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Ride For Fatherhood


Dad and 2 kids ride from NY to San Francisco

1,741 miles (2,802 km) recorded so far over 120 days from June 4, 2008 to October 1, 2008

Topic: Bicycle Touring  
Categories: Tour diaries, Equipment lists, With kids, 1-3 months, First tour, USA Coast to Coast, USA East to West
Locale: North America, United States, Florida, Leon, Tallahassee
Year: 2008
Keywords: bicycle tour with children single custodial fathers network dad kids civil air patrol ham radio

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

Copyright © 2008-2012 By Gene Floyd - (contact)

Status: Unfinished, not updated for 1263 days
Last updated: Sunday August 24, 2008 08:00 UTC -08:00
8,732 hits since January 16, 2008 (hitcounts updated nightly)
5 pics


Table of Contents

Getting ready: We've started spending money
Just a test: Playing with RSS
North-bound and down!: It's time to get this show on the road!
First few days on the road
Day 2: 5 Jun 08: Manhattan - Maplewood, NJ
Day 3: 6 Jun 08: Maplewood, NJ - Woodbridge, NJ
Day 4: 7 Jun 08: Woodbridge, NJ to Oakhurst, NJ
Day 5: 8 Jun 08: Oakhurst, NJ to Toms River, NJ: More beach riding
Day 6: 9 Jun 08: Tom's River, NJ to Tuckerton, NJ: We encounter Injuns
Day 7: 10 Jun 08: Tuckerton, NJ to Wildwood, NJ: day of rest and riding the bus
Day 8: 11 Jun 08: Wildwood, NJ to Dover, DE: A ferry ride, another state line with no sign, and a 40mi sprint under the stars
Day 9: 12 Jun 08: A day of rest and visiting the Airlift Museum in Dover
Day 10: 13 Jun 08: Dover, DE to Arnold, MD: Riding through Amish country and hitchhiking over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Day 11: 14 Jun 08: Arnold, MD to Silver Spring, MD: THEY GOTS HILLS HERE!
Day 12-13: 15-16 Jun 08: Playing tourist in Washington, DC
Day 14: Tues, 17 Jun 2008.: Silver Spring, MD to C&O Towpath mile 17
Days 15-20: 18-23 Jun 08: C&O Towpath mile 17 to Cumberland, MD
Day 21, 24 Jun 08: Cumberland, MD to Frostburg, MD
Day 22, 25 Jun 08: Frostburg, MD to Rockwood, PA plus the Flight 93 crash site
Day 23, 26 Jun 08: Rockwood, PA to Ohiopyle, PA
Day 24, 27 Jun 08: Ohiopyle, PA to Cedar Creek, PA
Day 25, 28 Jun 08: Cedar Creek, PA to McKeesport, PA - Amateur Radio Field Day
Day 26, 29 Jun 08: McKeesport, PA to Pittsburgh, PA
Day 27, 30 Jun 08: Day of rest: We terrorize REI
Day 28: 1 Jul 08: Pittsburgh, PA to Beaver Falls, PA
Days 29 & 30: Beaver Falls, PA to Poland, OH: plus a storm day
RE: 48/40 wheelset needed. Other ideas welcomed
Day 31, 4 Jul 08: Poland, OH to Boston Village, OH
Updates and challenges - Jul 5 - Jul 11: interim update
Day 32 - Boston Village, OH to Westlake (Western Cleveland), OH
Day 33 - Westlake, OH to Sandusky, OH
Day 34 - Sandusky, OH and Cedar Point
Day 35 - Sandusky, OH to Perrysburg, OH
Day 36 - 9 Jul 08 - Perrysburg, OH to Swanton, OH
Day 37: Swanton, OH to Hillsdale, MI
Day 38: Hillsdale, MI to Climax, MI
Day 39-40, 12-13 Jul 08, Battle Creek, MI: Visiting with family and Stefan's Army reserve drill
Day 41 and 42,14-15 Jul 08: Climax, MI to Holland, MI
Day 43,16 Jul 08: Holland, MI to Muskegon, MI
Day 44, 17 Jul 08: Muskegon, MI to Hart, MI
Day 45, 18 Jul 08: Hart, MI to Ludington, MI
Day 46, 19 Jul 08: Ludington, MI to Manitowoc, WI, Spend night onboard the USS Cobia
Day 47, 20 Jul 08: Manitowoc, WI to Oshkosh, WI
2-week break from the road: CAP’s National Blue Beret - Oshkosh, WI, in conjunction with EAA Airventure Fly-in
Aborted re-start of ride
Day 48, 5 Aug 08: Oshkosh, WI to Astico, WI (S of Beaver Dam)
Day 48-49, 6-7 Aug 08: Astico, WI to Madison, WI
Day 50, 8 Aug 08: Madison, WI to Baraboo, WI
Day 51, 9 Aug 08: Baraboo, WI to Norwood, WI
Day 52, 10 Aug 08: Norwalk, WI to La Crosse, WI
Day 53-54, 11-12 Aug 08: R&R in La Crosse, WI
Day 55-56, 13-14 Aug 08: La Crosse, WI to Rochester, MN
Day 57, 15 Aug 08: Rochester, MN to Kenyon, MN
Day 58, 16 Aug 08: Kenyon, MN to Saint Peter, MN
Day 59-60, 17-18 Aug 08: Saint Peter, MN to Spirit Lake, IA, Spirit lake to Sioux Falls, SD (driving)
Day 61, 19 Aug 08: Sioux Falls, SD to Salem, SD - And then there were two
Day 62, 20 Aug 08: Salem, SD to Woonsocket, SD - I come face to face with my life's destiny
Day 64-65, 22-23 Aug 08: Wind day in Woonsocket, SD, Woonsocket to Fort Thompson


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