Hey, remember me? I’m BAAAAAACK!!! To be more precise, I came back to Newcomb, NY (pop. 436) last week to complete a missing 17-mile segment of my bike route. You may recall from my early blog posts that a bridge near Newcomb, which is situated near the headwaters of the Hudson River in the Adirondack…

For those of you who like numbers, I thought you would appreciate a statistical wrap-up for my bike adventure. Here goes: Days on trip, including first installment (Bar Harbor, Maine to Bismarck, North Dakota) from 6-30-23 to 9-21-23, and second installment (Bismarck to Anacortes, Washington) from 5-21-24 to 7-21-24 (not counting 10-day break from 6-19…

On Sunday, 7-21, I rode 71 miles from Marblemount to Anacortes, WA (pop. 15,778), completing my cross-country bike trip. The Adventure Cycling Northern Tier route ended at the Anacortes ferry terminal, so that is where I finished biking, but I saved the important ocean “tire dipping” ceremony for the next day. That day, Monday, 7-22,…

Saturday, July 20, I rode 42 miles from the Canyon Creek Trailhead, where I finished the previous afternoon, to Marblemount, WA. Trudi brought me back to the trailhead early in the day, when temperatures were in the mid-sixties–perfect weather for biking. As you can see in the photo below, things were a bit smokier than…

Good news! Today (Fri., 7-19), I made it through the last two major pass ascents on my trip–the Washington Pass (5,477 feet) and Rainy Pass (4,855 feet). I’m also happy to report that although the Easy Fire is still ablaze, Hwy 20 remained open, and remarkably, the air quality today was quite good and vastly…

My apologies. Transmission of the following message was delayed due to the Microsoft/CrowdStrike service disruption. References in the post to “today” refer to Thurs., 7-18, and references to “yesterday” refer to Wed., 7-17. I took the day off biking yesterday (Wed. 7-17), and Trudi and I hunkered down in Winthrop, WA to do some planning…

I was up around 4 a.m. for a departure at sunrise to ride from Okanogan to Winthrop, WA (pop. 394), which required me to climb the Loup Loup Pass. This was my third of four major passes along Hwy 20. It was about 65 degrees when I left, which was great, but by the time…

As prophesized by Marianne at the Four Aces Diner in Lebanon, N.H. on July 18 last year, I have another instance of synchronicity to report. I also am excited to tell you about an honored guest appearance here in remote north central Washington. But I’m saving both of those news items for the end of…

I rode 41 miles today, from Republic to Tonasket, WA (pop. 1,032). A second significant pass, Wauconda, was on my path today, right on the heels of my climb up the Sherman Pass yesterday. It was with some trepidation that I was tackling another big pass so soon, even though it appeared to be only…

I left for my ride over the Sherman Pass from Kettle Falls to Republic, WA (pop. 1,073) at 5 a.m., three minutes before sunrise, wanting to complete as much of the 41-mile trip in the cool weather early in the day. It was only in the mid-sixties when I left, but about 90 degrees when…