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

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Farmland, Prairies, Badlands, National Grasland and Black Hills – those are the landscapes I discovered in South Dakota. I stayed in S.D. for exact one week. On july, 4th – right after the state border – I ran into a group of cyclists that invited me for lunch and for staying the night at one of their members home. What a great welcome to South … Continue reading Air gets thinner – traffic too

After entering the big prairies I felt reminded on the sweet joy of watching wild-west-movies. And indeed – my todays campground is situated next to “1880 Town”. This is an artificial “Western-Town” consisting of original but moved buildings from the 1880s up to the 1920s. Since I started rolling today early I had enough time to take the tour. All buildings are furnished and accessible … Continue reading Dances with bikes

Time goes by so fast. And as everybody knows numbers are the biggest origin of joy for all engineers. After 31 days in North-America and 27 riding-days (RD) the following stats can be taken as preliminary. Current location: Mitchell, SD Total distance: 2957 km (1,837 miles) Average dist per RD: 109 km (68 miles) Longest dist per day: 169 km (105 miles) Entered Countries: 2 … Continue reading Stats I

For all the german readers out there: Imagine to ride your bicycle all the way from Hanover to Oldenburg. You ride along one single straight road. The landscape is the same like between Hanover and Oldenburg – except there are not dozens of villages. Actually there are only five small townships. 4 gas-stations. 1 McDonalds (Water-Refill). 1 Burger King (Burger and Water-Refill). 1 Food-Store (rice, … Continue reading The ten-hour-freeze-frame