Author: Erich

Indy to Columbus. Three days. Some better than the first. Rather than a narrative just a few observations. Weekends are the worst. They are busy, more expensive, and things are closed (mostly Sunday in small towns). There was a costume dog run/walk going on down town in Indy. It was insanely cute but I had… Read more

Given the slice my driver had developed I thought I should get another round in before Indy. So I dropped in on Clover Meadows golf club. There was lots of clover in the fairways but I think it was named after the town Cloverdale. The “retired boys” were hanging out on the deck and had… Read more

But not without some fun. The last three days have seen me knock out miles of 60 plus a day. I am following the Adventure Cycling Association’s Eastern Express route from St. Louis to Indiana. This gives me the security of a planned route. In Illinois this mostly follows the “National Road” the first highway… Read more

I am by nature a solitary animal. I enjoy doing it myself and doing what I want when I want. That said, I have a phenomenal family and their love and support is a significant factor in all of my adventures. This trip is no exception. I can always count on their encouragement and support… Read more

A lot has happened but not that many stories wich means it pretty much went just as I had hoped. These fours days were a sprint across Missouri on the Katy trail supported by my parents. 240 miles on a crushed gravel trail with almost no hills. It was like a vacation from my vacation.… Read more

From my sister’s to the Katy trail in Missouri it is 100 miles. There really isn’t much between the two. So I did some slack packing or riding without gear and getting rides to and from the route. I got dropped off back where I left the trail by my sister and peddled 45 miles… Read more

This is another short post. Not much to talk about. 75 miles to Emporia and 65 to Ottawa the next day. Basically a mad dash to get to my Sister’s to take a zero and be with my family. Turns out I would also need the rest. Nothing to report on my day to Emporia.… Read more

Eastern Kansas is not Western Kansas. That seems obvious but most of this week I had been looking at Kansas as a monolithic waste land of heat, humidity, over farmed earth, and Sonic drive ins. Eastern Kansas is still hot and humid but the scenery slowly changed to rolling verdant hills. The promise of golf… Read more

This is a short post. As mom says if you don’t have anything nice to say…don’t. But I can’t help myself. 86 miles – that is my fault but hopefully will pay off tomorrow. 101 degree heat 20-30 mph breeze not directly in the face but certainly not helping Humidity – like the bottom of… Read more

Fresh off of a great day I pedaled down breeze to Larned KS. It is still wicked hot but I made fast miles and did not suffer much of the heat while riding. I had heard Larned had a nice little nine hole so I headed right for it. Google was undecided if it was… Read more