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BIKEARTH - 1 1/2 year ride halfway around planet Earth


Halfway around the world but not in a straight line

18,809 km (11,687 miles) over 550 days from May 15, 2007 to November 14, 2008

Topic: Bicycle Touring  
Categories: Tour diaries, Extended, World
Locales: North America, United States, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, California, Mexico, Estado de Baja California, Estado de Baja California Sur, Estado de Sonora, Estado de Chihuahua, Estado de Durango, Estado de Coahuila de Zaragoza, Estado de Nuevo Leon, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Europe, Ireland, United Kingdom, England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany
Years: 2007, 2008
Keywords: bikearth around the world victor bike earth

Permalink: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/bikearthride

Copyright © 2007-2012 By Victor Weinreber - Cactus - (contact)

Status: Completed Dec 2008Featured Journal #236
Last updated: Saturday July 18, 2009 07:08 UTC -08:00 (edited Fri 20 Nov 2009 18:15 UTC -08:00)
755,666 hits since May 12, 2007 (hitcounts updated nightly)
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This is the best way to explain where I'll be riding... I left Asheville NC and rode west to California where I "officially" began my ride on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. From there I'll be basically heading in a more or less easterly direction for the next 2-3 years... Eventually I'll make it back to the Golden Gate which will mark the "end" of this tour. "Then I begin getting ready for the next tour..."


Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Day-1: The first day of the rest of my life...
Short day: Easy lazy morning- beats work every time!
Hwy-64: Get your kicks on Route-64
Mountains...: I'm still not out of the mountains
Doing the "rumble strip ramba": The mountains are starting to fade...
I love Sunday mornings: One state down, umpteen zillion to go...
Chattanooga TN: Thank you Litespeed Titanium
Chattanooga: The road built by circus clowns...
The plateau: Hot day to a tick filled campsite... Good times!
Off the plateau: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes...
No more distance limits: Sidetracked by a holiday and the perfect campsite.
After the rest day: Kentucky? Is there another way to Indiana?
Mammoth Cave: People watching...
bad roads, good drivers: Another hot humid hilly day...
1000 shades of green: A lovely last day in Kentucky
Indiana: An international day.
North: North, through the middle of nowhere...
Into Terre Haute: Visiting an old friend for a few days.
Illinois: Back on the road again
No hurries: No worries
The open road: Just riding along...
Short Sunday morning ride: Wore out yet another bike part...
No mail!: Waiting out St Louis traffic...
Holy crap: I just crossed the Mississippi!
On the road again: Beat down by the man...
Crunching the Katy: Miles and miles of crushed gravel riding
Still riding KATY: Yet more dust
Katy trail still: Big rigs passing on the trail
Katy trail...: Still following the old railroad...
Back to the "real world": Looking back on the Katy trail
Rain: Rain, rain go away...
Dorothy, this is Kansas...: Following the Trans-am for a while. More or less...
Avoiding Oz: Riding between the rain drops...
Flooding...: Stopped in my tracks by widespread flooding.
Flooding: Too bad I don't have a kayak...
Kansas hills: Don't believe motorists, Kansas does have hills!
Hot Kansas: Cruising through the Flint Hills.
Long day: Missing bridge...
Larned KS: Maintenance & re-supply day.
Kansas tail winds: On dirt roads...
Kansas Hwy-96: Cycling nirvana
Kansas tailwinds!: The straight but not so narrow road...
Tribune KS: Is this heaven? No, but its close, its Kansas...
Good bye Kansas: Hello Colorado
Weather...: One cold wet night...
Good company: Good roads
Hot!: Lets go for a swim in the river...
The Rockies are above.: Hot but short day of climbing.
Up into the Rockies: 25k climb to start the day off...
Hummers...: Hummer = Bummer
Up hill all day: The return of aggressive drivers...
Colorado...: The land of "No Trespassing"...
Hummer count 0: RV count, too darn many!
Sweet views: Horrible drivers!
Hummer count 2: 2= 2 too many!
Traffic...: Plus road construction uphill!
They are dropping like flies...: Oh wait they are flies!
The end of the mountains: The beginning of the desert.
Anti-hubris: Awe inspiring
Awe inspiring...: Humbling...
Monument Valley: Mail call!
From the desert...: To the high desert...
Natural Bridges Ntl Park: More hiking than biking...
The sound of...: Geology?
Detour...: It'll only add 4-5 days...
Tail winds!: No groceries or WIFI though...
A short day: Still no WIFI or food...
Call off the search: I'm OK, just no WIFI...
Uphill: Much better weather!
Uphill both ways...: With a headwind...
You can't fight the mountain: More headwinds...
That hoodoo: That you do...
Bryce Canyon: Some truth, some fiction...
Change of "plan": Heading to Las Vegas...
Night riding...: Covering some serious ground...
Viva Las Vegas: A longish layover...
Still taking time off: Ming's description!
On the road again!: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...
Uphill in the morning: A natural hot springs to cap the day
Tecpoa natural hot springs: Entering the Valley of Death...
Death Valley: Pleasant desert riding
Climbing out of Death Valley.: Well, just halfway...
Still climbing...: Free campground again.
Trona...: What, no three eyed mutants?
Out of the desert: Into the Sierra Nevada mtns!
Walker pass: Into the heart of the Sierras...
Out of the Sierras: Into the Central Valley
Wonderful Sunday morning riding.: Colonel Allansworth State Historic park
Great year!: If you are a dirt farmer...
More exciting riding...: Camp with "The sound of freedom"...
More flat farm roads: The City of San Joaquin's great hospitality!
More headwinds: Heavy traffic and no shoulder...
A long day: With a headwind to add insult to injury.
I'm here: Where are you?
On the road again: Just can't wait to get on the road again...
From nasty mud to "America's bicycle capitol": and that was before breakfast...
Wonderful riding: "The city by the bay"
Happy New Year: A new year of bike touring
San Francisco: Bikescape!
Rainy day layover: Back on the road again...
Rain rain go away: Why even leave the tent?
Some nice bikeways...: Too bad the entire coast doesn't have one!
