The Beers

Alicia and I enjoy many outdoor activities. Alicia has long had a life goal of bicycling across America. It sounded like a great adventure to me. This was an opportune pause in our lives with a recent job loss (May 2009), so with just three weeks of planning and training - we were off.

This trek started May 24th, 2009 from Anacortes, Washington ending 65 days later in Portland, Maine (We had expected 60 days to Bar Harbor, Maine.).

3964 spinning miles!! Biggest day 115 miles. ~~Pete Beer

Monday, July 13, 2009

Day 51. Grand Rapids, Ohio

We made it into Ohio. A 77 mile day ( which feels moderate not
stressful). Nice weather, lower humidity, no wind early, tailwind
late - a good day of riding.

This picture is of a civic building ( court house, I think) in
Napolean. Very interesting architectue.

Last night in Monroeville when we rolled into camp we saw a couple of
guys I thought we would not see again: Chuck and Butch. They had met
somewhere on the road and were traveling together. We last saw Chuck
more than a month ago. I figured he was at least a week ahead. I had
also heard Butch decided to shoot on down the road, so I was surprised
to see him. Good meet!! Truely the fellowship of the road...

This morning we found that Jean-Marc had arrived. Another huge
surprise. He last dropped into Minneapolis to rest. So I thought we
would not be seeing him again. But here he is. He rode 175 miles in
one day just to get across Indiana. I am impressed. I would not have
thought anyone could ride so far in a day. I'm pretty sure I
couldn't. It did take him around 18 hours though.

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