Erich’s Bike and Golf Trip Across the US
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Meet Up?
I will be meeting friends at New Belgium Brewery Saturday, October the 12th for beers and catching up. Consider this your invitation to join. I plan to arrive around 4:00. Everyone seems to have had a great summer and I am interested in hearing all about it. See you there.
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Down Time
I have been spending the last week in DC with my buddy Josh and his family. While I would say I have been resting, keeping up with three young kids has kept me busy. There has been Taekwondo practice, frisbee, bowling, walking to school and pickup, reading 20 minutes every day, Legos and family meals.…
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Day 82 – Lucky and Thankful!!!
After 4,300 miles I rolled into Downtown DC today. I will expound on this later when I have had a chance to recover and reflect but today I mostly feel lucky. Luck that I had the opportunity to take this trip, lucky I stayed healthy, lucky Alister was a beast and suffered no significant mechanicals,…
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Day 79 – Man Down
Full of excitement from yesterday and feeling better than expected after yesterday’s climb, Jason and I pushed off for a 60 mile day. The rest of the trip is just cycling but that doesn’t mean there aren’t things to be excited about. Today has us going through the Big Savage tunnel that is over a…
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Day – 78 Extra Curriculars
I have been impressed with how ready Jason has been for this trip. Since committing to meeting me for this stretch he got a new bike, has been going on training rides, and researched things to do and places to stay along the trail. Today would test all of that. Since conceiving of my over…
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Day – 77 Free Falling
After a less than ideal night sleep we loaded up and cruised down the trail. We needed to be in Ohiopyle by 2:00 some 40 miles from camp. Why Ohiopyle? Because we had tour reservations at Fallingwater. Yes the Frank Lloyd Wright house. Jason owns a structural concrete company and is a civil engineer as…
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Day – 76 Amusing
The remainder of the trip is on rail trail so no more cars except for side trips. I am so excited to be done with that. The GAP and C&O trails are crushed gravel trails that combine for over 300 miles of pedestrian only travel from Pittsburgh to DC. We set out from Point State…
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Update – Home Stretch
Things are great. I made it to Pittsburgh and met up with my buddy Jason two days after leaving Canton. Beers and catching up late into the night. Jason will be doing the last 330 miles from Pittsburgh to Washington DC on the Great Allegheny and C&O trails with me over the next week. Hopefully…
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Day 73 – Zero
Alister and I both need a recovery day. I’ll admit I have been cocky lately. Doing extra miles to sight see and ranging further to go get food. Since the start I have wanted to include Canton and the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of this trip. It’s out of the way so…
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Days – 71 and 72 Groundhogs and Matryoshka Dolls
Since Missouri there have been lots and lots of groundhogs. They scurry in front of me on the trails and often just stand up and pan their head to watch me zoom by like a NASCAR fan on race day. Obviously this has reminded me of “Groundhog Day” and the fact that my days have…