Day 45: Centralia


We woke up and one of Mary's sons was cooking up breakfast. He happily shared with us and we hung out for an hour and chatted until he left for work, and we packed up and rolled out! We had a pretty good ride heading towards Centralia, until I hit…

Day 44: New Tires!


Woke up early and walked to the post office to see if my tires shipped with the morning shipment. It didn't and they said to come back after noon. I did, and the package still didn't quite arrive. I went online and checked for a tracking number, and when I…

Day 43: State College


Woke up and the three of us went and got some mcdonalds. They charged their phones and I used the internet for a little while while we ate breakfast. They had a ride to State College ahead of them so they took off before I did to hit the road…

Day 42: I exploded my tire


Woke up this morning to my rear tire having almost no tire pressure. I inflated it and rode it with Kristine back into town where we got breakfast, I took the tube out to check for leaks, didn't find one. When I put it back together and filled it, it…

Day 41: Punxsutawney; aka the groundhog place


We had a slow start this morning. The hotel was comfortable, we did laundry and did some mapping of our route for the upcoming days. Billy left earlier in the morning because he wanted to hit the road. Kristine and I stayed behind longer at the hotel to detail our…

Day 40: Start of the real mountains


(overlap from last post) We had a good night sleep in that park in Rochester overlooking the River. Kristine woke up a bit earlier and took off to go to a coffee shop and head out. Billy and I woke up at around the same time, and we decided to…

Day 39: New route


I met up with a guy named Jerry in Columbus. He created the maps that I was using between Cincinnati and Cleveland. He invited me over for breakfast and we rode together 10 miles out of Columbus. It was a pretty uneventful ride, the trails were nice and things were…

Day 36: Columbus, OH


Leaving Cincinnati, I decided to cross the Ohio River into Indiana at the last minute with some planning help from Tom in Cincinnati. The Indiana side of the river was much more flat. In the early evening I made it to Hanover, a small town along the Ohio River. It…

Day 29: Louisville, KT


Leaving Serenity Hill bed and breakfast, I made it to Hodgenville which is Abraham Lincoln's birth town! I was planning on camping out behind a church when I realized it was going to downpour all night. I was looking around for hotels in the area, but there were none around…

Day 26: Mammoth Cave


No images yet, I need to get a new adapter for my phone before I can upload the pics, but I have them on my phone! They'll get uploaded tonight probably on this post. I made it to Richard and Stephanie's place whom I met on warmshowers from Franklin. They…