Bike Touring

Stats Day 28 feb 24.  50 miles 4:13. 80 degrees and muggy, flat, 3 dogs, horn worked, great road, end in Shepherd,TX Day 29 feb 25. 58 miles  6:35  80 degrees, good roads, 8 dogs, one twice- backtrack. End Huntsville TX Total miles finished 1232. 41% finished Dear family and friends, A couple of you have asked me why […]

Stats Day 26 feb 22.   43 miles 4:30. Strong wind, rain, first half no traffic, second sharing 2 lane with semis, 11 dogs, horn worked end in Kirbyville Day 27 feb 23.  42 miles 4:00 82 degrees but wide shoulder, no wind or rain end in Kountze TX Total miles finished 1124 Dear friends and family, I finally,

Stats Day 24 feb 20.  36 miles 4:00 big headwinds, slow going, almost all dirt road. 12 dogs, end in oberlin LA Day 25 feb 21.  38 miles 4:00 gusty headwinds, rolling hills, no dogs end in DeRidder LA Total miles 1039   35%  finished Dear family and friends, More headwinds today, but not constant, just gusty. One straight

Stats Day 22 feb 18. 52 miles 4:47 beautiful cool day 50 degrees, half in traffic, end in Marksville LA. 7 dogs today ( the dachshund was the only easy one to outrun) Day 23 feb 19.  38 miles 4:00  5-10 knot headwind beautiful country roads, over 20 dogs end in Ville Platte LA Total miles 965 

Stats Day 20 feb 16    0 miles, rest and restock day, Baton Rouge  Day 21 feb 17. 46 miles, 15 mph headwind first 42 miles. Hard. End in New Roads LA  Running total 875 Dear friends and family, Well, I’m west of the Mississippi. Today was only 46 miles but the first 42 were

Stats Day 18 feb 14.  42 miles 4:14 hot, levy for 32 miles, then tailwind, end Gonzales LA Day 19 feb 15.  32 miles 3:30 all in traffic, ready for a break day end Baton Rouge LA Running total 829 Dear family and friends, “There’s no there there” from Gertrude Stein. My feeling about my leg muscles this morning.

Stats Day 16 feb 12. 32 miles 3:20 cold but sunny, bridge out, to ride around- saved 55 miles end in Chalmette LA Day 17 feb 13. 50 miles 5:20 sunny, warm, urban, traffic, then last 35 miles on levee trail end in La Place LA Running total 755    25% finished Dear friends and family,  “Discretion is the

Stats Day 15 feb 11. 60 miles 6:40. First 4 hours hard cold rain, then strong wind and ice crystals blowing.  Running total 673 Dear family and friends, Yesterday there was too much rain to get the phone out for a picture of the Welcome to Mississippi sign, so either I get it from the western

Stats Day 13 feb 9. 10 miles, explore Dauphin Island, recover and t-storms Day 14 feb 10. 41 miles 4:20. Strong wind, rain all day, no shoulder for half the day. End in Pascagoula MS Running total 603 Dear friends and family, I’m glad I stayed around yesterday.It rained really hard most of the night and

Stats Day 11 feb 7. 37 miles in 3:20 , 65 degrees, muggy first half in traffic, last half in dunes- beautiful end in Orange beach ALABAMA Day 12 feb 8. 32 miles, beautiful trail and road, then ferry to Dauphin Island Running total 562 Dear family and friends, First, let me sharea lovely experience I had