Amazing views around ever bend.: A couple of climbs too...
Coastal fog: Sublime riding!
Bluebird skies: Amazing views, again...
Up at the crack of dawn: Ok, a little bit earlier than that...
A late night: A late start to today's ride...
Heading south...: Yeah still...
Refugio State Park: Traffic induced tailwinds...
Water water water...: Stealth camping in Malibu!
"LA": Land of Automobile...
Escape from LA: Well, halfway...
Endless urban sprawl: With a headsind
Traffic...: Looking forward to Mexico!
Crappy campground: I'm still in a grumpy mood...
Rain...: On the border!
Mexico
Slight change of plan...: I'm in Mexico!
Good drivers: Friendly people!
Water purification: Wonderful riding!
Wonderful cycling: Still heading south for winter.
WIFI: Hard to find an open signal that works!
Leaving the Pacific: Starting another desert
Short on distance: However that just helps soak up the desert
Wonderful night in the desert!: Wonderful morning in the desert!
Chilly nights: Fantastic days!
Magical morning sunrise: Too bad cactus don't come with WIFI...
Tailwind!: Only for two hours though...
Uneventul short day: Yet, it was still a great day!
Resupply day: Flat straight roads.
Rain and fog overnight: My guardian El Gato
Another foggy morning: Another late start...
Not feeling well: Yet, still riding...
Happy Valentine's day: I'm single again, I kicked out the stomach bug...
Short day of riding the bike: Long day of riding the ferry
Putting the "McGuyver kit" to the test: An interesting day...
Trailer has been patched: Getting "busted" by the policia...
Waiting for a part: In Bacum Sonora Mexico...
Bikescape: Still in Bacum...
On the road again!: The part is here!
Back on the highway: Into another desert...
Uphill with a headwind: I'm just happy to be back in the saddle!
Who put these hills here?: Still a headwind too...
My legs were starting to feel better: Before the steep 30km climb...
Wonderful riding: The grades mellowed out a bit
Bienvenidos Chihuahua!: Mountain views...
Still in the mountains: Not a lot of human population around here.
Downhill trend today: I doubt it will last...
Wonderful cycling!: Horrible cycling!
Valley roads!: Into Creel for internet acess...
Sleeping indoors: Back into the wild
Still a headwind: but with rain, sleet and snow today!
Winter wonderland: Snow biking without snow tires...
Crossing the Continental divide: That makes the 4th time on this ride so far...
Wonderful downhill!: Another touring cyclist!
Downhill...: Except for the climbs...
Taking some time off: Resting the ankle
An interesting few days...: Riding the toilet instead of Ming...
The straight and narrow road...: More touring cyclists!
Sleepless night: Better evening.
Good bye bad mood...: Hello bike commuters!
Great riding on not so great roads: Miles and miles of miles and miles...
An interesting desert: Extraterrestrials need stronium...
From the oven: Into the steamer...
Still in heading for the border...: A slightly different type of journal today.
My last Mexican State: Random acts of kindness
USA
Back in the USA: feeling bad and a headwind
A very short day: Hard to leave AC and WIFI
Completly uninspiring riding...: With a headwind...
Drive through liquor stores: Underwear on the road...
Flower power: New electrical inverter!
I just missed 500 females...: Goliad State Historic Park
Headwinds...: More Dutch touring cyclists!
Flat roads...: A fairly boring day...
Underwear and roadkill...: Another exciting day on the roads of Texas...
More headwinds...: Stealth camping in George Bush (Sr) park
Short early morning city ride: CGOAB community hospitality!
From Houston...: To Houston...
Escape from Houston: I'm a threat to national security!
The "bridge of death": Killer mosquitoes
So long Texas: Hello Louisiana
Jail break: Gator bait...
Swamp creatures...: but only one to fear!
Rainy day: No more humid or wet than yesterday though...
Breaux Bridge hospitality: Cajun intellectuals...
Levee roads: Parking violation
Towns that don't exist: Bugs that do!
Holy crap I just crossed the Mississippi: Again...
Bike problems: Waiting for the shipping gods...
On the road again: I love Rohloff!
Other cyclists: Back to where I started today
Traffic picks up...: Another "loaner" camera
Curiosity...: Your passport to discovery.
Another great day on the Trace!: Happy mother's day.
Free bike only campground: To free campground. (Not only bikes...)
Tunnel of trees: Rain is coming...
Rain: But a nice rain...
One year down...: A few more to go...
Sweet home Alabama...: Going 100% metric!
Tennessee...: Free food!
Short day of riding: A nice day for a hike!
Last day of the Trace: Waterfalls!
Back onto "normal" highways: The dogs have been waiting for me...
Ming has passed 40,000km!: A perfect day for it too...
Cumberland Caverns: Going underground...
