Trip details
We left Minneapolis on Saturday, June 18th, 2005 and flew to San Francisco. We departed San Francisco on our bikes on Monday morning, June 20th, 2005, heading for Yorktown, VA. Our tentative plan was to reach the Chesapeake Bay in approximately sixty some days arriving around August 20th, but we reached our goal in only 48 days. To accomplish this 3784 mile feat, we planned on biking an average of sixty miles per day, but ended up averaging nearly 80 miles per day instead. We followed what is called the TransAmerican/Western Express bike trail, which runs almost directly across the center of the United States from west to east. Our journey took us through California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, and, finally, Virginia.
We kept a journal of our trip online as we travelled across the country that you can read online.
June | ||
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Date | Start | Finish |
20 | San Francisco, CA | Davis, CA |
21 | Davis, CA | Pollaek Pines, CA |
22 | Pollaek Pines, CA | Kirkwood, CA |
23 | Kirkwood, CA | Carson City, NV |
24 | Carson City, NV | Fallon, NV |
25 | Fallon, NV | Middlegate, NV |
26 | Middlegate, NV | Austin, NV |
27 | Austin,NV | Eureka, NV |
28 | Eureka, NV | Ely, NV |
29 | Ely, NV | Baker, NV |
30 | Baker, NV | Milford, UT |
July | ||
Date | Start | Finish |
1 | Milford, UT | Cedar City, UT |
2 | Cedar City, UT | Panguitch, UT |
3 | Panguitch, UT | Escalante, UT |
4 | Escalante, UT | Torrey, UT |
5 | Torrey, UT | Hanksville, UT |
6 | Hanksville, UT | CAMPING OUT NIGHT |
7 | TBD | Blanding, UT |
8 | Blanding, UT | Dove Creek, CO |
9 | Dove Creek, CO | Rico, CO |
10-11 | Rico, CO | Telluride, CO |
12 | Cimarron,CO | Sargents, CO |
13 | Sargents, CO | Howard, CO |
14 | Howard, CO | Pueblo, CO |
15 | Pueblo, CO | Sugar City, CO |
16 | Sugar City, CO | Eads, CO |
17 | Eads, CO | Tribune, KS |
18 | Tribune, KS | DIghton, KS |
19 | Dighton, KS | La Crosse, KS |
20 | La Crosse, KS | Sterling, KS |
21 | Sterling, KS | Newton, KS |
22 | Newton, KS | Eureka, KS |
23 | Eureka, KS | Chanute, KS |
24 | Chanute, KS | Girard, KS |
25 | Girard, KS | Everton, MO |
26 | Everton, MO | Marshfield, MO |
27 | Marshfield, MO | Houston, MO |
28 | Houston, MO | Ellingtion, MO |
29 | Ellington, MO | Farmington, MO |
30 | Farmington, MO | Murphysboro, IL |
31 | Murphysboro, IL | Golconda, IL |
August | ||
Date | Start | Finish |
1 | Golconda, IL | Marion, KY |
2 | Marion, KY | Owensboro, KY |
3 | Owensboro, KY | Falls of Rough, KY |
4 | Falls of Rough, KY | New Haven, KY |
5 | New Haven, KY | Danville, KY |
6 | Danville, KY | Booneville, KY |
7 | Booneville, KY | Hindman, KY |
8 | Hindman, KY | Elkhorn City, KY |
9 | Elkhorn, KY | Rosedale, VA |
10 | Rosedale, VA | Wytheville, VA |
11 | Wytheville, VA | Blacksburg, VA |
12 | Blacksburg, VA | Buchman, VA |
13 | Buchman, VA | Waynesboro, VA |
14 | Waynesboro, VA | Louisa, VA |
15 | Louisa, VA | Richmond, VA |
16 | Richmond, VA | Yorktown, VA |