Monthly Archives: March 2013

Day 15 held a lot of promise, with a light tail breeze predicted, a day of rest on my butt, and   a flat smooth road ahead I was hoping for another big day.  There was no breeze when I … Continue reading →

Day 12 (riding day 11)  The last two nights we stayed at the Mitchel Family Camp Association.  They had their own golf course.  I didn’t have my clubs or should I say club.  It appears all I would need is … Continue reading →

Day 11, (riding day 10)  The day started out with a quadruple dip of Chocolate Mountains.  They were a bit tastier than the day before.  The breeze was lighter but still head and cross currents.  The dips made going slow … Continue reading →

Day 10 (9th day riding).  After such a good day yesterday I was looking forward to logging some more miles on the flat smooth road ahead.  What creates large waves on the water?  Strong wind.  What creates large sand dunes? … Continue reading →

Day 9 (8th day of riding) 3/9/13.  The day opened with 10 to 15 mph west cross winds as I rode from El Centro headed north toward Brawley.  Bumpy roads and cross winds made the first 14 miles a little … Continue reading →

Day 6 on the road. Wed. 3/6/13.  It’s all down hill from here.  Well not actually but for a while.  I decided to ride my Oracle 36”, it has a nice disk brake and my route was going to descend … Continue reading →

Day 4 of riding.  I continued to clime up to 4000 ft.  I wasn’t sore from the previous day but my legs felt like mush.  Then the route stole 1000 of my hard earned feet.  The up side a flat … Continue reading →

I started out about 9 miles East of Alpine CA. and proceeded to slog up hill ascending over 1100 feet to Alpine.  The  route ran on marginal roads along I 8.  I have never climbed so continuously.  After Alpine I … Continue reading →

With the KH 36 Schlumpf out of commission I switched to the Schlumpf 29 for the day.  I used to be fairly strong on the 29 when I did ride the lobster across Nova Scotia, but age and lack of … Continue reading →