2/1/2007 - 4/30/2007
SAN DIEGO, CA TO ST. AUGUSTINE, FL
MOSTLY SOLO UNSUPPORTED
BIKE TOUR
15th Anniversary Edition
Spring 2022
My blog journalling my cross country tour was originally published on blogger. Day by day (15 years later) I republished that blog with additional content: poems, pictures, sketches, and retrospective thoughts. Here are a few of my favorites and keep scrolling for a whole table of contents.
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Preparation
12/29 Olalla 15 years ago...
12/31 Fraola Cemetery One Such Gray Beast
01/02 Olalla Day Two
01/05 Olalla I wish I could take my brother to get a haircut
01/07 Olalla I eat beef stew.
01/10 Olalla Get the T-Shirt!
01/11 Olalla What I didn't say
01/18 Olalla Cycle Touring: The Pumice Stone Approach to Travel
01/19 Olalla Juicy Fruit Flavored Soup
01/22 Manchester State Park
01/24 Olalla Down time.
01/25 Olalla YouTube!
01/28 Olalla Tomorrow
Travel Day
01/30 TAC to SAN The Train
California
01/31 San Diego
02/01 San Diego Packing List
02/01 Lake Jennings
02/02 Descanso Living her dream.
02/03 Jucumba Boulevard Road Race
02/04 Jucumba The Fence
02/05 Brawley Adventure Cycling Association and Warmshowers
02/06 Chocolate Mountains Camping in the Chocolate Mountains
02/07 Blythe Desert Mystery
Arizona
02/08 Quartzite RV's Love AZ
02/09 Aguila Mourning Dove
02/10 Surprise Joshua Tree
02/11 Surprise All The Hearts!
02/12 Glendale PIPs, PAPs, and PEPs
02/13 Mesa Write With Love
02/14 Superior Cactus and the Man
02/15 Globe Globe
02/16 Thatcher Arizona Farmland
02/17 Safford Snowy Mountains
02/18 Three Way Cotton kills, but synthetic stinks. Wool wins.
New Mexico
02/19 Lordsburg Happy Clouds
02/20 Deming Adjusting the Route
02/21 Mesilla Walmart
Texas
02/22 El Paso Old Mesilla Church
02/23 El Paso Texas Will Take Us A While
02/24 Fort Hancock Peacocks!
02/25 Van Horn Simple Color Palette
02/26 Kent Shelter
02/27 Fort Davis Cheating
02/28 Alpine Adventure
03/01 Marathon Potential Grad Student
03/02 Sanderson Touring Cyclists
03/03 Langtry uneven ground shall become level
03/04 Comstock Goats!
03/05 Del Rio Amongst the Small Curds
03/06 Del Rio Orange you glad I did this for you?
03/07 Brackettville The Introvert In Me
03/08 Jct CR 334 and 55 Flood Gauge
03/09 Leakey Memorization and Copywork
03/10 Lost Maples Meeting Oscar
03/11 Kerrville The Rain
03/12 Sisterdale Weather
03/13 Wimberley Thai Pineapple Chicken
03/14 Austin Texas
03/15 Austin Early Selfie
03/16 Austin Fast and Loose
03/17 Austin St. Patrick's Day Color
03/18 Bastrop An Arsenal
03/19 La Grange Polite
03/20 Round Top Round Top
03/21 Independence Cecropia Moth
03/22 Richards Good News. Bad News.
03/23 Coldspring Get used to good things.
03/24 Houston Pay it forward.
03/25 Houston You know the world's not safe anymore?
03/26 Dayton Burrito Day
03/27 Beaumont Gas Prices
Louisiana
03/28 Starks Digging into the Familiar
03/29 Kinder The Twelve Days of Spring
03/30 Kinder You're Welcome!
03/31 Kinder Pelican Ponderings
04/01 Kinder Compelled to Create
04/02 Kinder Mint Tea for Me
04/03 Kinder April is a heavy month for birthdays.
04/04 Kinder B&W Photo Contest
04/05 Kinder Perch
04/06 Opelousas Intense Eyeliner
04/07 Big Cane A head cold.
04/08 Big Cane Easter Tic Tac Toe
04/09 Big Cane crawfish
04/10 Big Cane a cuppa
04/11 Big Cane In other news...
04/12 Big Cane Red-eared-slider
04/13 Big Cane Coon Cartoon
04/14 SimmesporT Don't Honk!
04/15 St. Francisville Taco Truck
04/16 Easleyville Fire Tower
Mississippi
04/17 Poplarville Bunny Pretzels
04/18 Poplarville Crimson Clover
04/19 Perkinston Blackberries!
04/20 Wade Fanny Pack
Alabama
04/21 Dauphin Island Dauphin Island
Florida
04/22 Pensacola House on Stilts
04/23 Crestview Eventful in an Uneventful Kind of Way
04/24 Westville Muscovy duck
04/25 Grand Ridge To Commit
04/26 Tallahassee Mullet
04/27 Monticello More Goats
04/28 Live Oak Circus
04/29 Lake City One More Day
04/30 St. Augustine Yes, you should ask where I've been
Afterward
05/01 The End
12/29 Olalla 15 years ago...
