The ride is done but the garage is not cleaned up yet. That's my next project! Following posts are additional images from most recently finishing in Yorktown, back to final days in Missouri. Also, here are a few factoids from the trip. I may add a few more as I think of them or calculate them. I pedalled for 395 hours during 72 days of actual biking, for 4,452 miles. (Remember, I had three days off the bike.) That comes to 1.896 million pedal strokes and an average speed of 11.27 MPH. I need to count up number of pancakes eaten and report on a later post. I thouroughly enjoyed the ride, the wonderful and memorable experiences, and especially the many people I met along the way. I am very appreciative of the love, support, and prayers of family members, (especially my wife, Kathy), friends, and St. John Neumann Church "family." I am amazed at the amount of interest the trip generated. I wish the best to fellow cyclists I met and urge on those still working their way across the country, especially you, Lucas! You can do it!
That's it!
Tom
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Tom
Congratulations on a great ride. I thoroughly enjoyed your daily journal. I found myself checking the Google maps and trying to imagine the route that you would be taking or where you would stop for the night or which beer you would be drinking for the night. I am proud of you.
Good Luck on your next ride, hike or all you can eat pancake breakfast.
Mike West
Thaks, Mike! It was good to hear from you. I'm really glad you enjoyed the blog. It was fun sharing my experiences. It was a GREAT ride!!! --Tom
really enjoyed your daily journal... i saved it to my favs.. i did the trans am in 1989 at age 22... dont know how you did it... gre .. GREAT JOB!
here are some pix that may bring back some mems...
www.alongbikeride.blogspot.com
Congrats again Tom
Tom,
Thanks for blogging your ride. I enjoyed it very much. I'm planning my own ride this year and was surprised to hear how chilly it was between Oregon and Colorado in May and June.
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