It was serendipitous to have a rest day after the awful wind that shortened rides for six of us the day before. Today, we had a choice,...

Denise again - Alan has texted briefly over the last few days but the riding has been very challenging and sleep has been a priority over...

Here's a few photos and videos that Alan has to share. Some of the photos have been shared with him. Here are three videos. The first is...

Today's ride was from Salome to Wickenburg, which calls itself "The Dude Ranch Capitol of the World." The downtown architecture...

Denise's comments: So the riders crossed into Arizona on day 5. An 80 mile day. They camped at the Salome KOA Campground and pitched...

This is Denise again. Alan has been able to get out a few texts but the desert has not been welcoming to wi-fi. Day 4 was a rough one. ...

The goal is to wear my DMACC jersey in every state. Palm trees are a good background for California! You can see how strong the wind is.

Day Three: Ocotillo to Calexico. 35.9 miles with supposedly only 375 feet of climb. We actually rode more because we took a brief tour...

Day 2 Stats

Hi all! This is Denise, posting for Alan tonight as he does not have wifi at tonight's campsite. I got back to Des Moines this evening...

Breakfast with part of the group.

Today, a group of us took a test ride.. Mark from Georgia, Charlie from Ohio and Tom from New York State. They're just part of the group...

We've been in Ocean Beach (San Diego) the last few days in anticipation of me starting the ride after dipping my rear wheel in the...

We just spent our first of five nights at the hostel in Ocean Beach, one block from the beach. Not the typical kind of place we stay at...

Ready to hit the road with my stuff for two months.

A Kanban Board is a method of tracking workflow and can be done with sticky notes. I don't think I would be packed and ready to go...

I don’t have a lot of hair on my head, but I do have some. In college, I had a ponytail, but I can’t pull that off now. As an adult,...

Commuting to DMACC is great carrying your clothes on your bike until you forget your underwear! Spending the day commando was never fun!...

We leave March 1 for San Diego, the West Coast end of the trip. Denise is going to see me off. She's nice like that.

Adventure Cycling has determined the route and provided both paper and electronic maps. I downloaded the route maps to my bike computer,...

I will be camping for 48 of 58 nights and some campsites will be primitive, with varying degrees of electricity and wi-fi available. ...

It is getting down to the wire. I can only take two 25-pound bags for all of my camping and personal gear. We did preliminary packing...

My life is currently entangled with my Kickr trainer and it is kicking my butt, but I can feel my physical improvement so it is OK. My...