXMBZJAJVNBVCJLK6GPG/20180727_143116.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534080831323-KV6MFW7YT8Q6T19PPAK7/20180727_135217.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534080917225-FMEDG1Q8VH3DK6XQSBZ4/20180727_142107.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA In Damascus the Virginia Creeper Trail and the Appalachian Trail merge for a stretch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534082409628-00MSRR3IX2ZNBXUTZYU0/20180727_081623.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534080661064-6RKMLTP6146QXVMP36M1/20180727_102838.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA It was a long wait but it was a fine buttery breakfast :)-- plenty of carbs to power Taylor on for the rest of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534080618407-HZVY1TT5U2RRK3K42AWA/20180727_085902.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA Finally got a good sign of one of the Old Regular Baptist Churches...Taylor wondered when there would be Simpson's episode with this title...:) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534081121545-7L2ANUUV159CC71PP6NK/20180727_144444.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534082238500-VCO6B69JLIVO0WILMFUK/20180727_104205.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA Logging operation...must have been flooded but not sure how recently... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534081259309-Y7A3BX6YHIUYWH2LVN21/20180727_203122.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534081217182-GLTERLKTWVZLX75WW2E8/20180727_203145.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA It was a nice campsite when all was said and done and that evening we were able to walk to town and meet up with...Lance and James once again. Lance had been checking in every town for a Karaoke opportunity...and finally he found one and we were able to be there to cheer him on and be amazed at how good he was! It was a fun night with many exceptional karaoke-ers. We decided that maybe we would plan a karaoke bike tour reunion in the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534082279150-0TKQ8RTS3J9GEBXMWR85/20180727_084522.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA Below is a duplicate photo but one that shows more clearly the cemetary, with gathering area nearby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534082363710-I3C0B584L5KK9BUSCHEQ/20180727_084522.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA We met up in Honaker for breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534080738562-D41ZECF2CAFBYZWTVN78/20180727_114925.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534080790313-BMENOOMUZB0Y5WBM403C/20180727_114934.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA I continued on to Damascus, where I took a run on the Appalachian Trail. Going one direction I tried and tried to find the trail, used my cell phone GPS and signs but no luck. It looked like I would have to go through someone's back yard and there were no tresspassing signs...so I turned around and went on the trail the other direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534080701114-VV9AYFROXZBLM0VFVBKQ/20180727_114732.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Nine: Breaks, VA to Damascus, VA https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/8/12/bike-day-thirty-eight-hindman-ky-to-breaks-interstate-park-breaks-va monthly 0.5 2018-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534078941556-NBB9CQNINFBEANLKMUMU/20180726_105945.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534079441651-9XBNM47ZL2ULPXMF77J1/20180727_085844.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534079013764-4UBMVJSLV861CW16DCEF/20180726_110506.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534079163718-5S04D1MBXE3FWRSHJ2EV/20180726_112937.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA On the way out of town in Elkhorn City... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534079208994-6L6YCO0SWQMEWO503C2G/20180726_113628.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA Made it to the state line! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534080013854-5ABT6BSIBC8ORPNZ7O01/20180726_111014.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA "They threw me in the river and said sink or swim. That's how most around here learned." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534079400105-ZY0YAM1WV224RX7JKFC6/20180727_084440.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534078807345-G2PRDF5OLYJ8OMRHRW5N/20180726_083422.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534079264304-63AEUW2XCSQCBHELV2K7/20180726_171602.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA We took a little hike together before dinner in the resort restaurant and then settling in to our campsite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534078863685-L17OQ4H5LO83FVO7KO1C/20180726_084323.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA We met up in the town of Elkhorn City to determine if we would stop there or go a bit further to make it all the way to Breaks...to Virginia. While I awaited Taylor I walked around town near the "riverwalk." The town made an effort an making this a destination and worthy stop for visitors, but alas the visitor center itself, in a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534078684838-XOM5VXT7R0Q41TCNHFTL/20180726_081343.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA I believe this is called Virginia Creeper, but it made us think of Jurassic Park. Many combinations of vines and trees look like bears or giants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534078646153-E4FOVY2KOU4M5OGCPB1Y/20180726_081056.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534078977065-OOLNQY1E1HAUUECSCVNG/20180726_110501.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA There were 4 concrete blocks like below with quotes from elders in the community... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534079313973-UNMMQ82QFYYIBU6MMRX4/20180726_171840.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534078601496-FT5VDIG53QNNFMUIEUSI/20180725_161822.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534079351520-7TMXLNZ2ISKRNGW85BWG/20180726_171857.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534078909526-ML0YTOC8ITKHL56741WL/20180726_105938.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534080318126-XDRTOE6NELFG9UBAZX3G/20180726_181253.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534078730185-DZW6SSM3186VCDK39ECQ/20180726_082444.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA I wanted to get a picture of something that showed "Old Regular Baptist Church." Much better than one of those new fangled unique ones :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534078773118-OYDSEH4OASCJ765V8F2E/20180726_082812.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534082945967-JOIWXMGYKGTXWCRK4U9B/20180725_171539.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1534079109727-4O3UDMLPK61PPLQZ254J/20180726_110944.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Eight: Hindman, KY to Breaks Interstate Park - Breaks, VA Can you read this one? It says, "When the Old Regular Baptists came down to baptize, we stayed in the river 'cause we didn't have on swim trunks." https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/31/bike-day-thirty-seven-buckhorn-ky-to-hindman-ky monthly 0.5 2018-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533045510008-2VJZMQI70BH6EUSYXEOU/20180725_082531.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY Taylor's bike today took him on narrow, winding roads, often next to a creek or stream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533068974049-DWIP9BTQ4P5WRLZ83XLK/20180725_150221.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY Hindman has a community college for the arts...and we didn't know what a luthiery was...so we checked out the dulcimer museum across the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533069475452-Z2LCL8FOUJ4363W0C42J/20180725_164647.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533068728661-OMBCA3WGJ938BVL6ABTV/20180725_142043.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY We learned that there was a campground about 7 miles down the road, so we decided to walk around town for a bit then drive there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533069296546-7TJGSF6KEBJOR63RKMCO/20180725_152140.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533045998462-FVMWYIYFZ4ACCN0V2LOT/20180724_111842.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY Stark contrast between the difficult living situations and the beauty of the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533068835215-E6DQ0S1VJUQSUEKXKBA7/20180725_145710.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY After a mexican meal in Hindman we drove to the campground...through this rock cut, which we figured would have been very expensive to do... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533046052179-GFFCV51L2AUFP3TL9SRT/20180724_113121.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533045875952-2I3LXWHYL7J0FZ5FEKA0/20180725_082707.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY Now in the Appalachians the poverty was even more apparent than in some of the areas of Missouri/Ozarks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533045696389-0OYWJ4QJDMFLFG8QMKEM/20180724_124611.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533069373505-QWZS19R17VOF0VOX6EDG/20180725_171123.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY Near the entrance water was dripping down the rock face, creating multiple colors from the different ores and minerals contained there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533045765181-9ZN27HRT83KYRNG4J84D/20180724_112956.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533046106971-IWRQK8LSPI984SP3HVXC/20180725_085316.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY Taylor and I met in Hindman and consulted our maps...to go on or to stay in the area?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533045818131-268G64Y5H057D3XDBLRV/20180724_101713.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533068533215-1Z67F0TGSKPME148GR0A/20180731_085856.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY A still functioning coal mining facility - the major industry in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533069120583-X2X3DUI1MQNLS6SZRLBV/20180725_162231.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533069727180-92J6KSJS8MGY4C1FWZKM/20180725_171431.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533045923080-EDH2ESTDC6JGH3168E62/20180728_172652.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY When Taylor slowed to look at this home overloaded with "stuff" the family sitting on the porch across the street said "Go ahead, take a picture." Many lived in RV's as their full-time home, torn curtains or blankets in windows that were often broken. Lots of trash...old cars...and by this day there were more dogs than Taylor could count that chased him. He had to get off his bike 3 times and outran the rest. It makes for stressful and tiring biking to be tensed not only from narrow winding roads with no shoulders and often only one lane, but also wondering when the next silent dog will jump out of the bushes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533069581486-BWAE8ORS3SURPNRL6RP4/20180725_164927.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Seven: Buckhorn, KY to Hindman, KY Another fine campground that appeared to be very under-utilized. https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/31/bike-day-thirty-six-danville-ky-to-buckhorn-ky monthly 0.5 2018-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533042810035-98LCOY2CTPC98JUNDFKX/20180724_165131.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Six: Danville, KY to Buckhorn, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533043857754-3BU66IEOQDMMYBV0C416/20180724_191706.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Six: Danville, KY to Buckhorn, KY A little duct tape repair job to make sure no water would get in to the stress factured spot on the rest of the trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533041189612-0UQVN8TMTZZSJMAVIU28/20180724_084048.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Six: Danville, KY to Buckhorn, KY I thought it might be nice to offer James a ride today to give him some relief from his soreness. When I texted to offer a ride he accepted, so I picked him after I left Danville...in fact I picked up James, Lance, both their bikes and their quite full panniers! The van was full but it was nice to have some riding companions for the morning. Maybe chatting a bit too much, several miles down the road I missed a turn on the TransAmerica route, so I needed to turn around. I thought that the road I saw led into a church parking lot and would be a perfect place to turn around -- but once I pulled in to the road I found that it was actually a dead end. I had to back out into the road. Already I was thankful that Lance and James were there to watch for cars coming up the rise. This was oddity of the day #1. The next oddity was that my cell phone froze up. I think it happened when I was in an area with very limited cell service and Taylor sent 3 photos. Thankfully the guys were using the same route so they navigated during that stretch of time. The third oddity of the day was that on a windy country road with rollers the camper came off the hitch. Thankfully the break actuator engaged and with only 2 strange "tugs" the camper braked and I stopped. The three of us got out and saw that the tongue of the camper was on the ground, there was the smell of burning brakes -- but we were all safe. Lance directed cars around us, I cranked up the trailer to a height where I could get it back on the hitch and James helped guide me back on. I look back on it and am so thankful the guys were there, that it was the not much more windy and hilly roads we were on the next day, that this was not on an incline or descent, but basically a short straight stretch. God's hand of protection was very evident. I was pretty shaken, but we carried on. Since then I have been checking and double checking that hitch! This "jack" got bent up...and later we found that the front had a small stress facture, but overall we were in pretty good shape after such an incident. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533040682812-TIEJQWJM5CCMQHF858CH/20180723_161922.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Six: Danville, KY to Buckhorn, KY A park on the outskirts of town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533040803966-7GPI2JV8L8SAC2B0355Q/20180724_080844.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Six: Danville, KY to Buckhorn, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533042107519-ZOM27V8I8R2RRC3XOGTI/20180724_161347.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Six: Danville, KY to Buckhorn, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533040938446-KMOKCQOUH1RFOL8OD52A/20180724_083901.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Six: Danville, KY to Buckhorn, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533041435563-8OKNSDNZHOHHBT5475FQ/20180724_141700.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Six: Danville, KY to Buckhorn, KY Taylor and I stayed at Buckhorn Reservoir and Dam that night, with various random dogs walking around the campground. These were signs of things to come more and more for Taylor while he biked. So far, he only got chased a couple times out on the back roads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533041037395-H2DWH96VSOY77X56YB2R/20180724_083959.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Six: Danville, KY to Buckhorn, KY I had to make sure Jessica saw this sign as she studies family practice and midwifery - yipes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533044123397-WT2LS9HQEY7UHV9B5RKT/20180724_072052.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Six: Danville, KY to Buckhorn, KY After Taylor took off to bike the hollers of Kentucky, I took a run through the down of Danville. An interesting conglomeration of odd town names...in downtown Danville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533045153110-HQZ8LW64AJM67V2MI4X6/20180724_173656.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Six: Danville, KY to Buckhorn, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533043114512-2IFFYIPNCSSRDT1E4I06/20180724_171912.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Six: Danville, KY to Buckhorn, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533043934954-PFB60H03UYF7VW60JGJJ/20180725_074332.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Six: Danville, KY to Buckhorn, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533041274397-ZJ7E39H3WHHN3DKRWRIR/20180724_135508.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Six: Danville, KY to Buckhorn, KY After dropping off the guys near the B & B they were going to stay at for the night. They might have been very glad to be away from me after such a day of "excitement"! