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The Trip '08

Bob and Kathy's Seattle-to-home bike trip

3,710 miles (5,971 km) over 86 days from June 8, 2008 to September 1, 2008

Topic: Bicycle Touring
Categories: Recumbent, Lewis & Clark Trail, Pacific Coast, TransAmerica Trail, North to South, West to East
Locales: North America, United States, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia
Year: 2008

Permalink: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/thetrip08

Status: Completed Mar 2009
Last updated: Monday March 16, 2009 06:00 UTC -08:00
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Introduction

Amtrak: Bob and Kathy travel by train to the tour start point.

Getting the bikes ready: I learned how not to build a bike box

Day 1: Seattle (Seatac), to Belfair, WA

Day 2: Belfair to Shelton, WA

Day 3: Shelton to Elma, WA

Day 4: Elma to Centralia, WA

Day 5: Centralia to Castle Rock, WA

Day 6: Castle Rock, WA, to St. Helens, OR

Day 7: St. Helens, OR, to Vancouver, WA

Day 8: Vancouver, WA, to Troutdale, OR

Day 9: Troudale to Ainsworth State Park, OR

Day 10: Ainsworth State Park to Viento State Park, OR

Day 11: Viento State Park to Hood River, OR, Jim and Avalon Denton's place

Day 12: Hood River to The Dalles, OR

Days 13 & 14: The Dalles to Umatilla, OR

Day 15: Umatilla to Pendleton, OR

Days 16 & 17: Pendleton to La Grande, OR.

18 & 19: La Grande to Elgin & Enterprise, OR

Day 20: Enterprise to Rim Rock Inn

Day 21: Rim Rock Inn to Clarkston, WA

22 & 23: Clarkston, WA, to Winchester, ID, & Kooskia, ID

24, 25, & 26: Kooskia to Powell, ID, & Lolo, MT

27 & 28: Lolo to Stevensville, MT

Day 29: Stevensville to Missoula, MT

30, 31, & 32: Missoula to Ovando, Rogers Pass, & Great Falls, MT

Day 33: Great Falls to Fort Benton, MT

34 & 35: Fort Benton to Denton and Lewistown, MT

36 & 37: Lewistown to Mosby and Jordan, MT.

38 & 39: Jordan to Circle & Sidney, MT

40, 41, & 42: Sidney, MT, to Williston, New Town, & Parshall, ND

43, 44, & 45: Parshall to Garrison, Stanton, & Bismarck, ND

46, 47, & 48: Bismarck, ND, to Mobridge, SD

49 & 50: Mobridge to Pierre, SD

51, 52, 53, 54, & 55: Pierre to Ft. Thompson, Chamberlain, & Burke, SD

56, 57, & 58: Burke to Pickstown, Springfield, & Vermillion, SD

59, 60, & 61: Vermillion, SD to Sioux City, Little Sioux & Council Bluffs, IA

62, 63, 64, 65 & 66: Council Bluffs, IA to Nebraska City & Falls City, NB, Potter, KS, & Smithville, MO

67 & 68: Smithville to Lexington & Higginsville, MO

69, 70, 71, & 73: Higginsville to Arrow Rock, Easly, Bluffton, & Washington, MO

74, 75, 76, & 77: Into the Ozarks; dancing with Edouard

Map: Same page and link as before -- just moved down to be closer to recent events

78, 79, & 80: Across the Mississippi River into Illinois.

81, 82, & 83: Across the Ohio River into Kentucky

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