Cumberland Plateau: Waterfalls, hiking and more media attention...
Fun climbs...: Even better downhills!
Hot, humid and lots of climbs...: All to end up in a dry county!
Smokey Mountain Traffic: Let the real climbing begin...
Burning brakes and over heating engines: The smells of today...Don't forget the exhaust!
Climbing in the rain...: Good news - bad news...
Heading into Asheville: A couple of weeks off start now...
R&R: and R...
Fender and mud flap pictures: By popular demand...
On the road again: Out of the mountains... Into the foothills...
Deserted roads: Busy roads
The hills are mellowing out: Yet the road gets steeper...
Lumberton NC: Yup, another stop...
On the road again: Delay due to damage...
Hot & humid...: Still a great day of riding.
Hot and short day...: Setting up for crossing a city tomorrow.
Early start: Relaxing in the shade
Tail winds!: Blowing me into Virginia!
Traffic, traffic and more traffic...: Yorktown, but not the end...
Leaving Yorktown: Not one of my best days...
Interesting people: stopping early to avoid holiday drunk drivers
Showering in the rain...: Riding in the rain also...
Traffic, traffic and more traffic...: Relaxing bike path to finish the day...
DC: Museum day...
Time for a side trip...: I'll be out of touch for a while...
Vacation...: Side trip to Mexico...
On the road again!: Ready to ride!
Pretty boring day...: Perhaps all the car exhaust is getting to me...
Peaceful start: Baltimore...
No boat ride from Baltimore: Now it's onto New York...
Peaceful rail trail in the morning: busy roads in the afternoon...
"Rural"?: Not around here...
Oops...: The 360 club...
Construction and traffic...: Then a rail trail...
Riding through the funk: Getting around...
Bad mood is no more!: To the house of another CGOAB
From Pennsylvania...: To Dublin?
Another short boring day: Lazy riding...
Cell phone talking SUV driving...: Idiot!
Mail day!: A really short riding day...
New Jersey has some steep hills.: Who knew?
Early morning ride to NY...: Setting up for tomorrow's ride into the belly of the beast.
NY: "Type-A cycling"...
New York: Dublin...
I've crossed the Atlantic: Yet I still can't quite believe it...
A new camera: A new country
Sunshine in Ireland?: Very nice day for riding.
The brain says 100km: The legs veto and say 58km...
Rainy days...: Still a great day of riding.
I should have taken the day off...: Rain, wind and a flat...
Thank you!: A rainy day but enough sun to gather a few photons
A couple of hours of sun: Busy roads...
Rain and another flat tire...: Yet I'm still in a good mood!
Tea, rain and clean clothes...: My first European B&B
Dry skies!: Wonderful climbs to boot!
Nice downhill in the morning...: Killer uphill in the afternoon...
Sun!: Really the sun actually came out!
Not very photogenic: Lots of kilometers though...
Rain in the morning: More kilometers in the afternoon...
The sun comes out again!: Another great day riding through Ireland.
Crossed another border: A stealth border...
Lazy and late start: For a short day...
My last full on the Emerald Isle: A wonderful ride into Belfast!
Ferry ride...: Belfast to Birkenhead (Next to Liverpool)
Visa issues...: Equals busy roads...
Another miserable day: I'd rather be in France...
Visa issues?...: Off of the A-5!
Much needed "rest day": Back on the road today, but not the A-5!
London calling...: Wet ride into the heart of London.
London: Bicycle Film Festival
Leaving London: I'll sleep when I'm dead...
Short rainy day: Back to nature camping in the woods...
Nice easy day: A riding rest day...
Taking my time: Enjoying the English countryside
Wonderful riding: What a great, last full day in England
From the White cliffs of Dover: To France...
France: Belgium...
Belgium: The Netherlands...
I've found cycling Shangri-La...: It really is The Netherlands!
Even in the rain: The Netherlands is great cycling!
Wind and WiFi: Riding through Rotterdam
Pleasantly boring riding: Still wonderful in the Netherlands.
An interesting start: The city of bikes, Amsterdam.
Amsterdam... The city of bikes!
Headwinds: Headwinds and rain...
Where has my mind gone?: My body is along the Rhine...
Crossing into Germany: Pleasantly boring...
Chilly start: Frozen bidet!
100km...: Nope, how about 45
Cold and rainy: Dry, warm and in the tent by noon...
Why leave the tent?: Back on the road after a day in the tent...
Into the city of Koln: WiFi is sure hard to find...
A couple of days in Koln: Getting my winter kit together...
Dry skies: Wet tent!
Long night: Short day
Return of the hill: To the city of Mainz
From halfway around the world...: My life has been changed.
The end is...: Just a new begining...
Where the heart is...: The body must follow.
Thank you!
Post tour update: The wheels of life keep on turning


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