by nickpannaman | May 22, 2018 | USA | Mississippi River ride
0 miles ridden – 0 feet climbed – hot and sunny Today has been a fabulous rest day centred around three things – The old courthouse, the Gateway Arch, and a river cruise. The old courthouse is a magnificent building constructed in the 1820s to...
by nickpannaman | May 22, 2018 | USA | Mississippi River ride
85 miles ridden – 4700 feet climbed – temperature 21C. Today was great cycling but not so good for sightseeing. It was much cooler and overcast until mid-afternoon – we got splattered a couple of times by raindrops and went through occasional puddles...
by nickpannaman | May 21, 2018 | USA | Mississippi River ride
70 miles ridden – 3100 feet climbed – temperature 27C. Today we passed the halfway point – 882 miles. We would have celebrated but we were trying to out-run rain clouds which I am pleased to say we did. The first 40 miles was constant rolling hills...
by nickpannaman | May 19, 2018 | USA | Mississippi River ride
93 miles ridden – 1800 feet climbed – temperature 29C. Today was long, hot, brutal but interesting. It started with the Royal Wedding which started at 06:00 here and coincided with breakfast. I was first there, got the channel changed on the TV and most of...
by nickpannaman | May 18, 2018 | USA | Mississippi River ride
69 Miles ridden – 1950 feet climbed – temperature 22C Today was all about being chased. The first and more obvious issue was storms. It was quite cloudy when we got up and the weather forecast showed that there was a collection of storm systems all around...