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1533044013915-A40DQ5F031H9GZBN9REF/20180724_171648.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Six: Danville, KY to Buckhorn, KY https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/29/bike-day-thirty-five-sonora-ky-to-danville-ky monthly 0.5 2018-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532875223259-71VN4KXDZ9BWY1OZIC0M/20180724_073950.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY Camping at the Pioneer Playhouse campground by mostly long-term campers including a young couple trying to save money to get a house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874608048-4DDVUKUAG3A5GUAMUCEV/20180723_103708.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874435328-SC0RUY5KOBJDSBCCBEF2/20180723_091008.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY The grounds were lovely, the scent of fermenting yeast wafted through the entire community, and our walking tour was very interesting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874526996-LDVRWGRXVD8F45J463B4/20180723_101359.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874899354-YSO5ZXRA3SXSTAUPCNO7/20180723_182521.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874723468-HYZES1GDSGL41E97N52M/20180723_104641.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY Each bottle is hand dipped in the bright red wax. Wow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874335907-DG1YFD1WK7Y0WJT7NJNN/20180723_064757.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY Our plan was that Taylor would bike about 3 hours and meet me for a tour of Maker's Mark, right on the route. As I drove into the town of Loretto on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail I noted these ominous black buildings... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532875027884-GO1IVOBGYSI94JDOFIXN/20180723_182712.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874757401-REL9SX9RD315MARVNPL8/20180723_104713.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874458625-DT6JBBGKCI54A1HUMKJS/20180723_091036.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874675314-VR4D1PVGTEZDIAYNXX1M/20180723_104308.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874848779-5IC4UMMFD30SOIPK7IQM/20180723_161412.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY We had to check out the chicken place, too! It was worth it! Our campground was actually called Pioneer Playhouse and RV campground. It was very interesting...more worn down than the pictures make it appear, but it was a unique spot. Sadly we were there the one night inbetween dinner shows so we missed out on that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532875154803-RU699KH1TZD20U86SIUI/20180724_085709.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874578796-ZSQV1TY9DRO5U1701FNS/20180723_102455.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874632602-8QK9PPGCDJRMQ8OP9QD4/20180723_103727.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY These folks are distributors and reps tasting. Fine dining establishments can adjust the flavor of their own brew by changing out the oak slats that sit in the barrel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532875103512-OWKRDHX6SGPO95X7XF1K/20180723_183004.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY But in terms of a campground? Well...let's say it was a little strange and a little shady. We did not end up taking showers there at all. Taylor wasn't a fan of the fact that each shower stall had two shower heads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874975609-81R03PB5549R1XRE2OZO/20180723_182124.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532875059369-6WPSCOSLKGK85OV6FR42/20180723_182717.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY There was lots of history there, including stories and photos from old shows and stars who had performed or attended, as well as this log cabin that you could walk in to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874931852-MX12DWLEMCUIHG5K1NIV/20180723_182516.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874499707-9NUD82P41FZSL4S41W53/20180723_100933.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532875183202-YDBPK2Z53DRSO2XQE8HI/20180723_181942.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874304464-U4GIAOE6P13ODNY7PEQ0/20180723_064652%280%29.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874372064-69BIHG9NDEC1J5JWFZ4V/20180723_082033.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY We later found out that they house the bourbon. It has to be in the barrels for 5-7 years! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874398476-TA36ZUOBRDP971YDATCC/20180723_085308.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874792153-DAGY6T2889F2W8V2ACR5/20180723_104922.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY After the tour Taylor kept biking and eventually we got to Danville, our destination for the day. When I got there I drove over the the library...and parked. I got a text from James that said "Hey, we just saw you drive by...we are eating at the chicken place around the corner." Once again we leap frogged with these guys and had a fun chat. James shared that he was getting a little sore and really hadn't rested much the whole trip. They continued on a bit further that day and we found a campground right outside town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874554163-CHAQX1B9I1T4UIRFJXHZ/20180723_101518.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY They let us stick our finger in this vat and taste it...step one in the process... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532874817673-Z4SC5ULWIOF0W6TJNSAL/20180723_153627.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Five: Sonora, KY to Danville, KY https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/29/bike-day-thirty-four-utica-to-sonora-ky monthly 0.5 2018-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532872664607-9G7XASSDZPOSNQ8SAJ4A/20180721_161715.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Four: Utica to Sonora, KY When we got to Sonora, there were two bikers there that we had leap frogged with a couple times already on the trip. We talked to Lance and James for a while, then they continued on for the day. We were going to stay put in the Sonora area, as Taylor had already gone about 85 miles that day and it was getting kind of late in the afternoon after chatting with the guys for a while. Once again Sonora itself was a town that really had nothing open -- in fact, the restaurant/convenience store Lance and James were sitting in front of had closed for the day minutes before they got there (1:30pm!) though our TransAmerica Bike trail maps note towns with convenience stores, restaurants, library, etc it is usually pretty hit or miss as to whether any will be open. A library or post office may just be open a few hours per week, depending on the size of the town. We had to go north of Sonora to find a campground, but it was a nice one with very friendly staff -- Glendale campground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532872576040-XC48VU39AAW9H9B2HH6B/20180721_152759.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Four: Utica to Sonora, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532872897163-54IOQOFXUWTTQRYZDK39/20180722_114302.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Four: Utica to Sonora, KY After our day of exploring we stayed overnight at Glendale again and then back at it the next day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532872544030-7I5DC321A1KTKNVHJXVD/20180721_085105.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Four: Utica to Sonora, KY Still a little threatening... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532872730001-XOAIIAYOITDYC6PCDUAP/20180721_202441.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Four: Utica to Sonora, KY We took a break day the next day and drove to Mammoth Cave and did a self-guided walking tour there. Taylor has some photos we'll add from there. It was a rainy day, so a great day to take a break from biking and see the sights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532872769333-JT5G5FLTH5PNB5W4IO08/20180722_114318.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Four: Utica to Sonora, KY A car ferry that runs continuously in the the park. The ferry across the Ohio that we took before could take 12 vehicles and had two sailors(?) - one to drive and one to chain it up on the other side. This ferry has only one staff person. Maneuvering is assisted by cables that run across the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532872804078-ISDSYPOJ7GKI4I1Y3FHJ/20180722_110651.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Four: Utica to Sonora, KY After the news of the boys soccer team trapped in a cave, it was of particular interest to read about this attempted cave rescue. Cave explorer Floyd Collins was checking out a new cave, when his foot knocked a rock loose which trapped him. After his family found him the next day they brought him provisions and encouragement and started the rescue, including trying to pull him out with horses. No luck. Then falling rock further trapped him and ended communication with him. When he was found several days after tunneling down from above he had already passed away. The story talked about how the site became very popular during the rescue attempts days. Families would drive out and bring a picnic lunch there to watch the goings on and to hope for the best for Floyd and his family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532872509471-2G0A5M2K6HXOMBE2IVJN/20180721_062714.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Four: Utica to Sonora, KY There definitely was storm damage in the area last night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532872698376-SYXSSOBKKDCTGZ89KEV8/20180721_195359.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Four: Utica to Sonora, KY We went to downtown Glendale that evening to walk around. Too bad we had already eaten dinner since the restaurant there looked wonderful...very rustic and cute...but we did get ice cream anyway :) https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/29/bike-day-thirty-three-cave-in-rock-il-to-utica-ky-windy-hollow-campground-north-towards-owensboro monthly 0.5 2018-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532868356332-B9JW68RYL9B65AWMHALS/20180720_183544.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) Toward evening the camp manager came by in his golf cart to talk with us about sheltering in the bathrooms if there was a bad storm. He also told us a story about how there was a lot of drug activity at the campground when they bought it...that 400 people would come to the beach on a saturday...and a long story about how he chased some folks out. He showed us the baseball bat and machete that he keeps in his golf cart to keep order. Okay! Great! The sky looks lovely but storms were threatening. We let the kids know where we were since there were tornadoes nearby and a watch where we were as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532867688356-JSYPY548WNG4WYVWBVA0/20180720_064016.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532868173961-IAQLSDKQLODR1K77BPKI/20180720_120121.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) After a stop in Sebree for a cold drink we decided to continue on a bit further to Utica. I biked a stretch with Taylor this afternoon. The van and camper were parked in a large paved parking lot used for three churches near one another. We got watched when I parked and after we returned and put our things back in the van and camper. On the ride we saw this tree. I named it "A long obedience in the same direction" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532868306619-Y4E98VV4KUDO9EO6ZOSO/20180720_175828.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532867571720-4WZ8DHIGXEEH9GOS3RR6/20180720_063251.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532867952592-LDLZ0KR7T6P341B8Z0GK/20180720_064410.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532868388592-SPX2APTNZR62GBEV6QFG/20180720_195612.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532867785101-HECDCMKZWVSDOFH89FHG/20180720_064304.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532868119678-1B49XUP4TJ0MBVNXQ81U/20180720_075653.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532868066426-O87M25LX3UM64PVS7TZG/20180721_125459.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) This visitor center had a replica of the ferry in its window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532867650543-XA42D7L4SNEDMTW7K2YI/20180720_063708.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532868211164-ME3X2L9KJ9K797CTDXLM/20180720_142522.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) You wouldn't guess it here but the skies were back and forth threatening rain and thunderstorms this afternoon. We drove to this campground...Windy Hollow...and were amazed that it was so very beautiful but so very empty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532867612484-3UE68BOESHV3TG2BO19L/20180720_062737.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) All through the town there were brightly painted bikes... We took one of the first ferries of the day to the Kentucky side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532868249223-1M9671JJRNGK4V7EC0QH/20180720_163839.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532867993729-Z1HFYJ72G3HUWYNULXM0/20180720_071321.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) We passed Rough River Dam State Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532867831797-R76V4HJOEYBK20BW5KGW/20180720_070919.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) Off he goes...only to stop shortly to take a photo. Officially in Kentucky! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532868040827-CCULTRVT2OIE7LLHD3D4/20180721_113947.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Three: Cave-in-Rock, IL to Utica, KY (Windy Hollow Campground north towards Owensboro) Gotta have horses in Kentucky...we thought these twins were cool! https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/22/bike-day-thirty-two-murphysboro-il-to-cave-in-rock-state-park-il monthly 0.5 2018-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299317970-J8XKH45XKS1OOT2K2319/20180719_115847.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL After my run (and my shake!) I kept driving until I got to Rosiclare. There was a possibility of staying here at the campground...but did they have showers? sadly no...so we carried on...however it was a cute campground on the water and a cute little town. The campground host talked to me about the former mine there. He gave me a couple pieces of flourspar that he collects to give to visitors and told me that it became cheaper to mine it in Japan and ship it here, so the mine closed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532298863263-8AMDJECWSBY8VHI4RDV6/20180719_081809.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL Murphysboro is supposedly known for both BBQ and apples?! We only saw one BBQ place in town... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299697861-O1GSQYLDOXVIFJE1BH0O/20180719_181712.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299209947-SPMT61FQOIOEWF03I72B/20180719_120759.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299784699-HRLNOJKGIESR924SVPC4/20180719_181326.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299018821-ZL920L393IWRM8LBAM8U/20180719_095846.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL After Taylor enjoyed some $3.99 pancakes I caught up to him here and ordered myself a $1.75 chocolate shake...but I saved it in the freezer until after my run at Tunnel Hill several miles further on our route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299574860-OXAFA55GCRMSABSUPE1C/20180719_155248.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL We had to check out "Cave-in-Rock" of course...very cool! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299273497-PRHSY9ZCPIMT214KIY9E/20180719_121321.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL It looked cool and enticing... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299234032-K4HT42414IXBHFSAM76G/20180719_120641.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL ...but I made it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299364398-VN4OP8J530KZ0BWJN184/20180719_133706.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299462574-X6IPN0L32UU7PC9NGQJ9/20180719_132143.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299811849-4B9R8ZJA5UBIDWKJBMMR/20180719_181936.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299415864-TG3A9QUSK2LAVYYP4Z2Q/20180719_152631.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL When I arrived in Cave-in-Rock I got on my bike to meet up with Taylor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532298955404-FN3BM5TS76NE2Q8GQZTE/20180719_083905.