Biking for Discovery

Feeling better today
Biking for Discovery Seems like Heather is fast asleep now. I did nudge her and ask if she was going to post tonight. I believe her response could be interpreted as "I spliftid ashblook allik" or something along those lines. I assume that means no, so folks, looks like you get to listen to me some more. For some of you that may be a treat and for others, well you can just close your [...]
Thu, Jun 14 2007

Superwoman on a bike!
Biking for Discovery Chino Valley, AZ to Ash Fork, AZ 37 miles This morning, we ate beakfast with the other people that were staying at the Bed and Breakfast. They were there to train for some shooting stuff in town. They started talking about the weather and complained about how it hailed on them yesterday (I don't blame them, I would've complained too). They had to run for cover and [...]
Wed, Apr 25 2007

Wanna go for a ride
Biking for Discovery For all of you reading this, friends or family, you are invited. If anyone wants to join us on any part of our ride we would love to have you. You can bike for a day or a week it is up to you. If you just want to camp out and don't want to bike, hey that's cool too, just drive along from campsite to campsite and we can just hang out there. This trip is not about [...]
Tue, Apr 24 2007

Refrigerator on wheels
Biking for Discovery Wickenburg, AZ to Yarnell, AZ27 miles27 miles isn't far, but when you climb 3,000 feet, it sure makes for a long day. The last 10 miles were 9 to 11% grades, so we were ready to call it a day when we arrived to Yarnell. Along the way, a bunch of old-fashioned cars passed us by. You know, with the skinny tires and no top that our grandparents probably drove back in [...]
Sun, Apr 22 2007

Our Visit with the Sequoia Charter School for the Deaf
Biking for Discovery Gilbert, AZ to Peoria, AZ56 milesWe started off our day with a sad goodbye to the Hirning family. They really took care of everything for us, including laundry, delicious food, a soft bed, and some good trail mix for us to snack on. We stopped by the Sequoia Charter School for the Deaf and gave a presentation and answered questions from the students. I must say that [...]
Sat, Apr 21 2007

Good morning readers
Biking for Discovery Well I am laying here at the side of the road on highway 74 north west of Phoenix. We did not make it to a camp ground last night and had to pull off into the desert. We had just enough time to make camp cook dinner and crawl into our sleeping bags before we lost the light. Every night before we go to sleep we clean up and cover everything with their water proof [...]
Sat, Apr 21 2007

Another beautiful day on the road
Biking for Discovery Yipee we are in Wickenburg, AZ (65 miles). About 70 miles outside of Tempe and we will be at Eric's house tomorrow evening.Some of you may have noticed that when Heather writes the days seem pretty tough and when I write the days seem easier. Well let me assure you that is not because of the person writing. It just happens to work out that she gets to write on the [...]
Wed, Apr 18 2007

Feeling better
Biking for Discovery Blythe, CA to Hope, AZ 59 milesRemember a couple of days back, when I said that my shoulders felt as if explosions were going off? Well, it doesn't feel like that anymore. Instead, it actually feels better! What a relief! Now if only the rest of my body would feel better...Yesterday, I was fighting some pretty strong sidewinds, when all of a sudden, before I could [...]
Tue, Apr 17 2007

Pictures & Maps Section
Biking for Discovery Check out our new Pictures & Maps section on the left side of this page. It will be updated regularly throughout our trip, so keep coming back to look for new content!
Sun, Apr 15 2007

Another great day in the desert
Biking for Discovery Last night was fun, Ryan and I went into town for a beer. The folks in there were crowded around us, asking, where we were going and what we were doing it for. This one dude (whose name I never did figure out) was trying to talk to me. About the only thing I could understand through his drunken, slurred, Pensilvania accent was "let me slow down for you" [...]
Sat, Apr 14 2007

Stealth camping
Biking for Discovery Short post. who put a mountain here?? I did not realize until andrew pointed it out yesterday that we had a 4000 foot mountain to climb today. We could not make it over. We are at 3000 feet now and about 10 miles from the nearest place to camp. We tried Viejas indian reservation. Found a rv park and some big lady with a mean personality shoed us off. She said if we [...]
Thu, Apr 12 2007

Some stories for lunch time
Biking for Discovery So we are stopped for lunch now and I thought I would share with you some of the people we have met the last few days.Yesterday some dude stopped on his bike to start chatting with me. Turns out he just got done with a 9 month stint going from canada to mexio the across the US or arround it not sure wich. He just got back 2 months ago.Yesterday again this older than [...]
Wed, Apr 11 2007

More lunch time stories
Biking for Discovery Met a guy named Steve today up in missin gorge buy the mission trails park dam in san diego. Gave us some good advice that we took on the up coming roads thanks Steve. Now here is the funny part, keep inmind we are on a park trail in the middle of no where and steve is just som random person who stopped to say hi, WE KNEW HIM! Met him last time we were in san diego [...]
Wed, Apr 11 2007

A half-day
Biking for Discovery Southern Carlsbad State Beach to San Diego 25 miles One question keeps popping up in my head over and over the past few days: WHAT THE HECK WERE WE THINKING??? Yesterday, my butt hurt so bad I wore both of my biking shorts, one on top of the other (both have padding sewn in) My shoulders feel like someone put razor blades into them and with every move, I can feel them [...]
Tue, Apr 10 2007

Not quite to San Diego
Biking for Discovery Many tales to tell today but I will start this one out with one simple word... "Ouch!" A bicycle only makes contact in three places: the feet, the hands, and the butt. Let's just say our feet hurt the least right now. We are both pretty sore. We did not make it to San Diego today but that's ok because our mileage is pretty good. We are averaging 60 miles a day. I [...]
Tue, Apr 10 2007

First day out
Biking for Discovery Los Angeles, CA to Huntington Beach, CA 63 miles We left our apartment this morning at 8am. We rode for 63 miles before setting up camp at Bolsa Chica Beach State Park. We stopped by Dana's brother's place, and he joined us for 20 miles or so before heading back home. For lunch, we had hummus and chicken on corn tortillas. As we were getting ready to leave, several [...]
Mon, Apr 09 2007

We are off...almost
Biking for Discovery Well we had planned on leaving last Tuesday, but that did not happen. So we moved it forward to Friday, but that did not happen. So we postponed it to Saturday, but that did not happen. finally we are all set and ready to go. looks like Sunday is the big day. Turns out that packing up all your stuff and putting it in storage is actually a big endeavour. I guess [...]
Sat, Apr 07 2007

Route Update
Biking for Discovery Some of you may remember the previous post about our route on here. Well, a few people asked to see a visual representation of our route, so here it is. Here are several links for several different maps showing segments of our trip, or you can just look at the overview. Please keep in mind these are not exact turns and directions (cause that would take forever to [...]
Mon, Apr 02 2007

Welcome!
Biking for Discovery Welcome to our blog! I thought it would be fitting to use this first post to explain how we arrived to the decision to bike accross the United States. During the summer of 2006, Dana started biking and found he really enjoyed it. He told me that he was thinking about biking accross the US. I thought the idea was ridiculous! But the more I thought about it, the [...]
Wed, Mar 21 2007

Our Route
Biking for Discovery Here's an overview of our route:These are all of the cities that have a population of 10,000 people or more. There are many smaller towns along the route. If you are in the vicinity of our trip, it would be great if you can host us for a night. We would appreciate a roof over our heads and a homecooked meal. Be forwarned: We will be burning about 4,000 calories each, [...]
Wed, Mar 21 2007