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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 →

  For the first day I took it very easy.  Average temp was 85 degrees and Sunny.  The ride started out with 4 miles of  bike path.  I passed a couple of bikers, then on to the streets.  My GPS … Continue reading →

The intention was to drive far enough South so that it would be warm enough to ride my uni each day along the way to San Diego.  We turned right at Memphis and drove route 40.  Every town with a … Continue reading →