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299168986-MV3389KAVI8QVJ1O5172/20180719_112039.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL and found this little spot on the other side, complete with cold water and trusting can to put your cash into! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532300346556-85J1KQXQ9VBLE304I3O1/20180719_201141.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL I took a different route than he was taking and we never ended up figuring out if he was in front of me or behind me so I ended up in town about 10 minutes before he did. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299614829-TV65CRN7G295JDPJ8D62/20180719_181207.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299860318-JLGHH0922EWOEXH7ZOG6/20180719_182058.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299130791-ZR8SSZO8JQR4DBK99IP3/20180719_111715.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL But it got pretty dark pretty fast. I had to stop and start several times -- and make some noises -- before I got up the courage to sprint all the way through! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299754508-W87QOS70M4Y2ZKI2PCA2/20180719_181437.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299498990-HIB02FCQ83YGMFNU76Z1/20180719_133824.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL a memorial to the lost miners... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299538509-TYSING454EO7L52KO9IZ/20180719_154614.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL The tourist office was open and the water fountain was so nice and cold! I thought it was interesting that this office also hosted government officials, but still had scripture posted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532299659663-OUX6IQT4PBUEWU5LUU6B/20180719_181234.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-Two: Murphysboro, IL to Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/22/bike-day-thirty-one-pilot-knob-mo-to-murphysboro-lake-state-park-mo monthly 0.5 2018-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532298332400-TNMJCX46HJ9TB2UU9BC2/20180718_192752.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-One: Pilot Knob, MO to Murphysboro Lake State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532298247777-P4D0VX59HM0O9EVSLZY9/20180719_081904.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-One: Pilot Knob, MO to Murphysboro Lake State Park, IL After we got settled at our site we walked around town and had Italian for dinner. I normally think "I can make spaghetti; why go out for Italian?" but the food was wonderful! So glad we stopped...and the cheesecake was a great leftovers breakfast the next day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532298020616-0583NJHN6N0UL4EJQNNE/20180718_141752.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-One: Pilot Knob, MO to Murphysboro Lake State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532297933774-HF6IAE5BYEHDMD29V5K6/20180718_113432.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-One: Pilot Knob, MO to Murphysboro Lake State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532297806612-7A6WC1FBHD5A3AU5KHJ5/20180718_124311.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-One: Pilot Knob, MO to Murphysboro Lake State Park, IL How great is this?! As soon as you cross the Mississippi there are signs to point you to the mental health center or the penitentiary. When I sent this to my brother Kent he asked, "Which is Taylor headed to?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532298105583-RC9OV2QNSAQ9OF1PWPH7/20180718_141705.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-One: Pilot Knob, MO to Murphysboro Lake State Park, IL Anything for a little run break! And I thought of when our youth group went to Cairo... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532296163084-JDPA58PZZH75P2WZ9E8G/20180718_065411.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-One: Pilot Knob, MO to Murphysboro Lake State Park, IL Back at it...at least with freshly washed bike clothes! Today we crossed into Illinois. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532298065458-BCO1AB7AVBTY2PHY9OK7/20180718_142827.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-One: Pilot Knob, MO to Murphysboro Lake State Park, IL We stayed overnight in Murphysboro. I was pretty sure they had read somewhere that they had a "bathhouse" and they did have electricity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532298365060-RELEW6UTNKNFUA9EEBRV/20180718_192437.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-One: Pilot Knob, MO to Murphysboro Lake State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532298158878-BSP30UH7MNDW3D66WC5M/20180719_082019.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-One: Pilot Knob, MO to Murphysboro Lake State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532297967525-RR9M366CQ4PM7S757SK3/20180718_124415.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-One: Pilot Knob, MO to Murphysboro Lake State Park, IL The views on my run around town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532298287980-XXBGA8V6P0BCZSWI7I04/20180718_194153.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-One: Pilot Knob, MO to Murphysboro Lake State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532296105103-R52TWVQAWXQ2RW5MXE33/20180718_065152.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-One: Pilot Knob, MO to Murphysboro Lake State Park, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532297892818-LNXKS9RF78EA8TAA3Y53/20180718_113445.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-One: Pilot Knob, MO to Murphysboro Lake State Park, IL Right at the border is Chester... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532298208359-W34FVEDXACHKTCLHLN2I/20180718_201831.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty-One: Pilot Knob, MO to Murphysboro Lake State Park, IL https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/22/bike-day-thirty-centerville-mo-west-of-johnsons-shut-ins-to-pilot-knob-mo monthly 0.5 2018-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532295186183-SHL57ZTV8WA1EKL91EHD/20180712_061542.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty: Centerville, MO (West of Johnson's Shut-Ins) to Pilot Knob, MO Downtown Centerville. I kind of forgot until I posted this that yesterday Taylor biked to Centerville and then we drove to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park -- thus, this morning we drove back to Centerville to start the day's ride. For those biking across America with spouses who don't love them quite as much as mine to drive "sag" -- those who are carrying all their stuff -- Centerville invites them to pitch their tent in the middle of the town square. There was one there this morning when we arrived at 6:30am. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532295515200-AO0XJE2OGI8ZA5EDPVU8/20180716_180910.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty: Centerville, MO (West of Johnson's Shut-Ins) to Pilot Knob, MO We couldn't think of a better place to go back to and camp the night before starting to bike again so we went back to the Shut-Ins to rest our heads before starting back on the bike across America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532295468698-A0E850GILL4K4LK0AI0H/20180716_180538.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty: Centerville, MO (West of Johnson's Shut-Ins) to Pilot Knob, MO It reminded me of the Wiz! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532295421630-C5XTQS3UIIUD836ESWJO/20180716_180521.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty: Centerville, MO (West of Johnson's Shut-Ins) to Pilot Knob, MO On the St. Louis Riverfront urban trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532295226650-FDYNXEI7MW8SYNTQDMVO/20180712_061531.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty: Centerville, MO (West of Johnson's Shut-Ins) to Pilot Knob, MO We made it to Wheaton and got to show Dad a few photos and get him set up to check out this blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532295305081-Q3CCR7WZIXROR03UHUSE/20180715_154715.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty: Centerville, MO (West of Johnson's Shut-Ins) to Pilot Knob, MO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532295260769-Y2GEH040LID2DRQ43LO7/20180712_190901.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty: Centerville, MO (West of Johnson's Shut-Ins) to Pilot Knob, MO We also met up with my parents and brother and his family for dinner one night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532295342278-MG6VCVMODJJL3M14YN21/20180715_160836.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Thirty: Centerville, MO (West of Johnson's Shut-Ins) to Pilot Knob, MO On the way back our timing didn't work to get all the way back to our bike starting point so we stayed overnight in St. Louis. Why not go on a quick bike ride there?! We rented limebikes and we so, so happy that we didn't have to ride these very far. The squeaked like crazy!! https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/22/bike-day-twenty-nine-houston-mo-past-centerville-mo-to-johnsons-shut-ins-state-park monthly 0.5 2018-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532293496783-AP82Q57S8BC21NRRQ8QL/20180711_074356.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532294068484-G8CBGW62NTE40F88O5RP/20180711_130111.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park It was a push to get to Johnson's Shut-Ins, but boy were we ever glad we came a little further to get here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532293604301-0W5IF7ZYCV063FGPB7AM/20180711_075417.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532294321449-O37CL7VJ0D6I3O34GV9D/2018071195171236.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park The shut-ins is a natural playground with climbing and mini-waterfalls and water slides. It was a wonderful temperature and a great relief and end to the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532292798295-68V5AXPPQM4CMT3U6UYG/20180711_072010.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532294358582-TLRYUGD02TK4EAULBL7S/20180711_170443.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park Then we walked on the path and boardwalk to check them out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532294437938-HFTGLUY8LX7DU40KTI7U/20180711_175032.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532293667517-4JQ2YRY78NIFW9J6F1KC/20180711_111224.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532293809053-F6417Q14ZZKV5W4NUZ1E/20180711_111441.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park It was so hot out...and the roll coaster hills were never ending. We stopped to regroup at the top of a rise, refilled Taylor's water and ice and continued our quest for electricity and a campground! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532293708989-T6T9S7QYAJEVK8JW1Y36/20180711_111609.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532294199606-4LG1W5KPB0VJ6NFWZ7LY/20180711_181904.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park But what were these "shut-ins"? We went to the visitor center and read about them... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532293559083-PVQXK8CPGZJWXC4XQAQN/20180711_074810.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532292933281-8QVVH35COVSG6XYR51HG/20180711_073756.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532294114848-NEO23PICB6X9NOYPGP2P/20180711_180833.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park Not only was the campground beautiful, but it had showers, E/W/S, a campground store with snacks and ice and lots of quiet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532292899194-GXKLGCF6Q5LX6ST257AI/20180711_071714.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park ...and perhaps it gets some use. The irony will be apparent if you make this bigger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532292655292-QNL3666BOPYKDGPE9DGR/20180711_071211.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park This morning after Taylor left I moved the camper from Walmart as we promised the manager and promptly parked across the street at McDonald's. This was home base for my run into historic downtown, and for some work using their free internet. We didn't realize last night that there was a "historic" downtown of Houston last night when we arrived. We just skirted it on our way to the community swimming pool where they let us shower for free! We often wonder how some small towns "make it" and others are dead or dying. Here is probably the reason for Houston being a pretty good sized town... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532294396232-OL3N8X8U9V6ORAIEBOAM/20180711_174805.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532294296970-MXKB9L7FXLZQ2PHBRDAB/2018071195170704.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532292846455-LQW31SQYLTG19NHPZTC1/20180711_071626.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park A fair number of building were made of this stone. I didn't see any commentary on it, so maybe at some point I'll find out more... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532293445137-GNWPR2PC198TQL57PT3A/20180711_073406.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532293755125-NTDKU563MTXGXWZR7EFP/20180711_120117.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park I made a quick stop to walk around and check out Alley Spring Mill historic site. The contrast of the aqua water and the red mill...it was beautiful... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532293970401-IVY8IHHFK62EZN16QG65/20180711_123334.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Nine: Houston, MO past Centerville, MO to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/22/bike-day-twenty-eight-everton-mo-to-houston-mo monthly 0.5 2018-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532291670984-UR94I1HDH3W35J1DWO94/20180710_100033.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Eight: Everton, MO to Houston, MO More rollers today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532292120261-QCD31FAAHO21ABGYX2K5/20180710_201701.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Eight: Everton, MO to Houston, MO This was our first stay in a Walmart parking lot...and as hot as it was may be our last for the summer. After being so hot this night we decided "no more boondocking unless it is cool out. It is either a campground with electricity or even a hotel from now on." However, we did make Cindi happy. She so wanted us to stay at a Walmart...so here we are!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532291966434-FA1NK77O7O2ZSK2JY6MV/20180710_135524.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Eight: Everton, MO to Houston, MO Taylor decided to keep going. We would plan to finish our day in Houston. When I got there I parked and biked back to him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532292009650-4I1129HE25TSQAM4K0EH/20180710_163937.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Eight: Everton, MO to Houston, MO The vista we enjoyed right before the last 7 miles into Houston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532292055167-49NXJP5HYVG7BONAXAWI/20180710_163947.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Eight: Everton, MO to Houston, MO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532291818375-ZRCPFP7BYLPNU9FWAL3D/20180710_133152.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Eight: Everton, MO to Houston, MO We met up briefly in Hartville to decide if we should keep going or not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532291610101-00IOJABGJBHXCTZ03PXQ/20180710_065232.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Eight: Everton, MO to Houston, MO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532291847680-BDE3QAGUYQIYXEGCYRHY/20180710_133448.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Eight: Everton, MO to Houston, MO A mural in Hartville that gave us pause... https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/22/bike-day-twenty-seven-pittsburg-ks-to-everton-mo monthly 0.5 2018-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532288245760-7WL011S0DR384A6E1A14/20180709_084055.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Seven: Pittsburg, KS to Everton, MO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532290875680-E67H2V61GKYJQY2NL3N0/20180709_185356.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Seven: Pittsburg, KS to Everton, MO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532288285813-4AY6IP4UD8QQX4VWSII9/20180709_091257.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Seven: Pittsburg, KS to Everton, MO Nearly every business had a gorilla outside! It was a hot afternoon start to biking. Here we took a little break in the shade of the all-familiar Casey's general store. So many towns have one of these and/or a Family Dollar or Dollar General...in fact that is the best we can do for groceries many days. Starting to like flavored tuna packets and cans of "premium chunk chicken in buffalo sauce." