05 July 2011 Royal Gorge CO 0 miles (TransAm 2,303) The other night I saw this advertisement for the first time and I thought, Yep, that’s me, cast as the girl on the computer and yep, there’s Gina and her fellow TransAmmers, playing the role of my parents: The only real difference is that today, …
04 July 2012 Pueblo to Royal Gorge CO 60 miles (TransAm 2,303) “I’ve never been a fan of Canon City – it’s home to several correctional facilities.” And so begins another day in the life of Gina and her bicycle as they cross this great nation. It’s hot, there’s lots of traffic, and it’s loud. …
03 July 2012 Ordway to Pueblo 52 miles (TransAm 2,243) I thought Obama was on a bus rolling through Ohio and yet there he is, in the Mexican restaurant outside of Pueblo, Colorado, stumping with Gina and her brother Mark. This is not a political blog so all I have to say is that he’s …
02 July 2012 Eads to Ordway CO 61 miles (TransAm 2,191) Well, it seems that eastern Colorado actually has nothing on Kansas, at least not in terms of scenery or road safety. The excitement of yesterday’s border crossing was tempered today by semi-trucks passing within a hair’s width of a hair and no paved shoulder …
01 July 2012 Leoti KS to Eads CO 80 miles (TransAm 2,130) Some days out on the bicycle are best summarized by their highs and lows, of which Gina sent me her list for the day (followed by my own commentary, of course). Let’s start with the lowlights so we can end on a high …
30 June 2012 Ness City to Leoti KS 81 miles (TransBallard 2,050) Phone Conversation: Gina: The nice thing about staying in the churches is that you have even more space to spread out individually as well as to hang out as a group than in the motel rooms. Dena: Yeah, I guess it’s like you’re …
29 June 2012 Larned to Ness City KS 64 miles (TransAm 1,969) According to Gina, besides trying to get cows to moo back at you, there is really only one other thing to do to entertain yourself when you are cycling 305 miles on a straight stretch of road through western Kansas: practice your wave. …
28 June 2012 Sterling to Larned KS 54 miles (TransAm 1,905) We run a G-rated website (okay, maybe PG, as sometimes a few choice words slip into the prose) so I am not convinced that talking about four grown women showering together is suitable material for the blog. Some of you out there, and I …
27 June 2012 Sterling KS 0 miles (TransAm 1,851) Dear Mom, Do not look at the photos in this blog. What you don’t want to see isn’t real, but you probably still don’t want to see it. Love, Dena This is the letter I need to email my Mom before she reads this blog. You …
26 June 2012 Newton to Sterling KS 57 miles (TransAm 1,851) I’ve been asked how it is that I’m blogging a trip I’m not on and the answer is that I get a lot of help from the person who IS on it. To put it in Kansas-rooted terms, as that seems a timely thing …