Since actual New Year's Day, we've been to South Africa, got snowed in in Red Wing, Minnesota at the Big Turn Music Fest, and did a LOT of snow shoveling. Now that it is March, we are looking at the coming season of biking and nice weather adventures. Dan got out this weekend for two 30 … Continue reading Happy New Year!
Author: Dan Gjelten
Ending summer
When I was about fifteen, a surfer movie came out called Endless Summer, and I loved it. It made me wish I'd been born in Southern California instead of Northern Iowa. But I eventually came to accept that my roots are deep in this place where summer ends rather dramatically and the green things dry … Continue reading Ending summer
Would you do it again?
Almost as soon as we arrived in New Orleans, people started asking us if we would be doing a trip like this again. In the first few days, my answer was quick and certain - NO. Then it became more conditional - "well, not self supported" or "well, not that far." Then it became even … Continue reading Would you do it again?
Day Twenty Seven: LaPlace, LA to New Orleans, LA
We woke yesterday, as we have so many mornings in the last month, to the sounds of highway workers who were staying next door at the days comfort super six eight rodeway motel inn getting up at the crack of dawn to get back out to work. Our typical first thoughts when we woke were … Continue reading Day Twenty Seven: LaPlace, LA to New Orleans, LA
Day Twenty Five: day off in Natchez, MS
We took today off, partly because it was my birthday and also because we've ridden 12 days straight. We reached the end of the Natchez Trace yesterday and celebrated with Carlos last night. It was so great to sleep in a terrific bed in the "Dairy Barn" (rather than the main house.) We are waking … Continue reading Day Twenty Five: day off in Natchez, MS
Day Twenty Three: Clinton, MS to Port Gibson, MS
We left Clinton in rather heavy traffic this Monday morning, but after we crossed I-20, it dropped off dramatically. We were also happy to run into our friend Carlos and we chatted a while on that overpass. When we realized we were both staying in Port Gibson, we decided we'd dine together at the end … Continue reading Day Twenty Three: Clinton, MS to Port Gibson, MS
Confluence 