12/31 Fraola Cemetery One Such Gray Beast
01/02 Olalla Day Two
01/05 Olalla I wish I could take my brother to get a haircut
01/07 Olalla I eat beef stew.
01/10 Olalla Get the T-Shirt!
01/11 Olalla What I didn't say
01/18 Olalla Cycle Touring: The Pumice Stone Approach to Travel
01/19 Olalla Juicy Fruit Flavored Soup
01/22 Manchester State Park
01/24 Olalla Down time.
01/25 Olalla YouTube!
01/28 Olalla Tomorrow
Travel Day
01/30 TAC to SAN The Train
California
01/31 San Diego
02/01 San Diego Packing List
02/01 Lake Jennings
02/02 Descanso Living her dream.
02/03 Jucumba Boulevard Road Race
02/04 Jucumba The Fence
02/05 Brawley Adventure Cycling Association and Warmshowers
02/06 Chocolate Mountains Camping in the Chocolate Mountains
02/07 Blythe Desert Mystery
Arizona
02/08 Quartzite RV's Love AZ
02/09 Aguila Mourning Dove
02/10 Surprise Joshua Tree
02/11 Surprise All The Hearts!
02/12 Glendale PIPs, PAPs, and PEPs
02/13 Mesa Write With Love
02/14 Superior Cactus and the Man
02/15 Globe Globe
02/16 Thatcher Arizona Farmland
02/17 Safford Snowy Mountains
02/18 Three Way Cotton kills, but synthetic stinks. Wool wins.
New Mexico
02/19 Lordsburg Happy Clouds
02/20 Deming Adjusting the Route
02/21 Mesilla Walmart
Texas
02/22 El Paso Old Mesilla Church
02/23 El Paso Texas Will Take Us A While
02/24 Fort Hancock Peacocks!
02/25 Van Horn Simple Color Palette
02/26 Kent Shelter
02/27 Fort Davis Cheating
02/28 Alpine Adventure
03/01 Marathon Potential Grad Student
03/02 Sanderson Touring Cyclists
03/03 Langtry uneven ground shall become level
03/04 Comstock Goats!
03/05 Del Rio Amongst the Small Curds
03/06 Del Rio Orange you glad I did this for you?
03/07 Brackettville The Introvert In Me
03/08 Jct CR 334 and 55 Flood Gauge
03/09 Leakey Memorization and Copywork
03/10 Lost Maples Meeting Oscar
03/11 Kerrville The Rain
03/12 Sisterdale Weather
03/13 Wimberley Thai Pineapple Chicken
03/14 Austin Texas
03/15 Austin Early Selfie
03/16 Austin Fast and Loose
03/17 Austin St. Patrick's Day Color
03/18 Bastrop An Arsenal
03/19 La Grange Polite
03/20 Round Top Round Top
03/21 Independence Cecropia Moth
03/22 Richards Good News. Bad News.
03/23 Coldspring Get used to good things.
03/24 Houston Pay it forward.
03/25 Houston You know the world's not safe anymore?
03/26 Dayton Burrito Day
03/27 Beaumont Gas Prices
Louisiana
03/28 Starks Digging into the Familiar
03/29 Kinder The Twelve Days of Spring
03/30 Kinder You're Welcome!
03/31 Kinder Pelican Ponderings
04/01 Kinder Compelled to Create
04/02 Kinder Mint Tea for Me
04/03 Kinder April is a heavy month for birthdays.
04/04 Kinder B&W Photo Contest
04/05 Kinder Perch
04/06 Opelousas Intense Eyeliner
04/07 Big Cane A head cold.
04/08 Big Cane Easter Tic Tac Toe
04/09 Big Cane crawfish
04/10 Big Cane a cuppa
04/11 Big Cane In other news...
04/12 Big Cane Red-eared-slider
04/13 Big Cane Coon Cartoon
04/14 SimmesporT Don't Honk!
04/15 St. Francisville Taco Truck
04/16 Easleyville Fire Tower
Mississippi
04/17 Poplarville Bunny Pretzels
04/18 Poplarville Crimson Clover
04/19 Perkinston Blackberries!
04/20 Wade Fanny Pack
Alabama
04/21 Dauphin Island Dauphin Island
Florida
04/22 Pensacola House on Stilts
04/23 Crestview Eventful in an Uneventful Kind of Way
04/24 Westville Muscovy duck
04/25 Grand Ridge To Commit
04/26 Tallahassee Mullet
04/27 Monticello More Goats
04/28 Live Oak Circus
04/29 Lake City One More Day
04/30 St. Augustine Yes, you should ask where I've been
Afterward
05/01 The End
