Introduction
Mules... How did I come up with this title of Cross Country Mules? Cross country is a given since I'm biking from New York City to San Francisco. What do you associate with the word "mule"? A donkey-like animal that carries loads of stuff on its back? That's essentially who I am - a 2-wheeled being lugging the bare necessities to get me from coast to coast.
History
How I Decided To Bike Cross Country
New York Times Article
Riding partner(s)
And Then There Was One
Planning
Choosing A Route
Buying The Gear
Fine Tuning Everything
Trial Run
Training
C2 SIG
Hill Repeats
Long/Weekend Rides
New York
T Minus 30 - First Leg Of The Ride - Cold Spring - 7/8/2006
55 Miles - The Round About Way - Mount Hope - 7/9/2006
First Day On Our Own - Lots of Climbing - Narrowsburg - 7/10/2006
Really Tired of My Front Derailleur - Hancock - 7/11/2006
Talk About Hospitality - Windsor - 7/12/2006
Homeless in Owego - Owego - 7/13/2006
Where the Heart Is - Corning - 7/14/2006
Corning Museum of Glass - Bath - 7/15/2006
Paradise Lost - Wellsville - 7/16/2006
Free and a Hot Shower - Salamanca, NY (Bradford, PA) - 7/17/2006
Can't Camp Without a Campfire - Bemus Point - 7/18/2006
Pennsylvania
Huge Milestone - Erie - 7/19/2006
Ohio
I Blinked and I'm out of Pennsylvania - Geneva on the Lake - 7/20/2006
Ohio Roads Suck - Shaker Heights - 7/21/2006
Cleveland Rocks - Shaker Heights - 7/22/2006
Human Mechanical - Vermilion - 7/23/2006
My Sweet Lord (Hallelujah) - Fremont - 7/24/2006
Songs in our Head - Napolean - 7/25/2006
Indiana
Cyclist Only Shelter - Monroeville - 7/26/2006
Warm Showers Dot Com - Wabash - 7/27/2006
So Hot - Monon - 7/28/2006
Illinois
Rear Derailleur Number 2 - Donovan - 7/29/2006
Awesome, Girlfriend - Pontiac - 7/30/2006
I Get My Kicks on Route 66 - Lincoln - 7/31/2006
Lincoln Museum - Farmersville - 8/1/2006
Missouri
Stopped Into A Church, I Passed Along the Way - Kirkwood - 8/2/2006
St. Louis Arch - Kirkwood - 8/3/2006
Fist in the Air - Herman - 8/4/2006
WTF? - Hartsburg - 8/5/2006
Faith in Mankind Restored - Boonville - 8/6/2006
Just Another Day on the KATY Trail - Sedalia - 8/7/2006
Sad to Leave the KATY Trail - Clinton - 8/8/2006
Can't Seem to Get Out of Missouri - Adrian - 8/9/2006
Kansas
She's Got Man Legs - Williamsburg - 8/10/2006
Bicycle Touring Should be Like This Everyday - Emporia - 8/11/2006
She's Got Legs - McPherson - 8/12/2006
The Wind Kicked My Ass - Ellinwood - 8/13/2006
Another Dave with a Recumbent - Ness City - 8/14/2006
Sunrise - Scott City - 8/15/2006
Hot Bunny - Tribune - 8/16/2006
Colorado
Sunflower - Eads - 8/17/2006
Sugar Daddy City - Ordway - 8/18/2006
Toilet Dump - Pueblo - 8/19/2006
A Taste of the Rockies - Canon City - 8/20/2006
Another Warm Shower - Colorado Springs - 8/21/2006
Pike's Peak - Colorado Springs - 8/22/2006
Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs - 8/23/2006
Deja Vu - Cotopaxi - 8/24/2006
Day Before the Climb of My Life - Salida - 8/25/2006
Monarch Pass - Gunnison - 8/26/2006
Two Flats - Montrose - 8/27/2006
Hot Springs - Ridgway - 8/28/2006
Shopping - Ridgway - 8/29/2006
Tell-U-Ride - Telluride - 8/30/2006
Gondola - Telluride - 8/31/2006
Everybody Knows Us - Rico - 9/1/2006
Easy Day - Dolores - 9/2/2006
Cortez - Dolores - 9/3/2006
Mesa Verde National Park - Mesa Verde - 9/4/2006
Climbing a Hill Unloaded - Mancos - 9/5/2006
Cute Town - Durango - 9/6/2006
Silverton - Durango - 9/7/2006
Melodrama - Durango - 9/8/2006
More Shopping - Durango - 9/9/2006
No More Dr. Ed - Dolores - 9/10/2006
Dave Sick - Dove Creek - 9/11/2006
Utah
Finally Out of Colorado - Monticello - 9/12/2006
Bland Day - Blanding - 9/13/2006
Natural Bridges National Monument - Lake Powell - 9/14/2006
Waiting for Godot - Lake Powell - 9/15/2006
Strong Headwinds - Hanksville - 9/16/2006
We Cheated or Was Cheated - Torrey - 9/17/2006
Cow Crossing - Boulder - 9/18/2006
The Hogback - Escalante - 9/19/2006
The Price is Right - Cannonville - 9/20/2006
Bryce Canyon National Park - Panguitch - 9/21/2006
So Cold I Didn't Want To Go Down the Mountain - Cedar City - 9/22/2006
Errands and Resting Before Nevada Deserts - Cedar City - 9/22/2006
Taste of Nevada - Milford - 9/22/2006
Nevada
83 Miles of No Services - Baker - 9/25/2006
Fancy Hotel Suite - Ely - 9/26/2006
Science Project - Ely - 9/27/2006
Loneliest Road in America - Eureka - 9/28/2006
... check back soon for more updates about Nevada and California ...
California
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Pacific Ocean - Stinson Beach - 10/9/2006
If You're Going to San Francisco, Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair - San Francisco - 10/10/2006
Celebrations
Going Away - New York - 7/7/2006
Welcome Back - New York - 11/4/2006
In the News
Cover Girl - New York Cycle Club Monthly Bulletin
Voice of America Interview
Missouri Local Newspaper
Various Online Links
Cover Girl Yet Again - American Iron and Steel Institute 2007 Annual Report
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