by nickpannaman | Jul 28, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
90 miles ridden – 958 feet climbed Despite the somewhat gloomy weather forecasts we did not see any rain today. The temperature peaked around 27C/80F which was great for distance cycling. However, we had a headwind for all but about 20 miles and the road...
by nickpannaman | Jul 27, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
74 miles ridden – 430 feet climbed. Another wonderful day. Temperature was great until about noon when it seemed to suddenly shoot up to 32C. We had a gentle tailwind for about 40 miles and the area we were cycling through was absolutely flat – fabulous....
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...