Today I am thankful for Bike the US for MS. My friend Liz is the one responsible for introducing me to this wonderful organization. I rode the Bike MS: Waves to Wine ride in San Francisco in 2014 and 2015 and Liz was the organizer for this ride. A champion fighter for MS research and […]
Tomorrow I go back to work, so the #transam #nailpolish will have to go, but the memories will be with me forever. I’ve logged 2,059 miles on this trip. It’s not all the way across the US, but more than half way. My bike, Kip, has an extra 1,000 or so miles thanks to his
There are no words. Just sad. Happy, but mostly sad. Tonight, we celebrated at a karaoke bar. Well, most of us did. Ok, three of us. The rest went back to the hotel early — typical TransAm 2016 team!! It’s okay, we closed the place down and then carried Amanda back to the hotel!
Today, we rode fast. I kept up with Mike and Alex and it was strange riding through my own stomping grounds. I loved sharing these roads with my friends. Everyone loved Davis, especially Mike P. He was diggin’ the girls. Camp offered us a side trip to Berryessa Brewing for some beers and great food.
Carson Pass—- my third encounter with you. I’m sure there will be more. Today, we arrived at the Silver Lake campground. Nothing here. Dump thrones … no showers, but a nearby resort had a restaurant and gift shop. .. so, I rented a kayak for an hour and went all over the lake — then
So, it’s August 3 and the ride is over but I realized I neglected to blog the last few days…. ya know, too much time with friends and being sad about the trip ending. So here we go….. time to play catch up What I remember most about our ride to Carson City is not
Here I am in Fallon, NV. 48 miles today, which is the shortest day I’ve ever had with this group. Still a long day, it was mostly flat except for one little climb at the beginning. Our rest stop was Sand Mountain, really cool in the middle of nowhere: Sand Mountain is a Singing sand
Tonight is “FROM” or “BROM” sometimes called Fake Prom or Bike Prom, this is our night to party. The ride was short, only 61 miles which is two rest stops for us. I passed a sign a few days ago that said there were 16 mountain ranges in Nevada on the road we are traveling.
