Archive for July 2005

63.3 miles today – 344.9 total miles After our great day yesterday, we thought that 65 miles to the next camping place shouldn’t be a problem for today. Unfortunately, when cycle touring not all days are equal. We left our campsite by about 8:45 and stopped by the Higginsville Post Office to jettison some items…

67.2 miles today – 281.6 total miles Today was our first day on all roads instead of trails. Well, almost. We were on the Katy trail for just over a mile this morning before we said a final farewell and head down the road. Up to this point we had spent most of the days on…

43.5 miles – Total: 214.4 miles Today was a bit more adventuresome that than we expected. We woke up at about 6:30 ate breakfast and broke camp.  It began to drizzle as we started packing up.  We were thankful for the gazebo to do it under.  It made the job much more pleasant.  We suited…

55.1 miles – Total: 170.9 miles We woke up today to find our tent covered with ants—lots of little ants and some giant black ants. It took some time breaking camp on our first camping morning. We got going about 10:00am. We had to stop to readjust my load after a few miles to get…

Another hot day. Traveled 65.8 miles today for a total of 115.8 miles We ate breakfast at the B&B and got started at about 9:30. Beautiful Sunday morning and there were a lot of bikers out on the Katy Trail. It was fun to watch the faces of other bikers as they looked at our…