Blog This Bikepacking Ride Is All About M.E. In remembrance of my sister Gina and awareness-raising for COVID long-haulers I’ve poured some pretty ...Read More Zooming with Bike Travel YouTuber Ryan Van Duzer about the Great Divide Route Ryan just finished his own adventure on the Great Divide and answered all my questions ...Read More Bikepacking Colorado: Ramble Ride to the Great Divide Upcoming bike tour: 10 days of Colorado bikepacking in early September Wow. So much has ...Read More What’s Next? Bike Tour Goals for 2020 and Beyond It’s been exactly four months since my TransAmerica ...Read More Yes, He’s Mad. Paul Spencer Will Pedal Around the World (Including Oceans!) Meet the athlete that will pedal-power himself across land and sea to set a world ...Read More News and Interviews! I’ve been featured in some fun articles lately Can’t get enough of me on this ...Read More New Video! Watch My Ride in Under Three Mintues I’m proud to present my official recap video! This took a few weeks of organizing ...Read More What Actually DID Go Wrong The 7 worst things that happened to me during my cross-country bike tour There’s a ...Read More 10 MORE Warm Encounters on Warmshowers Meet the superstar hosts I stayed with along the TransAmerica Bicycle Route Free hospitality exchange ...Read More 12 Symptoms of Bike Tour Withdrawal I’ve diagnosed myself with a case of the post-tour blues Seasoned cyclists warned me it ...Read More 9 Books to Read on a Cross-America Bike Tour Books that fueled and enlightened my solo bike tour through Deep America Books move me ...Read More My Cross-America Bicycle Tour in Numbers 58 data points from my summer-long bike tour on the TransAmerica Route People often ask ...Read More Yorktown, Virginia: The Endpoint of My TransAmerica Bicycle Route I reached Yorktown, VA and celebrated my completion of a cross-country bicycle tour. Cheers to ...Read More Damascus, Virginia: The Friendliest Town on the Appalachian Trail (and the TransAmerica) I took a day off in Damascus, Virginia (a.k.a. Trail Town, USA) to sample the ...Read More Berea, Kentucky: Artisan Workshops, a Tuition-free College, and Fudge Why artsy craftsy Berea is where to rest and explore in central Kentucky I've been ...Read More Southern Illinois: Five Little Surprises in Just Two Days In just 48 hours in Illinois, I was surprised in both good and bad ways ...Read More Farmington, Missouri: A Historical Jailhouse Opens its Doors to Weary Cyclists For a good night’s sleep, I went directly to jail at Al’s Place I didn’t ...Read More Kansas: Finding a Daily Oasis in the Windblown Desert of Grass Kansas is tough for cyclists. I got through it by looking for little redemptions. I'm ...Read More Brighten Your Bike Tour Impact How to maximize the positive impacts of bicycle tourism Bicycle tourism is a win for ...Read More Denver, Colorado: The Perks of Taking a Halfway Hiatus I took a three-day break from the route in my hometown of Denver, Colorado. Here's ...Read More Wyoming: High Winds, Church Camping, and Trail Angels How cycle touring through wide-open Wyoming had its spiritual moments I'm not a big church-goer, ...Read More Help Me Pedal My Way to $1K for Children’s Hospital Colorado I'm Raising Money for the GDSF Dare to Ride Team at the Courage Classic Today ...Read More Missoula, Montana: 4 Reasons to Stop at the ACA Headquarters Don't Miss the Adventure Cycling Association HQ to Learn How It All Began Missoula, Montana ...Read More Northern Idaho: Hot Springs Hopping and Hill Climbing Five Hot Springs to Treat Yourself to on the TransAmerica Bicycle Route Idaho is a ...Read More Mitchell, Oregon: Home of the Hostel Made for Bike Tourists Why Cyclists on the TransAmerica Route MUST Stay at Spoke'n Hostel Mitchell, Oregon isn't home ...Read More Eugene, Oregon: Where My Panniers Got Stolen from a Backyard On day five of this three-month bike tour, I got robbed. And treated with great ...Read More Astoria, Oregon: Here It Begins Hello from DAY 1 of my cross-America bike tour. The starting point for the TransAmerica ...Read More Meet Blucifer, My Bike Four facts about the bicycle that will get me from coast to coast Most people ...Read More What’s In My Panniers? The Gear A complete list of gear and supplies I’m packing After laying out all the clothing ...Read More What’s In My Panniers? The Clothing A complete list of the clothing I’m packing Am I doing this right? This is ...Read More Am I Supposed to be Training for This? How I’m both ready and not ready for a Cross-America Bike Ride On June 15, ...Read More 3 Warm Exchanges from Warmshowers Meet the hospitality network for bike travelers only Remember CouchSurfing? I do. It was a ...Read More 5 Books that Brought Me to a Cross-America Bike Tour Recent Reads that Inspired Solo Travel into Deep America I love books. Reading is my ...Read More What Could Possibly Go Wrong? The 12 worst things that could happen on a solo cross-America bike tour “Wow, that ...Read More Yes, I’m Doing This Alone Why I’m not too worried about going solo When I pitch my cross-America bike tour ...Read More What Is The TransAmerica Bicycle Trail? Facts and FAQ about my route I hatched the idea to ride my bicycle across ...Read More