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Land of Enchantment Tour – Day 8
Posted by on September 20, 2007
Pedaled from Reserve to Glenwood, New Mexico. Camped at the BLM Bighorn Campground, with pie and other hospitality provided by a random stranger.
Land of Enchantment Tour – Day 7
Posted by on September 19, 2007
Pedaled from Datil to Reserve, New Mexico.
Land of Enchantment Tour – Day 6
Posted by on September 18, 2007
Pedaled from Soccoro to Datil, New Mexico.
Land of Enchantment Tour – Day 5
Posted by on September 17, 2007
Pedaled from Carrizozo to Socorro, New Mexico. Dinner and home for the night provided by random strangers met in town.
Land of Enchantment Tour – Day 4
Posted by on September 16, 2007
Pedaled out of Alamogordo, New Mexico. After a sightseeing stop at the Three Rivers Petrolyph Site, we felt weary and hitched a ride in the back of a stranger’s pickup truck to our destination of Carrizozo, New Mexico.
Land of Enchantment Tour – Day 3
Posted by on September 15, 2007
Pedaled from Las Crues to Alamogordo, New Mexico, with a sightseeing stop at the White Sands National Monument.
Land of Enchantment Tour – Day 2
Posted by on September 14, 2007
Pedaled from Caballo Lake State Park to Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Land of Enchantment Tour – Day 1
Posted by on September 13, 2007
Pedaled from the KOA campground in Silver City, New Mexico to Caballo Lake State Park. Impromptu hospitality and lunch provided by the Black Range Lodge in Kingston.
Land of Enchantment Tour – Travel Days
Posted by on September 12, 2007
Flew into Las Vegas, Nevada on September 11, met my friend Colleen, drove to Phoenix, Arizona and spent the night at Colleen’s niece’s apartment, then drove to Silver City, New Mexico.
Kelleys Island Bicycle Tour
Posted by on August 31, 2006
I took a two-day mini-tour by bicycle from my home near Akron, up to Sandusky to catch the ferry over to Kelley’s Island. I borrowed a Yakima Big Tow cargo trailer from a co-worker, to see how I liked touring with a trailer compared to panniers. I had a delicious and inexpensive lunch of pancakes and a ham and cheese omelette at Gramma Joe’s restaurant in Vermillion.
After the 90-mile ride to Sandusky, I found that the ferry there was shut down due to high winds. The other ferry was an additional 45-mile ride away, around Sandusky Bay. I hitched a ride with a generous local stranger, who drove me directly across the bay on the freeway, where it was just another five-mile pedal to the ferry at Marblehead. I will remember to call ahead to check the ferry status next time…
Once finally on Kelleys Island, I set up my tent and showered at the state park campground, which was very nice. I had a cheeseburger for dinner at the Kelleys Island Brewery, then a couple drinks with a few locals at the Village Pump Bar.
The next morning, I had pancakes and strawberries for breakfast at Bag the Moon restaurant, which was again delicious, and surprisingly inexpensive. I had to take the ferry to Marblehead again, where I caught a ride with a nice woman named Cindy back to Sandusky, and then pedaled home.
