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...
by nickpannaman | May 22, 2018 | blog, 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 | blog, 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 | blog, 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...
