Cycling My Way Around The USA - The Big Directory
I went full-time playful in 2019, and cycled my way around the USA. Below, you can read my blog from the very beginning or scroll around and pick a random day that appeals to you.
Preparation
- We Have To Leave: The Setup
- The Clocks Have Turned May: Training Rides on English Hills
- Did You Pack The Lemon Zester?: A Story of Too Much Luggage (on CrazyGuyOnABike only)
- All The Junk We Haul Around: An Updated Packing List.
New York
- T-Minus 6: Changing Continent; Getting Bikes
- T-Minus 5: The Peanut Butter Game
- T-Minus 4: Jazz and Smoked Salmon
- T-Minus 3: Prison Island in a Thunderstorm
- T-Minus 2: Hot Dog, Good Dog
- T-Minus 1: I Wrote Your Name on My Bike
ACA Chicago to New York City Route: East -> West (Philly Alternate)
New Jersey
- New York, NY to Mantoloking, NJ: Jersey Shore in Jerseys and Shorts
- Mantoloking, NJ to Mount Laurel, NJ: Pining for Back Roads
Pennsylvania
- Mount Laurel, NJ to Phoenixville, PA: The Toughest Day?
- Phoenixville, PA to Lancaster, PA: Turning Point
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in The Red Rose City
- Lancaster, PA to Fairfield, PA: A Night at the Carnival
Maryland
- Fairfield, PA to Williamsport, MD: Count Your Blessings, Not Your Chickens
- Williamsport, MD to Oldtown, MD: Oh My! What a Gone of Bears!
Pennsylvania (again)
- Oldtown, MD to Rockwood, PA: Unknown Territory
- Rockwood, PA to Connellsville, PA: It's All Downhill From Here
- Connellsville, PA to Pittsburgh, PA: Millstone to Milestone
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in The Steel City
West Virginia
- Pittsburgh, PA to Wheeling, WV: The Front Row
Ohio
- Wheeling, WV to Senecaville, OH: A Storm's Brewing
- Senecaville, OH to Newark, OH: Bitten By a Radioactive Bag of Basmati Rice, Its...
- Newark, OH to Columbus, OH: Trapped in a Flood
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in The Arch City
- Columbus, OH to Dayton, OH: Mirage or Flood?
- Dayton, OH to Eaton, OH: Afternoon Tea in a Gale
Indiana
- Eaton, OH to Indianapolis, IN: A Thousand Bloomin' Miles
- Indianapolis, IN to Kokomo, IN: Road Work Ahead? I sure hope it does...
- Kokomo, IN to Monterey, IN: Do You Believe in Dairies?
- Monterey. IN to St John, IN: Raincoat Hokey Cokey
Illinois
- St John, IN to Chicago, IL: We Made It To Chicago!
- Rest Day: 6 Things We Learned on the Chicago to New York City Bicycle Route (CNYC)
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in The Windy City
- Rest Day: 24 MORE Hours in The Windy City
ACA Bicycle Route 66: East -> West
- Chicago, IL to Braidwood, IL: The Worst Lunch Stop Ever
- Braidwood, IL to Lexington, IL: The End of The World
- Lexington, IL to Lincoln, IL: One Six Short of a Devil
- Lincoln, IL to Gillespie, IL: Road Rash
Missouri
- Gillespie, IL to St Louis, MO: Double Crossed
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in The Gateway City
- St Louis, MO to Sullivan, MO: Into The Ozarks
- Sullivan, MO to St Robert, MO: High Rolla
- St Robert, MO to Niangua, MO: Tick...Tick...Boom
TransAmerica Trail: East -> West
- Niangua, MO to Ash Grove, MO: Joining the Cycle Superhighway
Kansas
- Ash Grove, MO, to Pittsburg, KS: Hitting The Flats
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in...The Middle of Nowhere
- Pittsburg, KS to Chanute, KS: The White Church
- Chanute, KS to Eureka, KS: Languishing in Lizard Licks
- Eureka, KS to Newton, KS: Race To The Bike Shop
- Newton, KS to Larned, KS: A Century in the Making
- Larned, KS to Ness City, KS: Under the Bleachers
- Ness City, KS to Dighton, KS: Frigid Creme and Other Disappointments
- Rest Day: Road Trip!
Colorado
- Dighton, KS to Sheridan Lake, CO: Thems're The Bitin' Flies
- Sheridan Lake, CO to Ordway, CO: What Is The Melting Point of a Human?
- Ordway, CO to Pueblo, CO: Falling, Apart
- Pueblo, CO to Royal Gorge, CO: Rocky Road
- Royal Gorge, CO to Fairplay, CO: A Different World
- Fairplay, CO to Breckenridge, CO: Top of The Rocks
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in A Ski Resort
- Hike Day: Solving Quandary Pass
- Breckenridge, CO to Hot Sulphur Springs, CO: Look Up! Look Up!
