25May
Transamerican bikerace
In june 2017 Laura & Patrick will try to cycle the Transamerican bikerace (6920 km) in less than a month. more info https://transambikerace.com/ The satellite tracking information is available http://...
30May
Transamerican bikerace
Laura is on her way to Portland.
1Jun
Transamerican bikerace
Laura is in Portland. Patrick is on his way. https://transambikerace.com/ The satellite tracking information is available http://trackleaders.com/transam17i.php?name=Laura___Patrick_Gara
2Jun
Jun, 2
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3Jun
Monmouth 270 km
Day #1 took us from Astoria to Monmouth 270 km, a little bit of climbing, nature and learning to cycle in 2. (And A LOT of food.)
4Jun
Sisters 248 km
Day #2 took us from Monmouth to Sisters. 248 km that started with unexciting flats with beautiful trees and finished off on a 1637m High* with extraordinary, freezing views (a.k.a. McKenzie Pass) and ...
5Jun
Dayville 209 km
Day #3 took us 209 km from Sisters to Dayville. The nastiest saddle sore in the history of universe, a bike shop visit in Redmond, first summer heat, couple climbs and scenic downhills of Ochoco hwy a...
6Jun
Richland 248 km
Day #4 took us 248 km from a cute Church "hostel" where all trans am bikers are welcome to Richland where the owner of Hitching Post shop n motel remembers the first ever Transam in 1976! A few miles ...
7Jun
Death Canyon close to Lucile 268 km
Day #5 took us 268 km from Richland, OR to Death Canyon close to Lucile, ID! Thats right, we said "Goodbye, Oregon!" after a quick climb in the morning, we had clocked in our first 1000km and soon it ...
8Jun
Lochsa River 239 km
Day #6 made us work really hard to keep up with the 239 km from Steelhead Inn by Salmon river to Lochsa Lodge by Lochsa river. The start of the day with a scenic old highway, White Bird peak with coun...
9Jun
Rocky Knob by Sula, Montana 181 km
Day #7 took us some 181 km according to our GPS from Lochsa, Idaho to Rocky Knob by Sula, Montana. The shortest covered distance so far, we blame the tirednes of riding in rain most of the night befor...
10Jun
Sheridan 239 km
Day #8 took us from Rocky Knob by Sula, some 239 km windy way away to Sheridan. We Climbed our first Continental Divide pass with some rain and felt the snow on our cheeks at the top. Montana s a chil...
11Jun
Old Faithful in Yelowstone National Park 220 km
Day #9 took us 220km, all the way from Sheridan, Montana to Old Faithful in Yelowstone National Park, Wyoming. Yes! Yet another state ticked off on our list. Since we were still in Montana, the mornin...
12Jun
Hatchet before Togwotee pass 126 km
Day #10 was a short day of cycling for us just 126km from Old Faithful in Yellowstone to Hatchet before Togwotee pass. We woke up in Yellowstone and it was sunny, climbed a couple hills and kept our e...
13Jun
Lander 196 km
Day #11 took us some 196km from the Hatchet lodge up and over the stormy mountains past Wind River and super windy Wyoming plains to Lander. Snow or no snow, rain or no rain,we were climbing that Togw...
14Jun
Saratoga 271 km
Day #12 took us some 271 km from Lander to Saratoga, WY. A day of winds dry air, nosebleeds and summer heat. You could say we are cross-winding across 'Merica... The winds so strong they blow you off ...
15Jun
Hot Sulphur Springs 206 km
Day #13 took us some 206 km from Saratoga, Wyoming to Hot Sulphur Springs,Colorado. We started the day with a hearty brekky in Saratoga, met David again, a racer we ve been seeing almost every day sin...
16Jun
Fairplay 156 km
Day #14 took us some 156 km from Hot Sulphur Springs to Fairplay. We started the day with a beautiful finish of a downhill we started the night before through rocky Rockies, got to Kremmling and slowl...
17Jun
Ordway 283 km
Day #15 took us some 283 km from Fairplay to Ordway, Colorado via Canon City Bikeshop Probably our earliest start to date we started cycling before 5 a.m, with Unicorn now having some 5 gears to take...
18Jun
Scott City 272 km
Day #16 took us some 272 km from Ordway, Colorado to Scott City, Kansas. The longest patience and caracter building stretch of flat, traight as, broad cross-windy horizons. It felt like a loong loong ...
19Jun
Sterling 277 km
Day #17 took us some 277 km from Scott City to Sterling. Cruising the hot hot fields of Kansas. Laura was testing her capabilities of keeping a steady, constant pace cycling for more than 5 miles and ...
20Jun
Eureka 219 km
Day #18 took us some 219 km from Sterling to Eureka via Newton Bike shop! And oasis in the grass desert, indeed! We arrived on a hot hot afternoon and were invited in, instantly welcomed with cool air...
21Jun
Ash Grove 302 km
Day #19 took us some 302 km from Eureka!, Kansas to Ash Grove, Missouri. The day started good and we clocked in some good miles early on, rolling hills slowly started to occupy our pace and energy, bu...
22Jun
Houston 180 km
Day #20 took us some 180 km from Ash Grove to Houston, Missouri via A&B bike shop in Springfield. We woke up in Ash Grove bike hostel where we'd rolled in way past midnight with a broken Unicorn. We a...
23Jun
Pilot Knob 178 km
Day #21 took us some 178 km from Houston to Pilot Knob, Missouri. The day that we can only describe as meeting the Ozark and friends. The super lush, humid, narrow steep road taught us a lesson or two...
24Jun
Elizabethtown 289 km
Day #22 took us some 289 km from Pilot Knob, Missouri to Elizabethtown, Illinois. A long day of biking as we set off before sunrise to cash in some miles we were not able to cover the day before. We a...
25Jun
Falls of Rough 223 km
Day #23 took us some 223 km (give or take a dozen..) from Elizabethstown, Illinois to Falls of Rough, Kentucky. We woke up in the morning and biked the remaining few miles in Illionois to the infamous...
26Jun
Berea 301 km
Day #24 of Tabr2017 and it took us some 300 km from Falls of Rough to Berea, Kentucky We woke up early, the morning was still a little crisp but we could tell it was going to be one hell of a hot hot ...
27Jun
Bypro post office 224 km
Day #25 took us some 224 km from Berea to Bypro post office. After a hearty breakfast our sleepy heads were finally on the road. We didnt sleep too much the night before and nor will we the next few n...
28Jun
Baptist Church w/ cyclist hostel 233 km
Day #26 took us some 233 km from Bypro,Kentucky to a Baptist Church w/ cyclist hostel, Troutdale Virginia. We woke up having overslept a little, but managed to not disturb the daily proceedings of a p...
29Jun
Lexington 293 km
Day #27 took us some 290 km from Troutdale to Lexington, Virginia. The day started with cute backcountry rollers and mountains already in our vision. From byways to highways and past Christiansburg to...
30Jun
Mineral 220 km
Day #28 and some.. Took us from Lexington to Mineral some 220km away (more or less), where we had a couple hour rest @ the local, wonderuful post office and continued our way the remaining 225km (or s...
1Jul
Jul, 1
THANK YOU LAURA !
