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578 Blue Hill Dr

The start of our biking adventures in 2021. \240Today we spend visiting with family as we already have 4hours of drive time behind us with 32 days a head of us. Scott and I spent months of planning to get to the day of departure.

The car was serviced and washed \240so we are not carrying any extra bug weight.

Bags are packed

Food is frozen for packing

No thing is to be forgotten

Snacks are prepared

Everything’s packed with room to spare

Bikes are loaded!

We are off

Welcome to Pittsburgh. Our first stop to visit with mom and D.

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Panhandle Trail Parking

Today is a family day. \240I \240walked with my MIL on her daily 2 mile walk that she does. Mom is 90 and can run circles around most. She also is a person who loves to cook.

This the church where Scott and I got married December 23,1993

The last bit of the walk is to climb the stairs!

Mom’s beautiful larkspur.

Molly greeting Uncle Scotty

Family time

We did 10 miles to make sure the tires were round and \240the bikes worked \240so we could make any last minute adjustments.

https://panhandletrail.org/

It has been determined that because of Scott’s limitations , he needs to set the pace.

The quarry

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Bowling Green

Drive day from Pittsburgh, Pa to Bowling Green,Kentucky. We said our good byes to mom. And we were on the road by 10 am

A bonus10 mile \240trail ride in Ohio

Louisville Kentucky

Traveled through 3 states today!

Ohio

Louisville

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Natchez Trace Pkwy
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4992 MS-15, Ecru, MS 38841, USA
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Tanglefoot Trail
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Delta Heritage Trail State Park

Delta Heritage Trail Arkansas

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104 Emerald Dr, West Monroe, LA 71292, USA

Dinner

Loved the extra at niceties they offered!

Castor Louisiana biking the Louisiana Trail and drive to Texas

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Louisiana Trails

Biked in Castor Louisiana

Sunrise

We dodged mud holes , we needed atv’s

When it turned into a swamp we \240decided to bike the roads

Had to try the local BBQ and pork rinds

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ARK-LA-TEX MONUMENT CO.

We found the 3 corners monument

Ark/LA/Tex

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T&P Trailhead Park

Biking in Texas Dekalb Trace

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1353-913 FM 911, Avery, TX 75554, USA

Air bnb on a Ranch with an Assoc pastor Jerry & Wife Amanda 4 kids , they raise grass fed beef.. Aperfect fit for our Ershred protocol lifestyle.

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Avery

Sunrise over the Ranch and leaving on time but \240locked in by the \240cattle gate!

Oh no we can not leave! We must stay and eat more Meat!

Weather is looking great \240for the week ahead.

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Paris

Scott took me to Paris Texas

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2408 S Hudson Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73109, USA
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Cadillac Ranch

Amarillo Texas ! We made it to Cadillac Ranch \240Texas

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305 W Historic Rte 66, Adrian, TX 79001, USA

Mid point cafe 1 pound burger

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas NM and the drive there.

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Mesa Baja Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87508, USA

Scott enjoying the bnb and ne loving the hummingbirds

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Pecos National

Pecos National historical site

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Santa Fe

Santa Fe \240New Mexico for dinner and ended with a pretty sunset

The air bnb

Down town Santa Fe

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US-64, Tres Piedras, NM 87577, USA

Rio Grande GeorgeNM

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Chimney Rock

Chimney Rock Colorado

Airbnb in Colorado. We stayed in a teepe

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Aztec Ruins National Monument

Aztec New Mexico

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Mesa Verde National Park

Mesa Verde National park

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Camp Kush in the 4 Corners

Camping in Cortez

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Hawkins Preserve

Sunrise hike to start the day in Cortez at the foothills of Mesa Verde

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Four Corners Monument

4 corners monument! It just reopened on July 8th due to covid. \240We even rode the bikes all the way around it .

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Horseshoe Bend

Then we were off to \240Arizona. First stop was Horseshoe Bend part of the grand \240canyon but owned by the city of Page.

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North Rim Visitor Center

Then off to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon crazy 4 hours round trip \240back to our air bnb.

