Category Archives: Bicycle Trip Log

Trip Log – Day 292 – Piedmont AL to Anniston AL

August 23, 2016 – Partly cloudy, 80 degrees Miles Today: 29 Miles to Date: 14,970 States to Date: 41 Cycling through Piedmont, a town that has seen better days, reminds me of something a guy in Atlanta said. “The Civil … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 291 – Marietta GA to Piedmont AL

August 22, 2016 – Partly cloudy, 80 degrees Miles Today: 78 Miles to Date: 14,941 States to Date: 41  My host, Ali, and I went to mile zero of the Silver Comet Trail, the biggest bicycle trailhead I’ve seen. Even … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 290 – Atlanta GA to Marietta GA

August 21, 2016 – Partly cloudy, 80 degrees Miles Today: 28 Miles to Date: 14,863 States to Date: 41  I woke late to overcast skies and coasted down five flights of parking ramp from my host’s apartment to the streets … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 289 – Decatur GA to Atlanta GA

August 20, 2016 – Sunny, 85 degrees Miles Today: 18 Miles to Date: 14,835 States to Date: 41 My warmshowers hosts, Laura and Mike, rode me to the Carter Center to kick off my day of Atlanta sightseeing. The Jimmy … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 288 – Athens GA to Decatur GA

August 19, 2016 – Sunny, 85 degrees Miles Today: 67 Miles to Date: 14,817 States to Date: 41  Truth in blogging: I am getting too old to drink beer at local bars with Millenial’s and then pedal hard the next … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 287 – Augusta GA to Athens GA

August 18, 2016 – Sunny, 95 degrees Miles Today: 97 Miles to Date: 14,750 States to Date: 41 Some long riding days are so satisfying. Get up early and on the road before the heat sets in, stay focused on … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 285 – Walterboro SC to New Ellenton SC

August 16, 2016 – Sunny, 95 degrees Miles Today: 83 Miles to Date: 14,623 States to Date: 40 A great day of cycling out of the Low Country and into the gentle hills of upland Carolina. The pines got taller … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 284 – Charleston SC to Walterboro SC

August 15, 2016 – Sunny, 95 degrees Miles Today: 51 Miles to Date: 14,541 States to Date: 40 Monday morning! First day of school! Traffic galore heading east into Charleston! But I am pedaling the other direction, turning the fourth … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 283 – Charleston SC

August 14, 2016 – Sunny, 95 degrees Miles Today: 25 Miles to Date: 14,490 States to Date: 40 My rotogravure of an elegant city of the South that endures revolution and civil war, earthquake and hurricane, flood and famine, mass … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 282 – Summerville SC to Charleston SC

August 13, 2016 – Sunny, 95 degrees Miles Today: 36 Miles to Date: 14,465 States to Date: 40 Nine months ago I spent a night in the original Sun City, AZ, the first US community exclusively for people over age … Continue reading

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