Sunday, September 16, 2007

Final Trip Log up to September 15th!

Day 1 (7/2): 29.5 miles, Davis to Lake Berryessa
Day 2: 49 miles, Berryessa to Jim Town, CA
Day 3: 45.6 miles, to Indian Creek Campground (in Redwoods near Boonville)
Day 4: 44 miles, to Mackerricher Beach State Park just past Fort Bragg
Day 5: REST DAY!!!
Day 6: 55 miles, to Richardson Grove State Park
Day 7: 63 miles, to Fortuna RV camp
Day 8: 43 miles, to Clam Beach County Park
Day 9: 63 miles, to Crescent City (Orman Guest Ranch and Stables)
Day 10: 33 miles, to Brooking, Oregon Harris Beach State Park (WE REACHED OREGON!!!)
Day 11: 50 miles, to Humbug Mt. State Park
Day 12: 70 miles, to 8 miles north of North Bend
Day 13: 35 miles, to Honeyman State Park (near Florence)
Day 14: REST Day!!!
Day 15: 60 miles, to Junction City
Day 16: 15 miles, to Eugene Whitaker Hostel
Day 17: 55 miles, to Delta CAmpground USFS, 4 miles past Blue River
Day 18: 55 miles, to Indian Creek Campground, 6 miles before Sisters
Day 19: 81 miles!, to Ochoco Divide Campground
Day 20: 56 miles, to Dayville Presbyterean Church
Day 21: 53 miles, to Dixie Pass Campground
Day 22: 60 miles, to Oregon Trails RV Park in Baker City, OR
Day 23: REST DAY!!!, sadly, last day Rachel is with us.
Day 24: 84 miles, to Brownlee Dam, ID (WE REACHED IDAHO!!!)
Day 25: 78 miles, to New Meadows
Day 26: 64 miles, to Whitebird Swiftwater RV park
Day 27: 69 miles, to Lowell
Day 28: 68 miles, to Powell Campground
Day 29: 60 miles, to Missoula, Montana (WE REACHED MONTANA!!!)
DAY 30: REST DAY!!!
Day 31: 83 miles, to Sula Spring Gulch in the Bitteroot Valley
Day 32: 72 miles, to Big Hole Pass, camped at the Carrol Ranch info station
Day 33: 85 miles, to Alder, secretive free camping spot, so called KOA #"41"
Day 34: 54 miles, to South Madison BLM Rec Area campground
Day 35: 64 miles, to Yellowstone Madison Campground (WE REACHED WYOMING!!!)
Day 36: 76 miles, to Colter Bay campground in Grand Teton National Park
Day 37: REST DAY!!!
Day 38: 69 miles, to Dubois Longhorn RV site (Dena joined us!)
Day 39: 72 miles, to Lander
Day 40: 80 miles, to Mud Flats (we reached 2,000 mile point for our trip !!!)
Day 41: 86 miles, to Saratoga (our highest mileage day for the trip!!!)
Day 42: 70 miles, to Walden (WE REACHED COLORADO!!!)
Day 43: 76 miles, to Grand Lake (10 feet from boundary of Rocky Mountain NP)
Day 44: 86 miles, to Boulder (we biked the highest road in the US,--12,183 feet!!!)
Day 45: REST DAY (staying with Sarah's friend Kirsten and Evan)
Day 46: 81 miles, to Byors, CO
Day 47: 72 miles, to Limon, CO
Day 48: 85 miles, to Eads, CO
Day 49: 80 miles, to Leoti, Kansas (WE REACHED KANSAS!!!)
Day 50: 81 miles, to Ness City, KS
Day 51: 65 miles to Larned, KS
Day 52: 96 miles!, to Hesston, KS (longest daily mileage of trip so far)
Day 53: 83 miles, to Eureka city park, KS
Day 54: 83 miles, to Erie City park, KS (we reached 3,000 mile point for our trip!!!)
Day 55: 81 miles, to Golden City, MO (WE REACHED MISSOURI!!!)
Day 56: REST DAY in Golden City, eating pie at Cooky's cafe, best pie ever
Day 57: 79 miles, to Marshfield City Park, MO
Day 58: 88 miles, to Summersville City Park, MO
Day 59: 77 miles, to County Line Bar and Campground, MO
Day 60: 74 miles, to Chester, Illinois--home of Popeye the Sailor Man (WE REACHED ILLINOIS!!!) and crossed the MISSISSIPPI RIVER!!!
Day 61: 70 miles, to Goreville, IL
Day 62: 82 miles, to 6 miles past Marion, KY (WE REACHED KENTUCKY!!!)
DAy 63: 100 miles!!!, to Fordsville, KY (LONGEST MILEAGE DAY OF OUR TRIP)
Day 64: 82 miles, to Howardstown, KY (passed into EASTERN TIME ZONE, 3 hrs ahead of Davis)
Day 65: 76 miles, to Harrodsburg, KY
Day 66: REST DAY in Harrodsburg, oldest town of Kentucky (our last rest day)
Day 67: 91 miles, to Vincent, KY
Day 68: 85 miles, to Pippa Passes (WE reached 4,000 mile point for the trip!!!)
Day 69: 80 miles, to Bee, VA (WE REACHED VIRGINIA!!!)
Day 70: 75 miles, to Konnarock, VA
Day 71: 86 miles, to Radford, VA
Day 72: 81 miles, to Buchanan
Day 73: 67 miles, to Blue Ridge Reeds Gap (climbed the famed Vesuvius Pass)
Day 74: 76 miles, to Tabscott (day we sat and chatted with the famous Cookie Lady of Afton)
Day 75: 100 miles, to Glendale
Day 76: 60 miles, to Yorktown, making visits to Jamestown and Williamsburg along the way

Total Mileage from July 2nd through September 15th: 4,670 miles.

1 comment:

Keren said...

oh, man, congratulations, you guys! so very proud of you!