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532289037178-DKIZEAD8Q37KR462IPYA/20180709_162517.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Seven: Pittsburg, KS to Everton, MO We ended the day in Everton, MO -- what my mom would call a "poke and plum town" -- ya poke your head in and you're plum through town. There was a town park there that looked inviting so we pulled in and stayed over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532288924754-JOEWAGE3BZ60LQLFO1TK/20180709_162621.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Seven: Pittsburg, KS to Everton, MO ...and saw a number of markers like this... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532288334363-LILR6F4HX2WNEEJUU7HH/20180709_150202.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Seven: Pittsburg, KS to Everton, MO We surely enjoy our fridge and freezer in the camper though. Most days I can restock Taylor with ice in his camelback, but we've talked to many going cross country who have had to catch a ride when they ran out of water, for example. We have found that many of the small towns that are on our adventure cycling maps that are noted to have a restaurant or convenience store either have closed or are only open until 2pm or something like that. We've supplied folks with snacks or ice along the way as we have encountered needs. We read on the maps that the hills in Missouri, in the Ozarks are like roller coasters. They hit the lowest of the lows...so we see signs like this: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532290565306-BL9SF455PTRIJUE0PBXZ/20180709_173626.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Seven: Pittsburg, KS to Everton, MO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532288882171-PXEEM4OK4VYD6KLR7NPP/20180709_162458.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Seven: Pittsburg, KS to Everton, MO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532290821833-1Z4Z1CENMQIS9W07WW3R/20180710_071204.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Seven: Pittsburg, KS to Everton, MO There wasn't anything open in town, but we still took a walk through before turning in for the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532288969205-TRYJP2O4VKHOG9HC0RZ8/20180710_095822.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Seven: Pittsburg, KS to Everton, MO If you look closely below you can see what they mean about the roller coaster roads. The danger here for drivers...and thus for bikers...is that you can't see over the top of the next hill to see what's ahead...including a wide-load cross country biker (those carrying panniers etc) and there's usually not much of a shoulder here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532288210826-HOF32VC2698VT4AU8GFA/20180709_075728.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Seven: Pittsburg, KS to Everton, MO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532290720068-1Q4F6ST3C7JDSUP9KBJO/20180709_190141.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Seven: Pittsburg, KS to Everton, MO We got to share the park with this William Penn Cabin from 1837...and according to two women who drove through the park and talked to us, we might have shared it with some snakes, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532290920467-CKBU9037ISU6QIUVZ5T4/20180709_190057.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Seven: Pittsburg, KS to Everton, MO Working on that biker's tan... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532291140921-7B1KV5ZO9OP3UZA5U3UC/20180710_071406.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Seven: Pittsburg, KS to Everton, MO https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/17/bike-day-twenty-six-toronto-ks-to-pittsburg-ks monthly 0.5 2018-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531842211520-YHHSS9QOQ38ZIHSNYQK0/20180708_075003.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Six: Toronto, KS to Pittsburg, KS Maybe worse than the tarantula were the dogs I encountered in Coyville. Wouldn't you know it that when I went one block out of my route that is where I ran into two mean dogs. Thankfully a woman driving by decided to come back and put her car between me and the vicious two-some so I could make my get-away. Forgot dog spray this morning...and hadn't used it before or since... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531926546784-81IBQPDOSK189FMUSIS0/20180708_210609.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Six: Toronto, KS to Pittsburg, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531842269812-Z4O8H9XMB7XF3JG0B9TP/20180708_072434.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Six: Toronto, KS to Pittsburg, KS Known for firsts, including my first real dog encounter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531926167304-U10UNGEJXTYPH3LV7OD6/20180708_210815.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Six: Toronto, KS to Pittsburg, KS We stayed at this park managed by the park and rec department and the city golf course. Despite there only being one other camper there and getting a code for the bathroom, the bathrooms were pretty bad. Before I even got there Cami had tackled the bathroom with toilet bowl cleaner, lysol, sanitizing wipes and a broom. By the time I got there things were looking great and the shower felt amazing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531842312768-4EIYQ8JSPC755M19AGE2/20180708_142406.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Six: Toronto, KS to Pittsburg, KS We got a kick out of signs all around here without the "h" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531926646642-EXW44I7WTMW8X5I4CYF2/20180708_210643.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Six: Toronto, KS to Pittsburg, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531842724842-QEAXLQV9F599FZMV8VGR/20180708_085028.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Six: Toronto, KS to Pittsburg, KS ...which indeed did look alligator-ish, but actually belonged to this guy... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531842162219-WCV40LA41BKTQVLC1LTJ/20180708_085028.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Six: Toronto, KS to Pittsburg, KS Not the only one I saw...and not the only semi-scary image for the day... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531842350500-RV7A0Q10FTGKRPBK2V2W/20180708_142203.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Six: Toronto, KS to Pittsburg, KS https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/17/bike-day-twenty-five-harvey-county-park-east-of-newton-ks-to-toronto-ks monthly 0.5 2018-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835528522-GA3HSRCFEZ8OGG5H2JL4/20180707_103105.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS Also came across this on the run... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835294915-B5H8U0PFXJUS637EA4TQ/20180707_072454.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835602483-4V9SLU7MZHM6A61FD0HX/20180707_155905.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS This was a longer day of biking than Taylor planned but the campground was great, so it was worth it (and the only option anywhere around anyway. There's not much "boondocking" around here like there was out west.) It was on a reservoir, and had electricity and showers...the little things in life... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835657584-UXSPOX8Y13OH8B0N3XP2/20180707_175026.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835564115-UPCFE5EG0QJ9QPS9BY0O/20180707_101045.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS The sights Taylor sees are different from what I see. The grandeur is not of mountains and vast expanses, but of a lovely flower... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1532296432834-H3LHDY728MYNGJHPL4ER/20180717_162954.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531836823695-A0RDPBSGJQL132K35ZEA/20180707_112835.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS When I arrived at our campground with van and camper at Crossed Timbers State Park reservoir I picked a spot, paid at the office, get quickly settled and got my bike out with the intention of biking back to Taylor -- but found I had a rear flat. Bummer. I walked around the campground wondering what to do, frustrated, but trying to remind myself that tomorrow was another day. I could bike then...and it was lovely where I was. I knew that if I even attempted to fix it it would take me forever -- if I could even do it at all -- and Taylor'd be here before I got done. I decided to pump up my tire and test it out. I biked around the campground for 15 minutes and it seemed to be holding air pretty well. I texted Taylor and made sure he had a handheld pump in case I needed it for a refill when we connected and I headed toward him. The plan worked! I met up with him at Lizard Lips Grill and Deli several miles from the campground. Inside, like many shops, restaurants and convenience stores along our route, there was a book to sign in -- and this store was giving out tiny plastic "lizards" and zip ties to put them on one's bike as a "friend" for the ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835706747-YTQ3KJ2M6UEX5LSCIZWX/20180707_175156.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835853754-GICVMXJ661XN81BMJYMA/20180707_202107.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS sunset view from the shower area...and now off to the camper for sleep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835214919-MF9UX965Q7QGSCWQ36VS/20180707_072026.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835389657-ZDDW71CB2VPPDW01STFG/20180707_085827.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS After a quick stop at the farmer's market for some veggies to cook tonight Cami ran on this path in town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835257287-GW9CXIREOX1777XNE9LK/20180707_072438.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS Ready to head out for the day... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531836712538-M15260N6M35AHWY0JXRQ/20180707_113229.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS ...or a critter...and today there was a lot of life! God's handiwork is apparent! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835419284-9250WWV7EUJEFURKQ6TJ/20180707_093422.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835350336-6TP9S8T2LZG9J1H7RMS0/20180707_073430.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS Cami drove back a several miles to Newton to run. It's nice to run around a lake, but at that same time a run is a great way to get a feel for a little town and see what's there, so she decided to run there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835751856-F2VF6S0TG30OADDA4P5B/20180707_185004.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS Trying to cool down and checking in with dad. East of Pueblo, in general, even though we are rural, cell service is more dependable. Ever used an outdoor shower? It was enclosed, men's and women's separate, and there was a roof, but as you can see it was "open." The bricks held on to heat from the day and despite a plethora of dead mayflies on the floor it felt great! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835797763-6O9545L8SI6RLY1LFXP5/20180707_200621.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835496604-L20IIYVXX59WOI02YV9H/20180707_094254.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS Made a longer than expected stop at the bike shop. Wanted to get one item, but the shop owner would not stop talking!! As I walked toward the door he kept talking. As I opened the door and started to move out through it he walked outside to keep talking to me. I didn't want to be rude...but Taylor was out in the heat and I wanted to get to him with some more water! (This particular bike shop has a hostel for bikers only...he's got plenty of folks to talk to all day...so I couldn't feel bad about that!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531835459091-AX85P1I5FSXSV7A82D89/20180707_093814.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS One thing I (Cami) have tried to do is memorize a passage of scripture from the summer devotional we put together. The passage that I have worked on is Psalm 145:15-16 (the devo we entitled "Satisfied"). What a neat blessing this morning to run past this corner of someone's yard. "The eyes of all look to you in hope. You give them their food as they need it. When you open your hand you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways. He is faithful in all he does. The Lord is near to all who call on Him. To all who call on Him in truth." There were the hands...and every living "thing"...I am satisfied in Him!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531836924973-O141TMC8XWM563IKUNND/20180707_170702.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Five: Harvey County Park east of Newton, KS to Toronto, KS Parked at Lizard Lips! https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/15/bike-day-twenty-four-larned-ks-past-newton-ks monthly 0.5 2018-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531708085909-8QO2RPAD9GT1I1LDY4YQ/20180706_153137.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531707899405-IOM5N03NVJRMHDR2ZS6E/20180706_082805.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS With few building materials (thus limestone fence posts) settlers had to make sod houses...a big contributor to the dust bowl situation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531708209280-ZI6ZWIRRM8201J9ILNSF/20180706_153245.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS Here's LaVon -- I was really trying to get a photo of the biscuit and butter sign for Jessica and Haley!! but I captured her as well. This place is definitely worth a visit if you are ever nearby. Great vernika and sausage -- which we never had before -- and then she brought us a free slice of pie (which was better than the last one!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531708515739-FRLE0PV8OIRC960C63YX/20180706_204705.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS We heard a sound near water's edge...it was carp! Have you ever heard carp "kissing" the seaweed off rocks? Have you ever seen carp lips? Well...here you go! crazy!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531707778444-W3UEG7PHKHTO5JJPYC3E/20180706_082629.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS Ah...the now more familiar limestone posts and barbed wire fence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531708546354-KPTQE1VXUBUA0WR0PAXC/20180706_204944.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531708043511-64CWUY1MB3JMQ1WEDY6B/20180706_135612.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS Heavy rain had us sit for a spell in Buhler, KS. This little town actually was pretty happening. There was a candy store, a large used clothing store and we spotted a sign for LaVon's BBQ. Boy, were we glad we decided to get a snack there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531708164394-A7DUAR7IVV24JC9VE9UZ/20180706_155826.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531708252240-DFCNEMMVJS88YZJEK9EN/20180706_153700.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS It's kind of like a cottage cheese filled dumpling with ham gravy...and a sausage. Can you imagine how tasty that was?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531707718504-INAFIE8MBFBK69C3ENEO/20180706_082232.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531707858384-USZVELZOBZMUWHYJFHBX/20180706_082657.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531707821256-FOW1TAEZ7DR9ABLEJ7DD/20180706_082523.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531708352824-T4QHCZWS6OWVFYECVH7L/20180706_193732.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS This was a gorgeous county park on a lake...with showers and electricity. Bonus! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531707995069-P2L6S85H2006E2OXS3QZ/20180706_113132.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS Maybe if I look back over the map I can remember what town this was...but their pie...it was unforgettable. One apple pie slice for Cami and One coconut cream pie slice for Taylor later...we were pleasantly satisfied and back on the road again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531708470981-33KO0U7H3HA865BC77V4/20180706_204004.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531708441450-MKMNH68K10RWRADEBTTD/20180706_203828.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531708293677-MTGH4P7NDEKS5PXKXMU6/20180706_163430.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS Sunny on half; stormy on the other...sort of what our day was like. The roads cleared but we couldn't find a place to camp anywhere west of Newton so Taylor had to bike another 10 miles or so past Newton, but it was worth it... