by nickpannaman | May 26, 2018 | blog, USA | Mississippi River ride
94 miles ridden – 1650 feet climbed – temperature 29C Another fabulous day’s cycling although at 5:30 this morning a thunderstorm came through town which woke us all up. While it caused some concern by the time we loaded at 07:00 we had a beautiful...
by nickpannaman | May 25, 2018 | blog, USA | Mississippi River ride
59 miles ridden – 1000 feet climbed – temperature 27C. Today was a glorious day’s cycling. Lovely temperature, bit of a tailwind, great mix of urban and rural landscape, all in all it was spot on. We climbed out of Hannibal and crossed the...
by nickpannaman | May 24, 2018 | blog, USA | Mississippi River ride
38 Miles ridden – 2000 feet climbed – temperature 30C The shorter day was very welcome as was a gourmet breakfast in an artisan bakery instead of stale raisin bran and bagels in the hotel lobby. We had a much later start at 9am which didn’t really...
by nickpannaman | May 24, 2018 | blog, USA | Mississippi River ride
108 miles ridden – 2000 feet climbed – temperature 29C The first 46 miles today was on either dedicated bike paths or well-marked bike lanes so we didn’t have to concentrate so hard on traffic. We followed a bike path for 11 miles out of St Louis...
by nickpannaman | May 22, 2018 | blog, 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...
