Category: Cycling

7/9/15: 78 miles, Goreville, Ill., to Chester, Ill. Woof. We got pounded by rain overnight. I ended up cooking dinner under my rainfly and eating dinner in my tent. After what was a wet night, we slowly packed up camp and made the long, steep climb out of the campsite. Rain beckoned once again, making the […]

7/8/15: 63 miles, Cave-in-Rock, Ill., to Goreville, Ill. After we cleared out of the cabin, I loaded our wet crap into the car and our bikes on the back. Of course, the rear windshield was fogged up, and I gently backed into a small tree (really?! really). That’s what I get for not driving a car in […]

7/7/15: Cave-in-Rock, Ill. Rest day. We got a cabin at Rim Rock’s Dogwood Cabins, a few miles up the road from Cave-in-Rock. John and I threw our bikes on the car and drove up there. God, we stank. Rim Rock’s was a pretty laid back place, owned by an older couple and dogs were allowed. […]

7/6/15: 60 miles, Sebree, Ky., to Cave-in-Rock, Ill. Even though we slept in once of the nicest accommodations of the trip so far, I didn’t sleep much. You know how they say one side of the brain stays awake when you’re sleeping in an unfamiliar place? It’s supposedly a vestigial trait from the caveman days […]

7/5/15: 36 miles, Owensboro, Ky., to Sebree, Ky. Short day. After waking up a bit groggy from drinking a case of Sierra Nevadas with John and Bryan, I slowly extracted myself from my tent and went over to jostle John from the garage. “Do you remember last night when Bryan said he was going to make […]