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WashingtonApril 21: Training ride up Grand Coulee ends with bent wheelMay 7: The plan.. the plan..May 13: Send-off Party/Mother's DayVirginia May 19: Virginia Beach - Bicycles, planes, and automobilesMay 20: Yes Virginia! There really is a bike trip.May 21: Colonial day, stormy nightMay 22: The Civil War rememberedMay 23: Lost on TransAm Map #12, Section 146May 24: The ups and downs of bike touring: bonking into CharlottesvilleMay 25: Lay-over day in CharlottesvilleMay 26: Granny gears to the Cookie LadyMay 27: Blue Ridge Parkway.......enough hills, already!!May 28: More rolling through southern Appalachia May 29: Taking an easy dayMay 30: Free camping again.May 31: Off route for a "hot share".June 1: Rained off the route.June 2: Back on the TransAm route, climbing resumesJune 3: Last night in VirginiaKentucky June 4: At the mercy of the weather in Elkhorn CityJune 5: Escape from Elkhorn CityJune 6: Taking the Hazardous routeJune 7: Beginning to leave the hills and rain behind...for nowJune 8: Sweet day of riding. We get a brake...and send it back.June 9: An easy day in Kentucky Blue Grass countryJune 10: Roller coaster riding through Kentucky's pioneer historyJune 11: Land of Lincoln's childhoodJune 12: From market to market to get out of the heatJune 13: More of the same only hotterJune 14: Last day in KentuckyIllinois June 15: Across the Ohio River to Illinois June 16: Staying alive at 95 (degrees) June 17: Into Carbondale June 18: The Incredible Lightness of BikingMissouri June 19: West of the Mississippi June 20: Taking on the Ozarks June 21: More Ozarks June 22: Waiting for the mail June 23: Back on the road and still in the Ozarks June 24: Last day in MissouriKansas June 25: We wobble into Kansas June 26: Hubs and spokesJune 27: Eureka! It is found!June 28: Tailwinds and tent campingJune 29: Random acts of friendlinessJune 30: Out WestJuly 1: "Straight as a string"July 2: Family connections in Scott CityJuly 3: Last day in KansasColorado July 4: Independence Day July 5: Where the deer and the antelope play July 6: Objects in view may be farther than they appear July 7: High plains drifters July 8: Climbing into the Rockies July 9: Rocky Mountain HigherJuly 10: Rocky Mountain HighestJuly 11: Back to the High PlainsJuly 12: Last day in ColoradoWyoming July 13: Wide open Wyoming July 14: Crawlin to Rawlins July 15: Riders in the storm July 16: Headwinds and road rash July 17: Through the Wind River Reservation July 18: More of the Winds July 19: Up and over to the Grand Tetons July 20: National Park SyndromeJuly 21: We enjoy our last day in WyomingMontana July 22: Big Sky CountryJuly 23: Virginia City to the Beaverhead ValleyJuly 24: Double passing and a Wise choiceJuly 25: Montana's historic trailsJuly 26: The home of Adventure CyclingJuly 27: Odds and ends on a layover day in MissoulaJuly 28: To Lolo Hot SpringsIdaho July 29: A whole lotta Lochsa July 30: Rainy day along the Clearwater RiverJuly 31: Blue skies, White Bird, Salmon RiverAugust 1: More mountainous IdahoOregonAugust 2: Bound for Oregon August 3: Westward Ho!August 4: Thunderstorms over the Blue MountainsAugust 5: Downhill cruise to DayvilleAugust 6: Taking it easy to Mitchell August 7: More history in Prineville August 8: A peak at what's aheadAugust 9: Over the Cascades August 10: Almost there! August 11: "Great joy in camp..."Washington August 13: Home again November 9: EpilogueJune 2015: Postscript
