We woke later than usual, but it was ok because we only had 50 miles scheduled for the day. We'd spent the night at a Rodeway Inn at the junction of highway 230 and Interstate 40, so, basically nowhere, which is why our dateline is Rodeway Inn. It was so generous of our friend Paul … Continue reading Day Seventeen: A Rodeway Inn to the Natchez Trace

I am not really sure where this hotel is as I am writing this outside of our room, listening to the trucks on I40, but it is on our route ... we had about 65 miles of lovely biking in Tennessee as we are making our way to the Natchez Trace Parkway. There are lots … Continue reading Day Sixteen: Dover, TN to a Rodeway Inn

Yesterday was hard - long miles, heat, hills and even with an early start, it was long. Lisa wrote of it yesterday but there is one thing I wanted to describe for you. We'd ridden forty miles with no services and we were really looking forward to pulling into the little town of Smithland which … Continue reading Day Fifteen: Grand Rivers to Dover, Tennessee

We left Golconda early this morning, trying our best to get out of the Victorian era mansion where we stayed without waking anyone. By 6:15 we were on our bikes and riding down the street where vendors were already getting grills and smokers ready for the town's annual BBQ competition, and we were sort of … Continue reading Day Fourteen: Golconda, IL to Grand Rivers, KY

We left our cottage at about 7:15 this morning and immediately crossed the Mississippi on the beautiful Bill Emerson bridge, named after a long time congressman from the area. It was the third time (I think) we've crossed it on the trip, but notable because we will not see the Mississippi again until we reach … Continue reading Day Thirteen: Cape Girardeau to Golconda, Illinois

We used this as a driving day to get back on course, and went from St. Louis to Cape Girardeau three times because of the absence of one-way car rental drop off options through Enterprise and seemingly all rental car companies in this state. (Again the car leapfrog: drive down in one car, rent a … Continue reading Day Twelve: St. Louis to Cape Girardeau (by car)