December 22, 2004

The Journey is over

My quest to tour around the US has come to a close, and this blog will no longer be updated. It will however remain online and available to view at your leisure.

If this is your first time here, I suggest starting on Day 1 and reading from there.

If you're looking for a particular post, you could try here for the archive list.




I would like thank everyone who has helped me along the way, without you, this trip would not have been possible:

Ms Allison in Cleveland (and her friends)

Felix and Willis in Chicago

Sabrina in Minneapolis

Peter in Virginia City (Montana)

Liz' Mom in Spokane

Trudy, Dylan, Teo and Devon in Seattle

Kyle, Adria and her household in Portland

Lenny, Boston Eddy and Aurora in San Francisco

Maurice in Alamo (CA, near SF)

Rick and Family in LA

David in Las Vegas

Kristie in Tuscon

Pyro's Uncle near Albuquerque NM

Allison's Mom in New Orleans

Crippy in South Carolina

All the bikers that gave me tips along the way (THANK YOU!!!)

The two drivers who stopped and gave me gaz when I ran out(THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!)



Thank you all for the helping me realize a goal of mine, and helping me get an experience that will last a lifetime.

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October 18, 2004

Day 68 - Home at last

Odometer: 29,373.8

Well, I did it. 12,483 miles in 68 days...

Some said it couldn't be done. I guess I just had to prove them wrong.

Briefly, before I get to summing up the trip, here are the last few legs.

From New Orlens, I went to South Carolina, near Charleston, and stayed with Chrippy for a couple days. The ride was, mostly, miserable, due to some of the worst rain I've had. I rode all night, and got there at 4:30 am, after having to stop at a couple rest stops to wait for the rain to let up enough that I could see the road again.

It was good to see Chrippy, but to be honest, I just wanted to be home. Still... I had never seen someone drink 42 beers in 10 hours before, and had I not been at the bar where he works, I probably never would have...

The, instead of going home in one long strech, I decided to break the east coast return in two, by stopping to see Bill and Allison in Washington. Good thing too... That ride was one of the coldest I've ever had on the entire trip, baring perhaps the very last one.

That said, here is the trip wrapped up in a nutshell...

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October 12, 2004

Day 62 - Filling in the gaps

Odometer:27,433.3

This post is to finish the last post in terms of pics.

I will post all the worthy pics I didn't get a chance to post and comment on them.

Here we go...

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October 07, 2004

Day 57 - Welcome to the Desert

Odometer: about 25,200.0 (need to check bike)

This will be a brief update, because I'm tired and I want an early start tomorrow... I have 32 new pictures, about 20 of which should make it to this blog. Unfortunatly, that process takes some time so I'll put up just a few today.

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October 03, 2004

Day 52 - Basking in the Los Angeles life

Odometer: 24,619.2

Distance Traveled: 7729.0 miles

Living in LA

I stayed at my cousin Rick's house. He, like an obscene number of people who live here, works for Hollywood. He fixes screenplays (e.g.: Everafter, Anna and the King, and the latest Will Smith still in production: Hitch) and is trying to get his own originals out.

He lives just north of Hollywood, with his wife Debby and their two awesome kids in a nice house with a pool. That was my base of operation here while I explored various parts of LA.

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September 27, 2004

The Coastal Highway - Part 3

Continued from the last post

Correction: NOT IN LAS VEGAS

In my last post I incorectly posted that I was headed to Las Vegas. That was an error due to me being tired. I was in fact headed to Los Angels along the coast.

Now back to the narrative, where I still hadn't made it to San Francisco.

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September 20, 2004

The Coastal Highway - Part 2

Continuing the last post...

A Detour in Portland

Judy and Dylan had given me Kyle's number in Portland. He is going to college at Lewis and Clark and was able to put me up in the dorms for a couple nights. I slept on a climbing mat on the floor, taking up about 1/3 of the available floor space. (Kyle, thanks for putting me up considering the space you were giving up!)

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September 15, 2004

Day 36 - The Coastal Highway - Part 1

Odometer: 23,439.7

Distance Traveled: 6,549.5 miles

Quick note: I've added beautiful pictures of my bike here.



Has it been 36 days allready? Unbelievable how time goes by. Well, let me tell you a little about what I've done since my last real entry. I've seen some things I still can't believe.


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September 14, 2004

News Flash!!! I'm alive

Alive and well in San Francisco

Sorry for being out of touch for so long, I've got a lot of catchting up to do. I'll be spending the day in front of the computer tomorrow, getting this blog up to date.

I'm in San Francisco and I've had a great ride down here along the coast line. I'll tell you all about it when I get some sleep in me.

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August 30, 2004

Day 20 - Relaxing in Seattle

Odometer: 21,586.9



Leaving Montana... in the rain


I left Western Montana about a week ago at this point. Sorry about not posting, but I've been busy with other things and wasn't in the mood.

Anyways, I made my way along I-90, under an ominous sky, accross the rockies. I was already near the highest point it turned out, and so most of the trip was going downhill, along winding paths.

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