Adventurelaus

It's done!  I'll be riding the California coast from Monterey to LA with my Brompton folding bicycle in 32 days.  Flights are booked and vacation has been scheduled.  Now I just have to complete the details.  Creating a packing list, which will be minimal since I won't be able to carry much asides the tent, mat and sleeping bag.  Food will be my main concern as I can't carry much and the route will be more isolated than the ride I did in Oregon last year.  The exact route needs to be determined and uploading it to the Garmin Oregon 450 GPS. My heart rate is already up.  I'm excited with a touch of anxiety since I haven't ridden for quite a while and not been doing anything asides downhill skiing at a tiny local hill.  The route should be beautiful and have much less traffic than what I encountered in Oregon. More to come soon.  Watch this space.

Winter time is the time for pondering about crazy ideas. Last year when I was riding with my bike to  Webster City, Iowa for lunch I started to get the idea to bike through all towns of my home county on one ride/day.  I picked to ride through all incorporated "cities" of the county, as these towns have their own elected major and some accreditation by the county. Yes, cities is in quotes since most towns have fewer than thousand residents and most of us wouldn't call that a city, but it's the official terminology used.  The smallest "city" is Kelly with a population of 309 and the largest one is Ames of 58,965.  Ames is home to Iowa State University while Sheldahl with 319 people splits them between three counties.  Gilbert with a huge population of 1,082 and 1,364 K-12 students.  Maybe during the ride I'll learn about more courtesies of this county. Story County Incorporated City Tour The ride is a little more than 100 miles which would make it ...