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You're not going to believe this one. Starting on March 12th, I rode my bicycle across the country from San Diego to St. Augustine. Ocean to ocean. Pacific to Atlantic. 3055 miles. Took 48 days. I arrived in St. Augustine on the 28th of April. Had a ball. It was fun. It was hard. I saw snow, torrential rain and 103 degree weather. I lost 39 lbs. which was one of my goals. A few of my favorite pictures along the way.

I was thinking that is one ambitious road trip by car. Then I saw the bicycle.......you are Superman!

Good job; and an interesting diet plan. Thanks for the pics.
BTW, have you decided yet if you'll pedal back? That would bring your diet plan/weight loss close to 90 lbs.

RetiredSeabee wrote:I was thinking that is one ambitious road trip by car. Then I saw the bicycle.......you are Superman!

Far from it. I am 66 years old. It was a "killer" starting out. As I got stronger, I pedaled farther each day. I am in pretty good shape right now.

PT7 wrote:Good job; and an interesting diet plan. Thanks for the pics.
BTW, have you decided yet if you'll pedal back? That would bring your diet plan/weight loss close to 90 lbs.

Heck no, I shipped me and the bike home. It's funny that you should say diet plan. When asked, I told people I was on the Jenny Craig alternate diet plan. Pictures, I took over 800. After all, this was a one time deal.

my respects .... that's something I couldn't do

JEBar wrote:my respects .... that's something I couldn't do

Thank you. I hope this is not coming off as a "look at me!" Instead it was a "my god what fun" trip.

while camped for a couple of weeks while in Texas in February with Bob Gacke Jr .... he had a similar motivation to make a (one time) ride across the country .... his path was from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border .... being a cowboy, he rode a horse .... we read his book, Ride Across America: The Ride of My Life which is available from Amazon === https://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=dp_byline_s ... s=books-ca === he's a great guy, we thoroughly enjoyed getting to know him

Hope you made it to see the Ice House in St. Augustine. The Vodka they make there and the ice is well worth the trip.

Bugs wrote:Hope you made it to see the Ice House in St. Augustine. The Vodka they make there and the ice is well worth the trip.

Yes and no. I took the tour bus tour. Saw the outside of the building. Let's see, it is by the chocolate factory and the police station.

Estacado wrote:

Bugs wrote:Hope you made it to see the Ice House in St. Augustine. The Vodka they make there and the ice is well worth the trip.

Yes and no. I took the tour bus tour. Saw the outside of the building. Let's see, it is by the chocolate factory and the police station.

Too bad all the good stuff is inside the building.

Hats off to you. Great trip.

Estacado,

Congratulations! I certainly didn't take it as look at me. I appreciate you sharing and you have my greatest respect for what you have done.

Nice Surly Long Haul Trucker and Brooks saddle. Is that the disc brake version, can't tell from the photo. I love Brooks saddles and have them on several of my bikes. I currently have a Surly 1X1 fully rigid that I use for mountain bike racing. Haven't done any of that lately. I had a Cross-Check for a while. I loved both of them. Cracked the frame on the Cross-Check unfortunately. I have done a lot of cycling and racing, but never touring. That would be spectacular. My wife did a tour with a group of her women friends thru Maryland and Pennsylvania and another trip with her company thru Iowa.

A few years ago I purchased my step daughter a Surly Long Haul Trucker when she started a PhD program at Northwestern University. She has now just finished and her graduation ceremony is in a couple of weeks. She has never owned a car, always using a bike for transportation.

Please share more of your pictures. I think I can speak for most or everyone here that we would love to see more!

I knew I guy in college, his name was rick, and he had done the same thing in the mid 70's.

He did it by himself, kind of a self cleansing or healing thing in his case, I think

Amazing though and beautiful picks.............

DAVIDF: Yes, the bike is a Surly Disc Trucker. You will appreciate disc brakes when on a long descent like In-Ko-Pa pass in California. I never pedaled for over eight miles!

Henry88: I did the trip by myself. I would camp out for or five days then get a motel to clean up.

Good posts and pictures! Thank you for sharing.

Cate

Awesome photos, thanks so much for posting them.

I have disc brakes on my mountain bike and one of my commuters. Yes, they are great on descents and in dirty conditions.

I miss the bluebonnets. I haven't seen them since 91!

Great photos, please keep posting more!

DAVIDF, I have lots of pictures. I took over 800! I wanted to be sure I captured the trip. I did not want to return home and say "I should have taken a picture of that".