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Ride Day #40 Hobart IN to North Liberty IN
They are climbing up at 0740 with a temperature of 80°. Hoping to get 50 miles in before it gets to hot. Third day in a row of some warm weather. The 1st break was at Dogwood Park in Chesterton. It looked like a nice place with plenty of shade. Alan said he hadn’t gone…
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Ride Day #39 Mokena IL to Hobart IN
They are getting ready to hit the trail at 0720 full sun, temperature is 80°. Heading toward IN today. FEW pictures today as it was all most all city driving for me. For the first 19 miles I had difficulty keeping up with them! I think I finally got around them and am sitting in…
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Ride Day #38 Elgin IL to Mokena IL
They got taken off about 0800 With a temperature of 65° and overcast. According to the spreadsheet today is a 2 day ride covering 132 miles ending in LaPorte IN. We were supposed to meet 4 miles in at a crossing leaving them 13 miles till the first break. When they got to the first…
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Ride Day #37 Raccoon Creek IL to Elgin IL
The guys are getting ready to take off at 0853, full cloud cover at 64°. First stop is 9 miles away where they were supposed to stop yesterday according to the spread sheet. After about 9 miles they made it to yesterday’s stopping spot. after a break they continued on a trail for 14 miles…
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Ride Day #36 Madison WI to Raccoon Creek IL
Today they enter their ninth state! They got on the trail at 0919 with full cloud cover and a temperature of 61° heading south to IL. They have a mix of trails & country roads today. A few breaks in there was a Lady mowing that had to stop and come to visit. she laughed…
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Ride Day #35 Reedsburg WI to Madison WI
They are off at 0804 with a temperature of 65° and cloudy. They wanted 10 miles as a warmup. They didn’t even make it out of the parking lot and I received a phone call needing supplies. The Jethro Belt didn’t get packed! That’s not all that was forgotten, the pew pew & Gardettos were…
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BACK TO THE RIDE!
We drove from Jefferson City area to Reedsburg WI today. Tomorrow they continue their ride!
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Ride Day #33 Fountain City WI to Sparta WI
Tech support showed up last night…to haul unused crap home & to see the old man. The guys took off just before 0900 at a temperature of 50° from Fountain City WI. Most of the day will be on WI Trails. Tech support got a video of them departing. After a brief stop at the…
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RIDE SUSPENDED!
Our cross-country bicycle ride has been suspend in Reedsburg WI, or about 60 miles NW of Madison. Buck’s father-in-law passed away yesterday. Today, we are returning home by car. We are praying for Buck and his family for safe travels to Louisiana and for comfort during this difficult time. The ride is expected to resume…
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May Statistics
Here are our statistics from the month of Map. We are luck only having one day where the guys did not ride at all! Only a few more days until the 2/3 of the way across the country mark gets here. Numb Buns TransAm Date From To Distance (miles) Climb (feet) Map / Ride Details…
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