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531708397398-Z80SUC7T7F4E02DY6YSI/20180707_084112.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531707950044-ZSMO9F4AYYEQTGZO2EE7/20180706_090739.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty - Four: Larned, KS past Newton, KS This is pretty typical of the small downs we go through...lots of closed businesses. https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/13/bike-day-twenty-three-dighton-to-larned-kansas monthly 0.5 2018-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531485018556-LCCFZRHXUPZ6KRYD6X54/20180705_164155.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas Taylor met up with me here, but it was closing time. He kept biking into town for us to end up in Larned for the night. Let's hope there's a campground... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531485169457-G6W5NSP2W0J97MXGW95H/20180706_084215.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484968783-SCR918HLG0ZRZHOFBRHR/20180705_160514.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484072152-ALTMH7UPQGLMPM2S2TU7/20180705_094408.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484453656-XKG3QGJGSOO7Y7YNA2RS/20180705_160345.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas As we neared Larned, while Taylor was still biking I got to catch the last half hour of Fort Larned Historical Site being open. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484753246-SKGYBMHTAUX9LZFHSKHJ/20180705_162619.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas The detail was cool...down to hang-tags on the beds with soldiers' names and diagnosis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531485087580-NYF02KPTXIZHFIQ7HLPU/20180705_172343.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas I beat Taylor to Larned so I drove to check out where the listed campground was. The storms started kicking up again. I am pretty cautious about where I drive with the camper, so I parked and thought I would just quick jog up the 300 foot hill to look over the crest into where the campground was supposed to be. I wasn't going to drive up where I couldn't see on a gravel road and get stuck in some muddy, rutted road...but when I jogged to the top I still couldn't see what the campground would be like and when I turned to look at the sky it looked ominous, so I ran like mad back to where I parked the van and camper at a vet's office! Yipes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484268052-BCRGLPUW03L7FBJ63AMD/20180705_115301.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas We also learned about how the settlers made fence posts without readily available wood. They would drill down into the ground, pour water into their bore holes and when the ground froze they were able to release a section of limestone to use as a post for their fence. Once we learned about these we saw these limestone posts throughout this area of Kansas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484693505-J6G968NLFVJB6CLVBK8X/20180705_162518.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas The hospital rooms were interesting to me. I kind of doubt that they looked this clean! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531485121736-17J4EQVSDRX9VRQWGRKU/20180705_181024.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas Finishing off the day with a little mexican fiesta :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484891956-RSDNPXDTTLTEFZUKQPAM/20180705_162532.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484041631-NZVA84ODJLWDU966A1YZ/20180705_073746.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484589658-VZ8XFNWFRWX0PHFSDDON/20180705_162320.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484549159-GST3OMTT04B6BVOOBOJZ/20180705_160723.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas Every room was well furnished from the time and had a description like this of who did or who might have lived there. Sometimes an explanation would ask, "Do you notice a feminine touch to this room? This Captain's wife and baby daughter lived here with him." -- or something similar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484496067-XQ45USRRF01S3Y6XVCJE/20180705_161935.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas This was a fantastic museum because it was so informative and well preserved. I loved how personalized it was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484204453-EKWY6J88Q0MD92K0PDAH/20180705_114529.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas There's a nest made of barbed wire. The birds had to get creative during dust bowl days when there simply was not other material to build a nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484358034-6CPNAO0BAS5U1A5SNGMC/20180705_115436.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas Museum viewed - check. Skies cleared for now - check. Time to get back on the bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531485219049-CCU27ZP9K5B5M7LV158P/20180706_092429.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas Rodeway Inn had water and electric sites at its Rode Home RV "park" - works for us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484156036-EPT9LBR53A3T9S71LWCH/20180705_103819.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas We learned a great deal at the barbed wire museum and the post rock historical site. The invention of barbed wire changed the plains, as "free range" passed and ranchers enclosed their land and kept their animals fenced in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484112089-E19BFKTLBO1BW6T4ZX5U/20180705_094549.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas Yes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484647735-E8HTPA5GL5XY8E671QSI/20180705_162429.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas The "clinic" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531485052647-CWZC63KHDPIM32GNUPAZ/20180705_164836.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas Leaving the historical site... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484930281-IVXJ0AN53YKBC58NON6O/20180705_163257.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas Ha! Stomach Bitters from Pittsburgh! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531484327348-V0PNUP4OM55TI9PQZMR8/20180705_114630.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Three: Dighton to Larned, Kansas Did you know that there are thousands of variations in barbed wire and there are thousands of patents on the various styles? Barbed wire also had a huge impact on war. https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/9/bike-day-twenty-two-towner-co-to-dighton-ks monthly 0.5 2018-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531150226525-K5SY4K1IQ9DJZYMLPT7I/20180704_101355.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS ...and lots of "feeder" stockyards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531150526758-224ZQA5VWCRJWSLAGT90/20180704_091438.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS This was Independence Day so most of the small towns had flags flying... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531150633849-5XZ3RB3QGN8SHGY3L57J/20180704_182811.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS Pretty much the only place in town that was open was the Frigid Creme -- so we had Firecracker Burgers -- were completely attacked by flies. The longer we sat, the more flies surrounded us! What a difference from out west where there were few flying bugs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531150715459-XFYDU349UORQ2EJHXVR6/20180704_181618.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531150578796-4N8P69EV913OYLCUW5BD/20180704_120336.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531150671509-5XHNHTEFCFKL10RBT3ZL/20180704_203038.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS Temporary workers were camped at the fairgrounds, as well, including a crew from Minnesota and all their equipment. We had to take some photos because the equipment was so huge, and these were the items Taylor contended with on the road throughout the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531150473108-G2R9YT21DUUG8YVEZ3YU/20180704_074250.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531149802028-RJW0HNHE2LAI8L6W1Q8M/20180704_053739.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS Taylor decided to see what would happen if he stored a can of coke inside his camelback with ice and water. (It worked!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531149916335-ZW957XKRVOWP99NN92WM/20180703_092123.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531150264556-BO9G6FOYPBR9VLROQR65/20180704_202230.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531150327268-4CEF8VSKT0VNUNJ3NJOO/20180704_202424.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531149999251-FCJW4YIPN5FMD9ID7FZE/20180704_064934.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS We saw a "shoe tree" much earlier in the trip, but here there are few trees, so now there was a "boot fence!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531150174619-0YFYU3HZPYALHJTCAVRB/20180704_074830.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS We've seen lots of wheat and now even some corn... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531149950559-DYVOEP5LHQ2MFSA2BUOZ/20180703_095920.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS We entered Kansas today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531150295462-ZU7DU1OTA9JO5RJDC8RX/20180704_202334.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531149868884-GWIBIPKMQC93O8IEXXU9/20180704_053047.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531150105931-6AY0C7JPQAW60Y3MTDM1/20180704_072647.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS This is dedicated church-going to drive 15 miles to church! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531150413920-3VE1FIDG2YUVCEDBD4VF/20180705_064256.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS When we arrived in Dighton to call it a day we got settled in our campground -- at the county fair grounds! Then were able to take a dip in the community pool to cool off and get showers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531150369203-V3Y19GVOBOIFREB3LFJN/20180705_064926.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-Two: Towner, CO to Dighton, KS Thankful for these signs reminding drivers to watch for the cross country bikers! https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/9/bike-day-twenty-one-pueblo-co-to-towner-co monthly 0.5 2018-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531139599219-XOPD9LMQ8ZSX4UH52Z6I/20180703_154141.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-One: Pueblo, CO to Towner, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531139033385-J2IDOHV734YYR252T4JA/20180703_124941.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-One: Pueblo, CO to Towner, CO Most looked like this...a main street with mostly closed storefronts. It seems very hard to keep even a restaurant open in these towns. This one did have a gas station and a cute pharmacy with many gift-y items. Cami was hunting for a high plains postcard. The 3 women in the pharmacy encouraged her that the town about 20 miles south probably had them. That's definitely a difference between city and country living. We are not used to driving long distances for daily items. Cami just kept going on our route...never finding that postcard, so we rely on the photos to represent that stretch of eastern Colorado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531139717077-STTHJNQICXIG85EHRTRP/20180703_160631.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-One: Pueblo, CO to Towner, CO We decided to go on 10 more miles to Towner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531139811144-5C4V0K9LQXD23OXU7EY1/20180703_165437.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-One: Pueblo, CO to Towner, CO Off the main road was this little historic site. Note the gate made out of silver painted tools welded together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531139851691-EVXJBQZCEWZ5XJOUOVR0/20180703_154436.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-One: Pueblo, CO to Towner, CO If we camped here this could have been where we stayed! We did figure that this used to be a real campground since there were posts with electric outlets and water spigots, but sadly non-functional. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531139542767-83RTVU5467MW2M8WS9D4/20180703_143553.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-One: Pueblo, CO to Towner, CO Checking in...need water? need a cold coke out of the camper? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531139682172-907U3CAJC5YWC78OWITC/20180703_164249.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-One: Pueblo, CO to Towner, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531139085803-6FN7XMTHFVKOGTCXL3PO/20180703_125644.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-One: Pueblo, CO to Towner, CO Bits and Spurs didn't look very open...and in fact was for sale...but some bikers were getting breakfast there. Now that we were east of Pueblo we began to see more cross country bikers. This particular day we say 4-5 groups or individuals. Most were going west with Bike the US for MS but we did encounter a few going our way as the days went on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531139649822-NHZ6VMFMK5L4058RMU0X/20180703_160155.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-One: Pueblo, CO to Towner, CO Cami walked down to check this out. The white was supposed to be water, but it was dry, dry, dry. Could this be why? or was this posted while there was still water? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531139478492-EW70H6O4Q9W8AEPKOR2N/20180703_133455.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-One: Pueblo, CO to Towner, CO The topography has changed for sure...instead of multi-colored rock walls there are multi-colored grains and vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531139310080-TT6J49TS5P6FIWKUNT3R/20180703_130355.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-One: Pueblo, CO to Towner, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531139768995-ZXK2QT5HWGAHL4F0Z2IN/20180703_160824.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-One: Pueblo, CO to Towner, CO A consideration for our overnight. Sheridan Lake - consisting of a convenience store, a dried up lake...BUT a church that left its door open and air conditioning on with a sign that asked bikers to sign in and feel free to sleep in the fellowship hall and use the kitchen. We learned about this from our bike maps, and it was confirmed on this town sign below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1531140397641-MW9Q0P0SDWBUG6DFR9NL/20180703_195038.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty-One: Pueblo, CO to Towner, CO There was even less in Towner. Nothing but a grain elevator and some houses. We parked on a gravel road and boondocked for the night. We did take a little walk and watched the trucks busy delivering - the harvest was right and rain was expected the next day or two so even though it was nearing the 4th folks were working hard. We slept well in this sleepy little town. https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/2/bike-day-twenty-westcliffe-co-to-pueblo-co monthly 0.5 2018-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530627703531-SWACELO67C5WNS0HBIUK/20180701_071721.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty -- Westcliffe, CO to Pueblo, CO And also a house that reminded us of La Crosse, near the church we attended Sunday morning (Agape Fellowship - Church of Love). First we tried "City Church" but no one was there...we could see all the empty chairs through the storefront window...wondered if they did something silly like change their morning worship time for the summer ;) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530627541733-W0LK484DDWHJ32KZOIG2/20180701_083345.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty -- Westcliffe, CO to Pueblo, CO Fort's looked alright on the way in...and the highly tattooed vet who checked us in was friendly enough... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530627739910-09K8OL6SFQ7EU4EHHH5Z/20180701_073100.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty -- Westcliffe, CO to Pueblo, CO We found a great little coffee shop that uses solar power, and even uses old rum and bourbon barrels for some of its roasts. We had to pick some up to try with our only coffee drinker Chet when we reconnect with our kids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530627582519-B9HVY75WPZ17CR4V2ATR/20180701_062524.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty -- Westcliffe, CO to Pueblo, CO But we knew we were in a less affluent part of town for sure (if you look carefully you can see the van at our campsite). Most of the folks staying here were long-term in their RVs or mobile homes. Our "next door neighbor" was from Minnesota, wearing a purple shirt and all! He said he was here short term for work. Cami took a run and came across a number of signs in folks' yards, like this: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530565648981-14Q54IPFEVWLFD57XR1O/20180630_100028.