The Spokesrider

I don’t have a photo of my ride through Kentucky Amish country. It was dark, after all. But here is just before I got on the ferry that took me there. It’s at Cave-in-Rock, Illinois.

(Originally written for LiveJournal, 25-Apr-2006) Staying in the camping cabin wasn’t much like camping, but it was nice. We cleaned up, but didn’t wash our horse blankets. However, we needed to do something about our tent situation. Staying in motels all the time would be too expensive. Myra agreed to make a quick run to [...]

Originally posted on LiveJournal, 21-Apr-2006 I gave myself an extra nap after breakfast. I was tired after 165 miles in the first two days. Even without the nap and subsequent late start, it would be too much to get to Tennessee today. The route to Tennessee would be along the Land Between the Lakes, a [...]

Originally posted to LiveJournal, 18-Apr-2006 The day’s destination was Marion, KY — about 70 miles by bicycle from Mount Vernon. It was still a little cool for camping, and we had reason to believe there was a motel there. The first order of business was to cross back to the Illinois side of the Wabash [...]