This was a lovely and unexpected gift from Dan's sister, Enid, who is a textile artist, covering the states we'll be biking through, with the Mississippi River in blue thread and the bike route in yellow.
2018
Springtime ride around Manhattan
Minnesota was covered in snow for most of the month of April (so, so much snow, which would melt and then turn to ice, which would then be covered in more snow). And that means that we have done little/no biking outside during a time that we expected to be training on Minneapolis and St. … Continue reading Springtime ride around Manhattan
48 days out
We walked over to the Longfellow Grill to meet our friend Chris for lunch and to look over the plans...hoping he can meet up with us for a few days of camping. Big snowflakes on the walk home across the Mississippi.
Visions and Ecstasies
Questions everyone asks us
How far is it? Just over 1,800 miles. Are you following the river all the way? Most of the way, but at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, we will cross the river and head to the Natchez Trace, which we follow from Tennessee and southwest across Mississippi to rejoin the river at Natchez. Then we cross the river … Continue reading Questions everyone asks us
Confluence 