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty -- Westcliffe, CO to Pueblo, CO Detoured near Lake Pueblo State Park, just west of Pueblo proper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530628485858-6LD2K1P7WEQLXONJZW5U/20180630_194359.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty -- Westcliffe, CO to Pueblo, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530565593380-2GN6I9Y6LLEC3Y482OB4/20180630_100036.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty -- Westcliffe, CO to Pueblo, CO Since Lake Pueblo State Park was inaccessible from this end of town and we didn't really want to drive the entire way around we looked for a second option for camping, a bit nearer where we wanted to end up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530627641040-9HKJHWFLW7QJDULG7VHY/20180701_071943.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty -- Westcliffe, CO to Pueblo, CO Also, on the run...a little photo shout out to Cindi - big fan of Elvis :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530627772603-6UT6F23WU0SM0Y1Y3RMH/20180702_082305.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty -- Westcliffe, CO to Pueblo, CO Our next two nights in Pueblo we actually stayed at a hotel and rested the legs! We got the oil changed, paid bills, made phone calls, got the bike chain changed out, had dinner on the riverwalk and looked at the next stretch of our route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530628525750-42LFIZ5DC97H2EKEHXWU/20180630_182028.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty -- Westcliffe, CO to Pueblo, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530565551587-S06QTOXU3AEBHXQ2TKHY/20180630_095830.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty -- Westcliffe, CO to Pueblo, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530627820422-V6J6F0D7EC60DQ1EX14X/20180702_110434.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Twenty -- Westcliffe, CO to Pueblo, CO Back to riding on Tuesday morning 7/3...destination Eads, CO about 110 miles. We'll probably be staying in the city park this night and the next since there are little to no services for the next couple days. I hope the wind is in my favor, or not totally against my favor! (This is outside the children's museum and Sangre de Christo Arts Center across from our hotel downtown). https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/2/bike-day-nineteen-sargents-co-up-and-over-the-continental-dividemonarch-pass-to-westcliffe-co monthly 0.5 2018-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530565022481-K7K91K26SV46DA138X7G/20180630_062742%280%29.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Nineteen -- Sargents, CO up and over the Continental Divide/Monarch Pass to Westcliffe, CO On the outskirts of Westcliffe, near our campground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530565074074-WVX6ONW3K1YLRY0A7E3W/20180630_063015.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Nineteen -- Sargents, CO up and over the Continental Divide/Monarch Pass to Westcliffe, CO One of the last sites in town...not much between here and Pueblo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530564629189-FZ3IVH0Z9Q65LCE8LDU1/20180629_120249.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Nineteen -- Sargents, CO up and over the Continental Divide/Monarch Pass to Westcliffe, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530564485420-3CLE2OFN9PMK7UR3T0E3/20180629_112507.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Nineteen -- Sargents, CO up and over the Continental Divide/Monarch Pass to Westcliffe, CO After a downhill Cami and I met up in Salida for a little while... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530564771296-ZHQH4YO33Y7K04WXDBZ6/20180629_141124.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Nineteen -- Sargents, CO up and over the Continental Divide/Monarch Pass to Westcliffe, CO Yes, kids, it is a phone booth... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530564538272-K77YKY8AJBGBAAM32MHH/20180629_112909.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Nineteen -- Sargents, CO up and over the Continental Divide/Monarch Pass to Westcliffe, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530564580995-NOPP1SBOR86NV46PEQ9A/20180629_113146.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Nineteen -- Sargents, CO up and over the Continental Divide/Monarch Pass to Westcliffe, CO They have tubes for rent near the riverwalk in this cute town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530564967816-F1N996YJ311EG30W5I3X/20180629_202245.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Nineteen -- Sargents, CO up and over the Continental Divide/Monarch Pass to Westcliffe, CO From our campground in Westcliffe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530626822248-PEI78V5TH2AODAR8NJPY/20180629_085345.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Nineteen -- Sargents, CO up and over the Continental Divide/Monarch Pass to Westcliffe, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530564858209-277VH56ANCC32JP4VSOI/20180629_152328.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Nineteen -- Sargents, CO up and over the Continental Divide/Monarch Pass to Westcliffe, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530564670404-J2ZQL2IXAOFVX1HPZXQV/20180629_123050.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Nineteen -- Sargents, CO up and over the Continental Divide/Monarch Pass to Westcliffe, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530564903673-3IP847FY1IU4GFATHBB3/20180629_152349.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Nineteen -- Sargents, CO up and over the Continental Divide/Monarch Pass to Westcliffe, CO Near Hillside, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530564418015-KGF7733W3R1FGHFMS23Z/20180629_062500.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Nineteen -- Sargents, CO up and over the Continental Divide/Monarch Pass to Westcliffe, CO Heading toward Monarch Pass my highest peak yet -- 11,312 feet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530564726283-Q8A0Q96WOUOPI5FMCASB/20180629_141001.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Nineteen -- Sargents, CO up and over the Continental Divide/Monarch Pass to Westcliffe, CO After biking on a windy road with lots of trucks and recreation vehicles and a narrow shoulder it was good to stop for a moment in Cotopaxi before continuing on. https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/2/bike-day-eighteen-montrose-co-to-sargents-co monthly 0.5 2018-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530563852543-DFKBDFW4QS44LKQ95O6P/20180628_171132.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Eighteen -- Montrose, CO to Sargents, CO We camped in Sargents - basically comprised of Tomichi Creek Trading post which included camping, cabins, convenience store, gas and food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530563941541-FKSBSQULK8GPQSAI16YK/20180628_181702.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Eighteen -- Montrose, CO to Sargents, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530563743669-MB1UFH2EQ6XL1DDZYZA1/20180628_113800.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Eighteen -- Montrose, CO to Sargents, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530563887242-HTI51UZ45TD3DGF3RKW5/20180628_171117.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Eighteen -- Montrose, CO to Sargents, CO We thought that for sure we'd get typical bar food here, but dinner was amazing -- red trout dip with veggies and crisps, and huge burgers with bacon and brie and barbecue sauce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530563636491-9KPU17S4MI7FDEXEW4HE/20180628_075543.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Eighteen -- Montrose, CO to Sargents, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530563584303-1F6DWSL3ABSGUDCEYJMS/20180628_074536.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Eighteen -- Montrose, CO to Sargents, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530563688253-SLR8MLF2S7RVHSGMRN6X/20180628_081407.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Eighteen -- Montrose, CO to Sargents, CO This area looked like a tractor had smoothed the ground, it all appeared layered...but actually the green, lush areas had at one time been underwater and the wood in the foreground is basically driftwood. This is how far into drought this area is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530563800405-GO7X4BL03IFWATUTAG1T/20180628_115110.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Eighteen -- Montrose, CO to Sargents, CO https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/2/bike-day-seventeen-priest-gulch-east-of-stoner-co-to-montrose-co monthly 0.5 2018-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530562469475-37JL8QF5I875O5RXXJS9/20180627_114132.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seventeen -- Priest Gulch (east of Stoner, CO) to Montrose, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530562260440-24AICJVWHTH4WT5ZN7T8/20180627_060156.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seventeen -- Priest Gulch (east of Stoner, CO) to Montrose, CO That's where I'm going... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530562366660-85HNJO3PE46N8WI9L3LL/20180627_110333.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seventeen -- Priest Gulch (east of Stoner, CO) to Montrose, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530562175730-K4WQF05LZ2KD9RQ305OA/20180627_065105.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seventeen -- Priest Gulch (east of Stoner, CO) to Montrose, CO Cami enjoyed driving the van and camper over this little bridge...not https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530562980940-KXLXLUDSG987VDAMFWDN/20180627_090323.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seventeen -- Priest Gulch (east of Stoner, CO) to Montrose, CO Cami had parked the van and trailer in a great spot at a park at the end of town. We came back to a very unfriendly note from someone who didn't appreciate us taking up 4 spots. At the beginning of the day there were plenty of spots. We did make 4 people happy when we left, though! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530562053679-5W1BFCB20HMRU6EAI8KE/20180627_055545.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seventeen -- Priest Gulch (east of Stoner, CO) to Montrose, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530562113050-IYBLMKUDU86DG6VG0O6I/20180627_060020.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seventeen -- Priest Gulch (east of Stoner, CO) to Montrose, CO That's where I came from... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530562214881-5QP1Z6L5330F99PWCB1W/20180627_060124.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seventeen -- Priest Gulch (east of Stoner, CO) to Montrose, CO Garmin's ready... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530562409160-GXY91EO1WFFPMGMG7IH8/20180627_104720.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seventeen -- Priest Gulch (east of Stoner, CO) to Montrose, CO Cami and I met up in Telluride for some "healthy mountain food" which included lattes and a cream cheese danish :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530562316514-XHWKGMVFO8IHKG018KNJ/20180627_094613.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seventeen -- Priest Gulch (east of Stoner, CO) to Montrose, CO Then we took the free gondola ride up to Mountain Village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530562657966-Y42LKPW2JKYFX5CI29SQ/20180627_205048.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seventeen -- Priest Gulch (east of Stoner, CO) to Montrose, CO We camped in a city park in Montrose that we read about on another blog and found out that they were open to having campers there for 24 hours. It was a bit sketchy, with a van and a car that stayed overnight as well with doors wide open, a little bit of activity in the parking lot in the middle of the night...but overall it worked out great. We bought a watermelon and knowing we couldn't eat the whole thing cut it in half, cut it into chunks and gave half to a couple homeless-looking guys sitting in the park with their dog at a picnic table. This was the riverwalk near the park...where we took a brief stroll before figuring we better get back to our stuff and keep an eye on it... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530562524500-6C9I9SYAFHW78WR1QE91/20180627_161023.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seventeen -- Priest Gulch (east of Stoner, CO) to Montrose, CO On the outskirts of Montrose there was a beautiful Ute museum with dwellings. Cami got to walk around and check it out while she awaited my arrival to town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530561998044-1WHRKWQ7Z0BWXLX1EU1T/20180627_053900.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seventeen -- Priest Gulch (east of Stoner, CO) to Montrose, CO Had to wear sweats to get ready this morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530562597880-YDUDYZOGO2NWKMEP07V3/20180627_194904.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seventeen -- Priest Gulch (east of Stoner, CO) to Montrose, CO Every few blocks in Montrose is a huge bronze western sculpture like this one https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/2/bike-day-sixteen-blanding-ut-to-priest-gulch-campground-near-stoner-co monthly 0.5 2018-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530561432079-YP5MHMNJZH3YGOMK3HQ5/20180626_154205.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Sixteen -- Blanding, UT to Priest Gulch Campground (near Stoner, CO) Ice cream for the finishers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530548839088-FPKUPXVUC6KIKOAN7E96/20180625_142000.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Sixteen -- Blanding, UT to Priest Gulch Campground (near Stoner, CO) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530561247961-9F6ZS0JPLDPLCLQ3WNU1/20180626_130634.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Sixteen -- Blanding, UT to Priest Gulch Campground (near Stoner, CO) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530560874867-375SVHL50XFA2AVSRHD6/20180625_173200.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Sixteen -- Blanding, UT to Priest Gulch Campground (near Stoner, CO) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530561187088-NV46XFT9ORUTZI7JUZ40/20180625_174947.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Sixteen -- Blanding, UT to Priest Gulch Campground (near Stoner, CO) We stayed overnight in Blanding and then the next morning it was on to Dolores and Stoner...heading toward Telluride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530561101595-YLD31Z48KZIBYA4ADL2H/20180625_174754.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Sixteen -- Blanding, UT to Priest Gulch Campground (near Stoner, CO) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530561477585-3GJSWMDAE3R7M84DU9XA/20180626_192844.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Sixteen -- Blanding, UT to Priest Gulch Campground (near Stoner, CO) Our campsite was right on Priest Creek...gentle sounds of ripping water all night... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530560930499-7RVWE9FIJRTB2V5Z32QD/20180625_173609.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Sixteen -- Blanding, UT to Priest Gulch Campground (near Stoner, CO) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530561057946-P7G86X78KRW030CUR0EM/20180625_174639.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Sixteen -- Blanding, UT to Priest Gulch Campground (near Stoner, CO) We couldn't believe that we got to get up close and personal with these ruins. Thanks, gal from the ice cream shop! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530561300575-LXN5BY1JNF8GX6I73C5C/20180626_131038.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Sixteen -- Blanding, UT to Priest Gulch Campground (near Stoner, CO) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530561352199-OU7603ABCO09IE0JX1Q9/20180626_151706.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Sixteen -- Blanding, UT to Priest Gulch Campground (near Stoner, CO) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530560997877-T7N938DC4TJCL1NBTR89/20180625_173415+%281%29.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Sixteen -- Blanding, UT to Priest Gulch Campground (near Stoner, CO) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530561140520-YVVHDAFZJSMH8TRN1WVJ/20180625_174759.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Sixteen -- Blanding, UT to Priest Gulch Campground (near Stoner, CO) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530561390802-A7AT649D14FNNWI7DNYO/20180626_145858.