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August 5, 2010
It’s hard to believe that our Transamerican adventure has ended. It seems like we’d been planning the trip for weeks prior to our departure, with countless nights spent imagining what the trip may entail. The road travelled delivered us twists and turns both literally and figuratively. The story of our trip unfolded in ways we […]
August 2, 2010
Well, since the gear was out getting used in the real world and I have friends who are either looking at touring or are touring, I thought it’d be of some use to review the gear I purchased for the trip. To those who don’t care about the nerdy end of things – I apologize […]
August 1, 2010
It was the first day on the entire trip that was hard to get up for. Perhaps it was the fact that we knew it was our last day on this wonderful adventure. Perhaps it was the realization that soon we’d be back into our normal stride. Or perhaps it was just plain laziness. Whatever […]
July 31, 2010
For those who are curious about what the entire TAA Route looks like. [UPDATE] I’ve been asked a few times about how many states we passed through on the trip and I took a moment to actually figure it out. Surprisingly the number is 17 states in total. Here’s the list: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West […]
July 31, 2010
If I’m to be completely honest, I don’t remember what (if anything) I learned about Lewis and Clark. I know that with Sakajewea they explored and mapped much of the northwestern United States including the areas that now make up Teton, Yellowstone and the National Forest south of Great Falls. Honestly, if for nothing else, […]
July 30, 2010
Two days off in Jackson Hole have been exactly what the doctor ordered. Days 11 & 12 were spent eating, visiting Jackson-proper, riding the tram and peeking over Corbets Couloir. After 10 straight days and 3000 miles it was great to wake up late, enjoy some drinks and each-others company. Just wonderful. We woke up […]
July 28, 2010
Waking up in Rawlins we were able to take our time with only a 5 hour ride ahead of us. Looking out of the room window we saw deer that had set up a little camp by the bike, eating some greens while wandering slowly around the field. When they’re not jumping out at you […]
July 27, 2010
We were up early and out the door after a quick breakfast. I was ready to face the hordes of traffic that jams the 80 and to my surprise, 10 miles in we were completely alone on the road. It seems that the 80 splits as traffic moves south to Denver and the remainder is […]
July 25, 2010
We woke up to a great breakfast courtesy of our hosts at the Hawthorne – it was seriously the best brekkies we’ve had so far and we’re not expecting it to be bested :) The crazy storm that blew in last night woke us up a couple of times with incredibly loud thunderclaps that felt […]
July 24, 2010
After the straight shot of day 6, and sharing much of the road with massive trucks all vying for position we were thoroughly looking forward to what Highway 50 would bring. Hopefully it would be lacking our monstrous friends (the truckers often wave at us we jet past them). Day 7 would be our only […]