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More willy-nilly than cross-country


A rambling tour of the western US, with a bonus trip back to Cleveland

3,970 miles (6,390 km) recorded so far over 152 days from June 5, 2006 to November 3, 2006

Topic: Bicycle Touring  
Categories: Tour diaries, 3-6 months, USA Coast to Coast, USA West to East
Year: 2006

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

Copyright © 2006-2012 By Eric Diven - (contact)

Status: Unfinished, not updated for 858 days
Last updated: Monday October 5, 2009 18:58 UTC -08:00 (edited Mon 1 Nov 2010 11:24 UTC -08:00)
27,040 hits since June 3, 2006 (hitcounts updated nightly)
60 pics


Table of Contents

Introduction: A year later

      Pre-Flight: Tackling the giant list of things to do before leaving.
      Packing and Graduation: I can't believe I'm a graduate
      Leaving Boise: Portland bound tomorrow morning!
      False Start: Portland, 5 yards repeat 1st down

Portland to Seattle: First segment of the trip

      First day on the road: Portland to Goble
      New state already: Across the Lewis and Clark Bridge into Washington
      Plans change: Cayuse pass closed!
      Plans change II: County park camping closed for the season.
      Seattle: First big milestone

The Olympic Peninsula: Second segment

      Boat Ride #1: Ferry from Seattle to Bremerton
      Around the Great Bend: Down and up the Hood Canal
      Flat tires #1 and #2: a very successful sort of day
      Mountain biking, on the OP: Lower Dungeness trail
      Mountainbiking on the OP #2: Miller Peninsula State Park
      To Fairholm: Across to the more western part of the OP
      Mountain biking on the OP #3: Mt Muller loop.
      Boat ride #2: Port Angeles WA to Victoria, BC
      Boat Ride #3: Back to the mainland US

Anacortes to Glacier National Park: Third segment

      Into the Cascades: Also, crossing the 647 mile mark.
      First real mountains!: Rainy Pass and Washington Pass
      A surprisingly rough day: Long climb up Loup Loup Pass
      It was supposed to be an easy day: Uphill, upwind, and HOT the whole way.
      Dealing with well-wishers?: an unlikely title
      Ranald MacDonald's grave: no, really
      Short day to Colville, WA
      A strange little town: Ione, Washington
      A little slice of heaven: Fantastic campground in Newport, WA
      Broken spoke: sigh
      Another new state: Enough of Sandpoint, get me out of Idaho!
      Cheap Chinese food and nice people: I like Montana already!
      Stunning day riding
      Long haul to Glacier National Park: I Couldn't stop riding!

Glacier National Park: Fourth segment

      The great wheel fiasco
      A productive day thumbing: hitching to Kalispell and back
      Logan Pass Eastbound: Also, other cyclists, yay!
      Logan Pass Westbound: another spectacular ride over the pass
      CONTINUITY BREAK: Glacier National Park to Arlee, MT
      Missoula, MT: Free beer!!!
      CONTINUITY BREAK: Missoula, MT to Boise, ID
      Negative mileage day!: Net gain to bicycle reliability
      Caliente, NV update: (incomplete)

The national parks in Utah

      Into Zion: When did it get this developed?!
      Zion: A day off
      "Chickens are about the dumbest animals around": I cheated a bit.

Moab and Fruita: Mountain biking interlude

      Almost to Moab: With stop at the John Wesley Powell River Museum
      Arches the First: What shitty light
      Lazy day in Moab: Even cycle tourists need civilization occasionally
      Mountain biking: Slickrock Trail: Also, Arches the second
      Mountain biking: Sovereign Trail
      Mountain biking: Porcupine rim trail
      Onwards to Fruita: Moab retrospective
      To Fruita: where the awesome people are!
      Mountain biking in Fruita: And dinner fit for a king
      The Edge loop: More mountain biking in Fruita

Heading home: the last segment of the trip

      First day heading home: with brewery!
      Joining the Western Express
      Things that go bump in the night.
      Snow?! Surely you can't be serious.: (I am serious, and stop calling me Shirley)
      Continental Divide at last!
      It's downhill all the way to Cleveland from here, right?
      Rejoined the TransAm route: Pueblo, CO, armpit of the state
      The mysterious disappearing Camelbak
      Generally unproductive day: You can't wait out the wind.
      Welcome to Kansas: I'm sure it's beautiful when it's not raining
      Improved weather: a better day riding
      Elaine's Bicycle Oasis
      Making hay while the sun shines
      Wheel rebuilt!
      Crazier people than I: Ultra-marathoners in the Prairie Chicken Capital of the world
      Another night in Eureka: 1640 miles from Eureka, MT, according to Google
      Hot on the heels of Annie and Walter: Also, the use of toothpaste as shampoo
      Last full day in Kansas: Pittsburg
      Drying out after Kansas: Also, I nearly got myself killed
      Westbound Cyclists!
      A fire tower in the Ozarks: Lots of pictures today
      Adopted for the night
      St Joe State Park: Within striking distance of the Mississippi!
      Back on my side of the country: crossed the Mississippi!
      Another fine stealth campsite
      Helpful people everywhere!
      Into Indiana: Next to last state!
      Some days it's just not worth leaving
      Greatly improved weather: closing in on home
      Ohio Welcomes You!: Last state
      Dayton
      Just because you get older doesn't mean you have to grow up: Happy Halloween!
      I was never very good at math: carry the one and ... oops.
      Penultimate day: Nostalgic at the Knob


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