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Sixteen -- Blanding, UT to Priest Gulch Campground (near Stoner, CO) Once Cami got us settled into our campground at Priest Gulch she biked back to me to finish the day's ride. https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/1/bike-day-fifteen-hite-ut-to-blanding-ut monthly 0.5 2018-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530479166318-AHUTEOK7WMP65WEW2A5F/20180624_105416.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fifteen -- Hite, UT to Blanding, UT You can't really see the ruins in the shadows here, but there are some Native American dwellings visible from this point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530478913398-VGQBXNPFMA7W04FH1P37/20180624_062657.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fifteen -- Hite, UT to Blanding, UT Sunrise outside Hite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530479045875-JONB4K783774WNC5G2MX/20180624_092156.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fifteen -- Hite, UT to Blanding, UT Cami met me on the road, biked a bit, and then we took a drive through the park...with a short hike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530479004230-V6NX3DFTJUE00NF9E5CN/20180624_071252.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fifteen -- Hite, UT to Blanding, UT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530479314897-Z8XXQLM6DAVY0Q1OQ58T/20180624_201258.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fifteen -- Hite, UT to Blanding, UT Blue Mountain RV park... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530479096780-2GBH9WSPOOPTO9DTP37H/20180624_095449.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fifteen -- Hite, UT to Blanding, UT One of many cattle grates I had to ride over throughout the trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530479800427-MN8AFYVH070B4S6C786O/20180623_141819.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fifteen -- Hite, UT to Blanding, UT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530548044500-EZZR67PI22A3QNUE8YPQ/20180624_110644.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fifteen -- Hite, UT to Blanding, UT In Bears Ears National Monument...my own little cradle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530479242624-P65WP7FL4IPMHD6KKIBL/20180624_120840.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fifteen -- Hite, UT to Blanding, UT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530479356124-QLEM1ZX7JU55LZENW922/20180625_060057.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fifteen -- Hite, UT to Blanding, UT Sunset at our campground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530478962156-BWKUIWFCP9SYOT3MW0E4/20180623_152502.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fifteen -- Hite, UT to Blanding, UT https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/7/1/bike-day-fourteen-torrey-ut-to-hite-ut-on-lake-powell monthly 0.5 2018-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530478061021-LOZ58YNNMEBQUJAD0BUW/20180623_151042.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fourteen -- Torrey, UT to Hite, UT (on Lake Powell) If you can see the white line on the cliff across Lake Powell, that's call "the bathtub ring." That is how far down the water is in Lake Powell. This is a no-longer-used cement dock...pretty desolate here. We felt badly for the gas station/convenience store guy working in Hite. He said that for the last 6 years its been like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530477613118-P2NHB4EYK4ZKVE0KCLOE/20180623_123450.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fourteen -- Torrey, UT to Hite, UT (on Lake Powell) Cami had read reviews about this random bakery in the middle of nowhere. When she stopped, the baker came inside from his outdoor oven and asked, "Where are you from?" Cami replied, "La Crosse, Wisconsin." He replied, "You're the second one today from La Crosse..." Cami laughed -- "that was my husband!" He replied, "Oh, he stopped here hours ago for a cup of coffee." At least Cami knew she was on the right track...and snagged us a couple cinnamon rolls, a loaf of homemade white bread, and cornbread muffins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530477983501-O79VNBT079DNH809V46B/20180623_143358.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fourteen -- Torrey, UT to Hite, UT (on Lake Powell) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530477876476-EKLQMP926CTPMZXCTOL4/20180623_143247.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fourteen -- Torrey, UT to Hite, UT (on Lake Powell) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530477926108-WXRTR8LJZB4QJ2DOF87Y/20180623_143249.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fourteen -- Torrey, UT to Hite, UT (on Lake Powell) Quite a climb into Hite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530477308686-X6IR0PE2IOWZKBX6726I/20180623_111707.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fourteen -- Torrey, UT to Hite, UT (on Lake Powell) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530477441669-J19QUJCO74F9PZH338HW/20180623_111753.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fourteen -- Torrey, UT to Hite, UT (on Lake Powell) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530477763946-A8JB8QDQY4TPBSH8P4SX/20180623_134654.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fourteen -- Torrey, UT to Hite, UT (on Lake Powell) Getting hot and dry as the day wears on...looking down on Lake Powell... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530478023047-1KCL91SH56T4YD0LN07R/20180623_150052.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fourteen -- Torrey, UT to Hite, UT (on Lake Powell) No one at the campground except us and this monster! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530477669333-SNVJ4DT1CNNDSNE2EP7H/20180623_134157.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fourteen -- Torrey, UT to Hite, UT (on Lake Powell) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530477717903-GCRDAGOJBB7JVDMPX17R/20180623_134454.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fourteen -- Torrey, UT to Hite, UT (on Lake Powell) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530477504823-9MSPXA40UIMOMQ5Y9CI8/20180623_113613.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fourteen -- Torrey, UT to Hite, UT (on Lake Powell) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530477555849-RVZX22BWDXV6F7ITU964/20180623_114819.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fourteen -- Torrey, UT to Hite, UT (on Lake Powell) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1530477822278-O3DA5W5YRYK4MVS5Y823/20180623_142015.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Fourteen -- Torrey, UT to Hite, UT (on Lake Powell) Desolate here...we were the only ones in the campground. It was so hot and so windy...but in the middle of the night it was just too warm to keep our camper windows closed (and no air conditioning because we had no electricity). We opened the windows and all night whenever there was a strong wind we got a coating of fine red dust. 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West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seven -- Bob Scott Campground (outside Austin) thru Eureka to Illipah Reservoir https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529337987295-39FMV7ZZ89QKVFXR0MSD/20180616_170451.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seven -- Bob Scott Campground (outside Austin) thru Eureka to Illipah Reservoir ...and this was free camping! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529337331005-IG18BYAIIES6MODN963C/20180616_155853.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seven -- Bob Scott Campground (outside Austin) thru Eureka to Illipah Reservoir https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529337694514-9K9KXYK6MVW3J4I7TRNI/20180616_172507.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seven -- Bob Scott Campground (outside Austin) thru Eureka to Illipah Reservoir https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529337785427-Y6GMVA5LLWRSQZCIXIM6/20180616_172244.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - 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We found it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529337888910-MKBRG2EW9TW06PZ7CMTX/20180616_164555.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Seven -- Bob Scott Campground (outside Austin) thru Eureka to Illipah Reservoir https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/6/18/bike-day-six-cold-springs-station-sand-mtn-to-bob-scott-campground-in-humbolt-toiyabe-national-forest monthly 0.5 2018-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529336534060-8P7ZBH3XCI5WOV9RERB4/20180616_072654.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Six -- Cold Springs Station (Sand Mtn) to Bob Scott Campground in Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529335924744-AJ3N3S17SVUUBTAQRBUV/20180615_144314.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Six -- Cold Springs Station (Sand Mtn) to Bob Scott Campground in Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest A shady lady in Austin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529339209635-SCHV6VPD1AR5Z8BKLWPY/20180615_142944.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Six -- Cold Springs Station (Sand Mtn) to Bob Scott Campground in Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529335319102-YH9DKI01B3SITJSD5TDK/20180615_070819.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Six -- Cold Springs Station (Sand Mtn) to Bob Scott Campground in Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529335087503-RN0R6KXMULKKDU02IEFO/20180614_182153.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Six -- Cold Springs Station (Sand Mtn) to Bob Scott Campground in Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529335832925-2EP2CITYFXEMFI4WYTN5/20180615_143651.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Six -- Cold Springs Station (Sand Mtn) to Bob Scott Campground in Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest The climb into Austin, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529335674729-0D08EUP0TYX51ZBDNM8P/20180615_140147.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Six -- Cold Springs Station (Sand Mtn) to Bob Scott Campground in Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest This construction area created quite the dust storm! I was about a half hour back from Cami, but I caught up to her and a string of cars waiting their turn to be allowed through. The woman directing traffic let me through telling me "I radioed all the trucks and they know you are there and will watch for you." Props. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529336616663-OFVEUJ9KONSUGN5PRTCY/20180616_072736.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Six -- Cold Springs Station (Sand Mtn) to Bob Scott Campground in Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529336456438-OGPHMUB4249WSXR7OK3U/20180615_153658.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Six -- Cold Springs Station (Sand Mtn) to Bob Scott Campground in Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest The climb out of Austin, NV https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/6/17/bike-day-five-carson-city-nv-to-sand-mountain-rec-area-cold-springs-station monthly 0.5 2018-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529332991515-BA02QP7HWDFS2OPN9XNM/20180614_111851.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Five -- Carson City, NV to Sand Mountain Rec Area (Cold Springs Station) Time for reflection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529328382057-WKJCXA4CQ3PISQR0X0KQ/20180614_111540.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Five -- Carson City, NV to Sand Mountain Rec Area (Cold Springs Station) Downtown Carson City...casinos at nearly every hotel and restaurant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529328489095-JQ1P8HKV5X61RJVRG3IN/20180614_110520.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Five -- Carson City, NV to Sand Mountain Rec Area (Cold Springs Station) The unpictured corner was the historic building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529334368227-HJTY80KEEZYBCFISXFHR/20180614_163630.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Five -- Carson City, NV to Sand Mountain Rec Area (Cold Springs Station) We connected at the Fallon Visitor Center, where Cami had some air conditioning and internet. They filled our water bottles and told us it was only about 40 miles to Cold Springs (no...actually 60! that's a big mistake to tell a biker!)...but we carried on east... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529334557370-C8Z5YZY8OWTM8BKYI7ZG/20180614_183954.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Five -- Carson City, NV to Sand Mountain Rec Area (Cold Springs Station) A chair in the shade, mexican leftovers, a good book (thanks, Louise!) -- not too bad of a wait for Cami to make today... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529332729502-MUKKTULK4D211PVKEY6M/20180614_112106.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Five -- Carson City, NV to Sand Mountain Rec Area (Cold Springs Station) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529333219876-G7PJAFELTLVWZ3WLLOGJ/20180614_112525.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Five -- Carson City, NV to Sand Mountain Rec Area (Cold Springs Station) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529333835265-SCJ32A2ILQ4HUGUNNDEG/20180614_142719.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Five -- Carson City, NV to Sand Mountain Rec Area (Cold Springs Station) Ready to start on the road again at about 2:30pm in the heat. This calls for Da Brim and a sun protective shirt! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529334115585-QNFXFHTMKBDNYH76PU6W/20180614_143117.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Five -- Carson City, NV to Sand Mountain Rec Area (Cold Springs Station) Oops...forgot I wanted to take one more package of honey stinger fruit chews for this section https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529333986630-YVQD8Z9VAH2UTZ631IYY/20180614_143031.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Five -- Carson City, NV to Sand Mountain Rec Area (Cold Springs Station) There he goes... https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/6/17/bike-day-four-cooks-station-ca-to-carson-city-nv monthly 0.5 2018-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529327478930-SH648H43CFD0IRVP2PUE/20180613_082030.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Four -- Cook's Station, CA to Carson City, NV Run in Kirkwood - fairly flat in the ski resort area, but at elevation was still a challenge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529327885870-35B3I6F9Q4IWVDSCT148/20180613_162909.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Four -- Cook's Station, CA to Carson City, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529327978534-2XNWO4NIP5Y88SPKEXTJ/20180613_162926.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Four -- Cook's Station, CA to Carson City, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529327709908-VHZO4ETQTUU0GIPY47JO/20180612_141639.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Four -- Cook's Station, CA to Carson City, NV Roadside rest break https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529327606898-M9BVVVGONAKUEJ8OTC0H/20180612_144542.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Four -- Cook's Station, CA to Carson City, NV One of many climbs through the Sierra Nevadas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529284759674-XHSTUB4Z8P022N4ZI8W8/20180613_091344.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - 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West to East 2018 - Bike Day Two -- Napa to Folsom: Go Directly to Jail, Do Not Pass Go My lovely wife in downtown Folsom after our chinese meal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529281316352-XGV0FKRRLNCJ7T5OEHJ3/20180611_115739.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Two -- Napa to Folsom: Go Directly to Jail, Do Not Pass Go Sacramento, here I come... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529281239870-4P6MVBCWHB3I30DNE2V7/20180611_104813.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Two -- Napa to Folsom: Go Directly to Jail, Do Not Pass Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529281401220-3SX2BGYXBN2DRKI8LGLB/20180611_135508.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day Two -- Napa to Folsom: Go Directly to Jail, Do Not Pass Go After meeting up with Cami on the Jedidiah Bike trail...before the climb into the campground https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/6/15/lets-toss-in-a-little-triathlon-while-were-at-it monthly 0.5 2018-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529086435602-MG1H1P93A479G55ZID15/20180610_103524.