We said our goodbyes to the amazing people of the National Speleological Society and hit the road once again, with no agenda other than having an amazing cross-country biking experience. AND THEN IT HAPPENED–we heard about Tour De Fat. Tour De Fat can best be described as “a bombastic bash of beer, bicycling, and, you know, like, bros being bros.” Ok, that last part was just for more B sounds. Gotta love alliteration, right? Repetitive B-sounding words aside, we knew [...]
Day by Day
We can now say we’ll remember where we were when we crossed the 1,000 mile point. Although at the time we didn’t know it. “This is our first ferry ride!” Michelle exclaimed as we took the ferry across the Green River. It goes a total of 30 feet at about 3 miles an hour (it’s still fun going across, despite how short it is), but it was our first one! I was enjoying it. What I didn’t know however, [...]
There was nothing really out of the ordinary when we contacted the Reents family in Jefferson, Colorado through warmshowers.org. We emailed them, they called back, and we set up the time and date that we could come through and stay at their house. They offered us whatever space they had, and we were grateful for anything they could provide on our stop between Fairplay and Denver. It wasn’t until we got a day from Jefferson that we learned they were [...]
Caves are dark. No, I’m serious. They’re dark. Imagine the darkest thing you’ve ever experienced (no, not Dick Cheney’s soul), and multiply that by 1,000. THAT’S how dark it is in an underground cave. We discovered this after we made some calls and headed into Mammoth Cave for the first time to interview Vicky Carson, head of PR for the Park. She was integral in helping us get some footage for our trip and helping us learn about the cave [...]
1. Your feelings toward road kill will be drastically different on bicycle than they are in a car. Instead of a sympathetic “awwwww” when you see a dead cat, deer, or groundhog (lots of groundhogs in Virginia), you will nearly gag and not say anything. You won’t say anything, of course, because you are holding your breath for as long as you can while you pass the carcass on the road. It’s even worse when you can’t see the animal, [...]