by nickpannaman | Jul 27, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
117 miles ridden – 2684 feet climbed. Our last century ride and it was a fabulous day although it was longer for me than it should have been. We have been constantly reminded as we have moved eastward that we have left behind the large empty spaces of Idaho,...
by nickpannaman | Jul 26, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
10 miles ridden. Nice day today with only token cycling. The centrepiece of our day was the crossing from Manitowoc, Wisconsin to Ludington, Michigan on the SS Badger. Built in 1952 this ship is the last coal-fired steam ship built in America and is certainly more...
by nickpannaman | Jul 25, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
As we are on the ferry tomorrow for about 5 hours, lose an hour crossing into the Eastern time zone, and have a 5:20 start on Tuesday for our 112 mile ride from Ludington to Mount Pleasant I’m not sure how much time I will have to update my blog so I am doing a...
by nickpannaman | Jul 25, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
63 miles ridden – 1450 feet climbed Weather forecasts are absolute pants. Despite the thunderstorms during the night the forecast for today was clouds clearing by around 9am and then a sunny day with westerly (tail) winds. As we left the sky did appear to...
by nickpannaman | Jul 23, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
97 miles ridden – 2064 feet climbed. It sounds incredulous that I can say that if felt noticeably cooler today when it was ‘only’ 32C/89F. I keep repeating it in my mind because I have never been able to tolerate heat the way I have been able to the...