But so worth it

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US-89A, Marble Canyon, AZ 86036, USA

Our Airbnb \240is in an original Navaho Hogan. The owner and her husband built it \240and lived in it \240 They reconstructed it from when her grandparents originally built it . \240We have views of the Vermilion Cliffs.

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Unnamed Road, Page, AZ 86040, USA

Biking then on to Utah! First stop Lake Powell on the Colorado.

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US-89, Kanab, UT 84741, USA
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1 Zion Park Blvd, Springdale, UT 84767, USA

Zion National Utah

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Valley of Fire State Park

Valley of Fire Nevada

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Lake Mead

Lake mead Nevada

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Hoover Dam

Biking in Nevada and air bnb in Boulder City. We biked the historical Railroad trail that was built to move supplies to build the Hoover Dam. \240We saw mountain goat, the sunset and gravel up close.

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Death Valley National Park

Death Valley California

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Lake Isabella

ILaje sabella Ca

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12513 Woodson Bridge Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93311, USA

Southern end of sequoia National park to Bakersfield California

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Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

Sequoia National park

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Harrah's Northern California

Spending \240a few days with Jack and Carolyn. Getting the car serviced \240and checking out \240some of jacks job sites and the casino where Jack is building projects are

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12617 Tabeaud Rd, Pine Grove, CA 95665, USA

Pine Grove California spending time with family and friends

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Binz Wines

Touring Sutter creek and Amador county

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Lassen Volcanic National Park

Drove to Oregon and visited Volcanic National park

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Mt Shasta

Fire at mt Shasta

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2614 California Ave, Klamath Falls, OR 97601, USA
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Crater Lake National Park

Crater Lake National park \240, the lake is so big and sooooo BLuE

Driving the coast in Oregon.

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Florence

Beautiful sunrise over Klamath lake, \240temps in the 50’s and an herd siting Elks

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Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

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Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint
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Yaquina Head Marine Garden
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Devils Punchbowl State Natural Area
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Grand Ronde
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Friends of Vista House
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Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail - Bridge of the Gods Trailhead

Mount Hood

Hood

Mount Rainier

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Toppenish

Yakama

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Sacagawea Heritage Trail

And we did another 20 mikes in Washington

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Dry Falls
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Coulee Dam

Coole dam

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Wilbur
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Coeur d'Alene
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355 Halfmoon Flats, West Glacier, MT 59936, USA

Glacier National park day #1

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Logan Pass

Glacier National park day#1

Saw marmots, mountain goats, big horn sheep, and a Moose!!!!

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St. Mary / East Glacier KOA Holiday

St Mary’s glacier National park

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East Glacier Park Village
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900 S Central Ave, Sidney, MT 59270, USA

Drive day across Montana

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Rugby

Geographic center of North American, Rugby \240ND

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503 9th St SE, East Grand Forks, MN 56721, USA

Biking

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Lake Itasca
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1015 Maple St, Alexandria, MN 56308, USA

Jim and Terilyn Kennedy Air bnb \240, quilter,

Now friend. Alexandria was very Smokey

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Danbury

22 miles on the Gandy dancer trail

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Cornucopia

Stuck our toes in Lake Superior Wisconsin

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Ashland
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4788 Center Dr, Hurley, WI 54534, USA

Airbnb

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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Early morning drive ! Had to start because of the time change. Picture rocks is a beautiful display of geology indifferently colored cliff formations. \240You can truly only view them properly by boat. I still want to say seashore instead of lake shore.

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Aloha State Park
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Mackinac Island

Spen the \240day \240riding and exploring the island where only bikes and horses are used for transportation. We stuck our toes in Lake Huron

The water is Crystal clear \240and the beaches are all pebbles .

Bikes everywhere I didn’t feel comfortable riding

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William C. Sterling State Park

Dipped our toes in Lake Erie on the Michigan side

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163 Anguilla Rd, DuBois, PA 15801, USA

Only stand still traffic we encounters in 9000 \240miles \240is In Pennsylvania.

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578 Blue Hill Dr, Selinsgrove, PA 17870, USA

Home and family is all together