Monthly Archives: June 2015

Trip Log – Day 45 – St. Cloud, MN to Fergus Falls, MN

June 19, 2015 – Blue skies, 70 degrees Miles Today: 115 Miles to Date: 2,696 States to Date: 13 Cycling conditions were perfect today. After seven early morning miles out of St. Cloud, I was on the Lake Wobegon and … Continue reading

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Featured Response: Zachery Shiner, Touring Cyclist

I was amazed and thrilled to receive this response to my question from someone I never met.  Perhaps, I will, if I slow down or he speeds up. “When I was near Milwaukee I stayed with Shane via warmshowers, and … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 44 – Medina, MN to St. Cloud, MN

June 18, 2015 – Blue skies, 70 degrees Miles Today: 59 Miles to Date: 2,581 States to Date: 13 It’s always great when a warmshowers host can ride me out of town, and this morning Frank rode with me 35 … Continue reading

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Profile Response – Wayne Beck, Dr. Bob’s House Akron, OH

Dr. Robert Smith is one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, which began in Akron in 1935. Dr. Bob died in 1950, and his home turned over twelve times, eventually becoming a fraternity house, until a non-profit foundation purchased the house … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 43 –Minneapolis, MN to Medina, MN

June 17, 2015 – Blue skies, 70 degrees Miles Today: 30 Miles to Date: 2,522 States to Date: 13 I woke up feeling pretty good, considering the shock I gave myself yesterday. Still, I was glad to have an easy … Continue reading

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Profile Response – Missy McCormick and Bill Adams Poland, OH

Missy McCormick and Bill Adams moved to Poland, OH a few years ago. Missy is a ceramics professor at Youngstown State University. Bill is taking a respite from an eighteen-year career in insurance to be stay-at-home dad with their three-year-old … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 42 – Rochester, MN to Minneapolis, MN

June 16, 2015 – Blue skies, 70 degrees Miles Today: 96 Miles to Date: 2,492 States to Date: 13 A perfect riding day. Rochester has bike paths along the main roads, but construction obstacles prevented me from connecting to the … Continue reading

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Profile Response – Melanie and Simon Huntley, Pittsburgh, PA

Melanie and Simon Huntley moved into a 1950’s era contemporary house on a peak overlooking Pittsburgh a year ago. It’s a private space with a nice yard in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood; a great place to raise their sons, Eliot, … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 41 – Cresco IA to Rochester, MN

June 14, 2015 – Wind and rain, 65 degrees Miles Today: 61 Miles to Date: 2,396 States to Date: 13 I rode straight north on a still grey and humid morning to Minnesota. Then the country road began to wind … Continue reading

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Profile Response – Corinne Bechtel, Director of Tourism, Rivers of Steel National Heritage Site, Pittsburgh, PA

  Sometimes a person is so well suited to her job that all seems right with the world. At least, that’s how I felt meeting Corinne Bechtel, who loves all things Pittsburgh; in particular the massive Carrie Furnace, the prize … Continue reading

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