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Let's Toss in a Little Triathlon While We're at It... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529086289302-DMSBS6P8ABD101HS9M7Q/20180609_131718.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Let's Toss in a Little Triathlon While We're at It... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529087003418-1RO53A9I18QU6GX3NXRX/tri+group+photo.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Let's Toss in a Little Triathlon While We're at It... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529086371921-ZGTIS8H30W3LTK9C9ZVI/20180609_131840.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Let's Toss in a Little Triathlon While We're at It... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529086501411-74ZXLOX66Z4FEH6KFE40/20180610_091321.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Let's Toss in a Little Triathlon While We're at It... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529086127009-USR3VTX4M4LSCJ2Q3SJS/20180609_172657.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Let's Toss in a Little Triathlon While We're at It... Camping spot at Monte Rio Union Elementary...with "Rob's" guests in their camper bus nearby   https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/6/15/bike-day-1-bodega-bay-to-napa-ca monthly 0.5 2018-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529078525917-T6FPDKEP86EVQ1N7MUC7/20180608_123352.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day 1 -- Bodega Bay to Napa, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529078296255-68H12XX3I941T1Q2SGKL/20180608_073912.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day 1 -- Bodega Bay to Napa, CA This was when we knew we were coming back to the Pacific and had made a big loop! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529078652489-Q8QOP8GY2HHCICWRFQC0/20180608_182115.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day 1 -- Bodega Bay to Napa, CA A fine end to the day of biking...avocado/bacon/turkey sandwich from a local shop and wine from a vineyard we biked past... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529078595095-YE6SECO6S3MF2FQP0JBP/20180608_123433.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day 1 -- Bodega Bay to Napa, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529281039495-PLZ6840DI58SHS8J4XO3/20180609_093610.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Bike Day 1 -- Bodega Bay to Napa, CA Put my bike tires in the Pacific before I left! https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/6/15/got-my-wife-now-santa-rosa-to-bodega-bay-ca monthly 0.5 2018-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529077536407-35JQEO32UQ8CWKLW7JCD/20180609_070825.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Got my wife now! Santa Rosa to Bodega Bay, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529077442496-AYOSHDIWR0CRSEQU0CTD/20180607_123940.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Got my wife now! Santa Rosa to Bodega Bay, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1529077493500-C1KXEILFF4VGM38I4Y0J/20180608_060018.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Got my wife now! 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West to East 2018 - We went from this to this... https://www.ironpastor.blog/blog/2018/5/25/newest-post monthly 0.5 2018-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527386337775-QG2BQWAINQFJSAKGKHD3/20180526_202705.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Getting Ready... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527386725619-72I0983HYPEI5K2KW265/20180526_202615.jpg Cross Country Bike Tour Blog - West to East 2018 - Getting Ready... https://www.ironpastor.blog/new-events daily 0.75 2018-05-11 https://www.ironpastor.blog/route daily 0.75 2024-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527294655127-0123SU6WYA183S3NVKI3/D1.png Route - Day 1: West Coast - Napa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527294655127-0123SU6WYA183S3NVKI3/D1.png Route - Day 1: West Coast - Napa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527294685256-Y99XBUJBNUY4H2AJPSHW/D2.png Route - Day 2: Napa - Folsom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527294689770-KRUQUVO45X6LBSZ97MP6/D3.png Route - Day 3: Napa - Kirkwood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527294781709-X5Y8R67FZY3FIJ2TJMX2/D4.png Route - Day 4: Kirkwood - Carson City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527294828113-AH0IX4YGZ01RA9DKP02W/D5.png Route - Day 5: Carson City - Cold Spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527294889813-SJ08YHZH65XMHA65TTXM/D6-7.png Route - Day 6-7: Cold Spring - Ely https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527294916269-UC657BCGXB7UIZ9VU6I4/D8.png Route - Day 8: Ely - Baker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527294959743-GW3B3HT593YOR5RBJC1J/D9-10.png Route - Day 9-10: Baker - Panguitch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527294998089-HWEFOK3IDUXTZ953RF47/D11.png Route - Day 11: Panguitch - Torrey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295038129-SP0U3QF29CBW02DN96H5/D12.png Route - Day 12: Torrey - Hite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295088919-IHFP7MXSC3G9TUG34IC3/D13.png Route - Day 13: Hite - Monticello https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295129067-TW38242Q5IR8UJHT1Q5P/D14.png Route - Day 14: Monticello - Telluride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295226643-SJJY3WS6TS5BBLFLOKS7/D15.png Route - Day 15: Telluride - Elk River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295282879-KPLJM7CXJ750UZOGMVGO/D16.png Route - Day 16: Elk River - Coaldale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295307020-W66CQL54HWQGKGX2EJA3/D17.png Route - Day 17: Coaldale - Pueblo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295337460-0IJPEB80CGKO1LJKHXH2/D18-19.png Route - Day 18-19: Pueblo - Leoti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295375312-PNPVLO3DVDHF9WORLVGB/D20-21.png Route - Day 20-21: Leoti - Hutchinson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295398221-VBXIFMQLNCW4V4WZ1DOF/D22.png Route - Day 22: Hutchinson - Eureka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295429952-SDC135H9355VQHBZFNPA/D23.png Route - Day 23: Eureka - Girard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295462498-YF0NVI66C7X0YRU96IKZ/D24.png Route - Day 24: Girard - Fair Grove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295508901-R8UV98JPMKA7SIXHRO1P/D25.png Route - Day 25: Fair Grove - Summersville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295539193-AGBU2I623F79K5QNXJBA/D26.png Route - Day 26: Summersville - Carbondale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295582540-1IKCHMJU4QUWRSZO4ENL/D27.png Route - Day 27: Carbondale - Marion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295609999-F4GNL4QC1XT9AHV2A2F1/D28.png Route - Day 28: Marion - Fordsville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295635514-A3S0OLQES54VFFLKC5ZQ/D29.png Route - Day 29: Fordsville - Loretto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295686389-7EC4R81JHY37X2BUD65Y/D30.png Route - Day 30: Loretto - Bighill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295730178-HFJ6YQOQMBVVOPS20AAZ/D31.png Route - Day 31: Bighill - Emmalena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295763233-QOSC5OAV5WWIQVJ78UJQ/D32.png Route - Day 32: Emmalena - Council https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295800065-EJO72JP02Q5YA5VC3M4Q/D33.png Route - Day 33: Council - Whytheville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295829941-XD52YORHWJ4POS3SZY8V/D34.png Route - Day 34: Whytheville - Troutville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295867508-E52EIXY86YX8L3CJYUKU/D35.png Route - Day 35: Troutville - Brownsville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295913968-0R1KT5GOIK6D72N90JZG/D36.png Route - Day 36: Brownsville - Ashland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295948015-HTYV26H111R7EVBCJK7F/D37.png Route - Day 37: Ashland - Jamestown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1527295978257-RD45CFPZNTH9W6BU0E4M/D38.png Route - Day 38: Jamestown - East Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1719315851451-Z1UX6CLLMOKLJGTMVHUF/image-asset.jpeg Route - 2024 Great Divide Mountain Bike Route We will be biking from the border of Canada to the border of Mexico on gravel, rocks, mud, puddles, snow and hopefully some packed dirt. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/5b08aa83562fa7e07bc17c86/667aae945ba00e6674747a05/1719316165552/ Route https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/5b08aa83562fa7e07bc17c86/667aaed10913795aff85e219/1719316987835/ Route https://www.ironpastor.blog/januarysermons daily 0.75 2019-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1549597976760-XB2ZB7KHBROHZKN7V74P/Presbyterian_Church_in_USA_Logo.svg.png January Sermons https://www.ironpastor.blog/great-divide-mountain-bike-tour-blog daily 0.75 2024-10-06 https://www.ironpastor.blog/great-divide-mountain-bike-tour-blog/2024/10/6/done-hachita-nm-to-antelope-wells-nm-to-el-paso-tx-sept-15-amp-16-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/2f2fee9e-0079-414b-bfbc-e9d668f48506/20240916_071008.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/a14d5f3f-50d9-4d34-847f-714721afbff8/20240914_152936.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/fb90deb7-7f8f-4f49-9364-31fa5291df1e/20240914_152709.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/5dea961a-2f10-4094-a843-0e712c894317/20240915_162134+%281%29.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1cdd3d27-77ed-4719-8730-5e8e77976d7f/20240915_163328.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/b52e82e2-1cb0-4ffa-85d8-ba112538711a/20240915_162104.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/0f760d1b-5510-4e2e-b55f-82f222030b2a/20240916_062854.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/f8f247a9-e4ea-4483-baeb-0e09077a3eca/20240916_062845.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/e296b2bc-31df-4331-b749-4a17aacd3749/20240914_160428.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/829328ea-07fd-411b-a8ad-67634e02e62c/20240916_071107.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/c4b2545d-b804-4774-914f-aac6256de62d/surprised+face.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/5025d58e-088e-46df-a22d-ae38e33340cc/20240915_164538.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/89f61ad1-b341-42d0-85bb-45b8557dd600/20240915_163907.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/c6daabc6-0eb5-425e-8990-18d46ba95b20/20240916_065226.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/c1ebb19a-8f8a-4f68-9c66-58fbdb56f240/20240916_065155.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/c41129b2-c197-4093-84e0-2ae7a620353b/image000001.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Done! Hachita, NM to Antelope Wells, NM to El Paso, TX -- Sept 15 & 16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ironpastor.blog/great-divide-mountain-bike-tour-blog/2024/9/12/day-to-day-schedule-7-lets-take-it-home-sept-13-16-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/2766394b-775c-403e-9b20-dd18a58db886/20240827_231734.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Day to Day Schedule #7 -- Let's take it home! Sept 13-16, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ironpastor.blog/great-divide-mountain-bike-tour-blog/2024/9/9/tuesday-september-10-gila-national-forest monthly 0.5 2024-09-10 https://www.ironpastor.blog/great-divide-mountain-bike-tour-blog/2024/9/9/monday-september-9-destination-toaster-house-pietown-nm monthly 0.5 2024-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/43e78d5f-647a-4593-8b52-f52eee3bfc33/toaster+house+2.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Monday September 9 Destination: Toaster House - Pietown, NM - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/3cc5c598-e747-42b2-8085-d75f3c039630/toaster+house+3.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Monday September 9 Destination: Toaster House - Pietown, NM - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/2647921d-7059-40c5-b656-24553f3481b5/toaster+house+1.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Monday September 9 Destination: Toaster House - Pietown, NM - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ironpastor.blog/great-divide-mountain-bike-tour-blog/2024/9/10/the-final-state-new-mexico-saturday-aug-31-204-friday-sept-6-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/0f36d4e0-f8af-47a5-bf02-e50365aa51a9/7586526432764434019.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - The Final State -- New Mexico * Saturday Aug 31, 2024 to Friday Sept 6, 2024* - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/e2a15cd0-a3a9-43ec-a6f2-3243da567bac/-7562089294201167106.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - The Final State -- New Mexico * Saturday Aug 31, 2024 to Friday Sept 6, 2024* - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ironpastor.blog/great-divide-mountain-bike-tour-blog/2024/9/8/august-30-last-day-in-colorado-then-on-to-new-mexico monthly 0.5 2024-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/fdf711b4-605f-43d1-bd66-78fc89edbe71/-5494419076952551017.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - August 30 -- Last Day in Colorado, then on to New Mexico! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ironpastor.blog/great-divide-mountain-bike-tour-blog/2024/9/7/from-creek-to-creek-to-wood-and-river-august-26-august-28-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/3396e179-b6c4-47c3-a6a7-b432da98b51e/8286058629562116439.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - From Creek to Creek to Wood and River -- August 26 - August 28, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/4358718b-cad4-4045-93e8-29ae083446a6/-9193961044633317745.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - From Creek to Creek to Wood and River -- August 26 - August 28, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1ad2748a-cbac-4a7f-93fb-c9e24f06f2e2/1022645347108135504.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - From Creek to Creek to Wood and River -- August 26 - August 28, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/d39825c0-d5fe-4e4a-aa5e-66f665e76b31/5200183762859893504.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - From Creek to Creek to Wood and River -- August 26 - August 28, 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ironpastor.blog/great-divide-mountain-bike-tour-blog/2024/9/3/september-4-september-12-schedule-no-services-no-water-no-toiletagain monthly 0.5 2024-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/17212741-fb6a-49db-ac15-8738ccdc15bd/20240827_231725.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Day to Day Schedule #6 — Sept 4-12 -- No services, No water, No toilet...again - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ironpastor.blog/great-divide-mountain-bike-tour-blog/2024/8/31/monday-august-26-cami-heads-home-and-the-cyclists-head-to-tomachi-creek-trading-post monthly 0.5 2024-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/1ea97787-cba9-428d-8a90-17d177332816/20240826_071737.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Monday, August 26 - Cami heads home and the cyclists head to Tomachi Creek Trading Post - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/f1e347f7-e8e6-4e9e-b055-54f8fa92ac5b/20240826_073511.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Monday, August 26 - Cami heads home and the cyclists head to Tomachi Creek Trading Post - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/9d66d520-7967-4746-8dcd-1309cfbb41fc/20240825_200024.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Monday, August 26 - Cami heads home and the cyclists head to Tomachi Creek Trading Post - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/435110c4-88a8-4dd8-91b7-abe43851ac55/20240826_073355.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Monday, August 26 - Cami heads home and the cyclists head to Tomachi Creek Trading Post - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/b279ac2c-6dbd-45c9-be58-f2adc469dc6f/20240826_193639.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Monday, August 26 - Cami heads home and the cyclists head to Tomachi Creek Trading Post - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ironpastor.blog/great-divide-mountain-bike-tour-blog/2024/8/30/sunday-in-salida-rest-day-august-25-leaving-monday-for-tomichi-creek-trading-post-in-sargents-co monthly 0.5 2024-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/8baa7a1f-4f12-4811-a3a8-39fe3afc7d0d/20240826_080823.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - Sunday in Salida - Rest Day August 25 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb59a6697a98c931a19868/a7f6f367-9894-4fec-8fa0-92446d726626/20240825_194216.jpg Great Divide Mountain Bike Tour Blog 2024 - 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