I like Albuquerque – to me it owns kind of a very layd-back atmosphere. The fact that it is very wide spread leads to lower traffic-density and that makes it a good city to cycle around. There even is a “bicycle boulevard” around town! And don’t forget the high desert climate with its moderate warm days with low humidity and cool nights. If I would … Continue reading Biking Bad

Well, that crossing of the big desert-area between Sierra Nevada and the Colorado-plateau was quite hot. And the landscape is so alien to a german perspective. It’s the prototype of the road-movie-setup. One couldn’t complain about cold, foggy weather or too much traffic neither. The most of the time one has to drink water. The dry-out-speed is amazing. Amount of water per day: at least … Continue reading Tea in the Sahara

On my way to Yosemite I saw Walnut Creek. And it is a lovely town. The loveliest thing about it is that the ‘Iron Horse Trail’ starts there. That’s another bike-path with fresh, smooth pavement and even restrooms every few miles. So, my way out of the ‘bay-area’ was very convenient. Wind on my tail and mostly flat [minor ascents I do not recognize anymore … Continue reading Climbing above Sierra Nevada

Travelled along Hwy 1 +++ cold fog all the time – combined with a lot of steep climbing; that’s not a good combination if one wants to keep warm and healthy +++ after two days on Hwy 1 I climbed back to Hwy 101 – no cold fog there +++ Redwoods were amazing, total silence if you stop; I camped two times inside of the … Continue reading +++ to the bay and then east +++

How does my routing work? I do not have a certain routing for my trip. That would have been such a big workload in advance and I wanted to be untied to the routes or places I would have figured out before. The same reason stood against purchasing the ACA-maps (American Cycling Association). Those maps supply one with the comfort to know about all (at … Continue reading How one finds the path

Seattle and Portland were hard to leave. The hospitality of Carola, Bill, J, Allison, Nico, Floor, Noah, Ethan, Jakub, Ellen and Marek was sooo great and their houses became such comfy homebases to me over the days I stayed there. On the road again my body and mind had to struggle to readapt to all-day-moving. Furthermore my mind did not process yet the fact that … Continue reading Delayed dreams

As I am enjoying a few off-days in Seattle, I consider my ride across the USA from east to west as done. Time for some stats. After 62 days in North-America and 54 riding-days (RD) the following stats can be taken as preliminary. Current location: Seattle, WA Total distance: 6019 km (3,740 miles) Average dist per RD: 111.5 km (69 miles) Longest dist per day: … Continue reading Stats II

I heard from kind of disappointed readers that they would like to read more about the political impressions I get on my journey. Well, this is a mostly non-political trip – besides the fact that riding a bicycle in the U.S. is kind of a political statement itself. But I am glad to be able to report that during the last few couple of hundred … Continue reading A little bit more leftlaning

It’s amazing how much one could know without ever having travelled foreign countries or watched other TV-channels than Fox-News. Some examples: Did you know that mankind shall not take away the 2nd amendment because it was god himself who gave it to the people of the U.S.? (and isn’t that kind of unfair? Maybe god should better have given the 2nd amendment to the whole … Continue reading Lessons of hate

If I may give you an advice: Don’t go to Yellowstone National Park on a bicycle during july! There is a screaming traffic, the narrow, shoulderless roads are packed with rental-RVs and boat-trailers and everybody is in a hurry. Since Boston I never felt uncomfortable on my bike due to traffic – until I entered YNP. But despite permanently awaiting a sudden death by getting … Continue reading Scott I and Scott II – or a perfect day for Hannah Montana