- Hot Sulphur Springs, CO to Walden, CO: Effort Rewarded
Wyoming
- Walden, CO to Saratoga, WY: Come to Wyoming, We Got Headwind
- Saratoga, WY to Rawlins, WY: 'Road' to Rawlins
- Rawlins, WY to Jeffrey City, WY: The Very, Very Middle of Nowhere
- Jeffrey City, WY to Lander, WY: Red Rock 'n' Rollin'
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in The City of Bronze
- Lander, WY to Dubois, WY: True False Flats and False False Flats
- Dubois, WY to Jenny Lake (Grand Teton), WY: Cor, Nice Tetons
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in the Jenniest of Lakes
- Jenny Lake, WY to Grant Village (Yellowstone), WY: Sobos, Nobos and Double-Flippers
- Grant Village, WY to Madison Junction (Yellowstone), WY: The Geyser Geezers
Yellowstone North Loop
- Madison Junction, WY to Tower Falls (Yellowstone), WY: Tour de Detour
- Tower Falls, WY to Canyon Village (Yellowstone), WY: Bison Down
Return to TransAmerica Trail: East -> West
Montana
- Canyon Village, WY to Beaver Creek, MT: Grisly End
- Beaver Creek, MT to Ennis, MT: Warm Welcome
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in The Windy Loft
- Ennis, MT to Virginia City, MT: Gold Rush
- Virginia City, MT to Dillon, MT: HiFicycle
- Dillon, MT to Wisdom, MT: A Hard Day's Night
- Wisdom, MT to Corvallis, MT: Bitter Winds in Bitterroot
- Corvallis, MT to Missoula, MT: Our Tommy
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in Zootown
Idaho
- Missoula, MT to Clearwater Forest, ID: Do The Lolo Motion
- Clearwater Forest, ID to Kooskia, ID: What a Rush
- Kooskia, ID to White Bird, ID: And Your Bird Can Sing
- White Bird, ID to New Meadows, ID: Shoot the Breeze
- New Meadows, ID to Cambridge, ID: Jenga!
Oregon
- Cambridge, ID to Halfway, OR: Plum Job
- Halfway, OR to Baker City, OR: Halfway
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in The City of Bakers
- Baker City, OR to Prairie City, OR: Los Tres Amigos
- Prairie City, OR to Mitchell, OR: Making a Mountain out of a Mountain
- Mitchell, OR to Prineville, OR: Here Comes The Sun
- Prineville, OR to Sisters, OR: Two of Us
Cascades: South -> North
- Sisters, OR to Willamette National Forest, OR: The Floor is Lava
- Willamette National Forest, OR to Mt. Hood National Forest, OR: Forestbrisketforest
- Mount Hood National Forest, OR to Mound Hood, OR: Mounting the Hood
- Mount Hood, OR to Hood River, OR: Cascades: Slayed
Lewis and Clark Trail: East -> West
Washington
- Hike Day: Fools on Falls Creek
Oregon Again (Oregain)
- Stevenson, WA to Portland, OR: Columbia Gorgeous
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in Stumptown
- Rest Day: Stat Update!
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in The City of Roses
- Rest Day: TransAm Roundup: 8 Things That Totally Surprised Us
- Portland, Or to Vernonia, OR: A Night at the Crapera
- Vernonia, OR to Astoria, OR: Am: Transed
Pacific Coast: North -> South
- Astoria, OR to Tillamook, OR: Will It All Be Like This?
- Tillamook, OR to Gleneden Beach, OR: Rough With The Smooth
- Hitch-Hike Day: Try a Little Tender-nitis
- Injury Break: Five Days In Hiding
- Brookings, CA to South of Brookings, CA: Alternative Remedies
California
- South of Brookings, OR to Hiouchi, CA: Redward Woodward
- Hiouchi, CA to Redwoods National Park, CA: Back in the Swing
- Redwoods National Park, CA to Prairie Creek State Park, CA: See? Lions
- Prairie Creek State Park, CA to McKinleyville, CA: Tree's a Crowd
- McKinleyville, CA to Eureka, CA: All Hail The Fortune-Telling Pen
- Eureka, CA to Burlington Campground, CA: Forest For The Trees
- Burlington Campground, CA to Standish Hickey, CA: Wheeler Dealer
- Standish-Hickey, CA to Mendocino, CA: 1derful
- Mendocino, CA to Gualala, CA: Twin Peaks
- Gualala, CA to Bodega Bay, CA: Coasting
- Bodega Bay, CA to Mill Valley, CA: Welcome to The Modern Age
- Mill Valley, CA to San Francisco, CA: If You're Going To San Francisco
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in Fog City
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in Baghdad by the Bay
- San Francisco, CA to Pescadero, CA: Taco Belle
- Pescadero, CA to Aptos, CA: Santa Cruz, You're Not That Far
- Aptos, CA to Monterey, CA: The Ballad of Ol' Whitey and Jeremy Thwacker
- Monterey, CA to Kirk Creek Campground, CA: Just Don't Go Back To Big Sur
- Kirk Creek Campground, CA to Los Osos, CA: Osolo Sossosolo
- Los Osos, CA to Nipomo, CA: Where RVs Go To Die
- Rest Day: David’s Knob
- Nipomo, CA to Refugio Beach, CA: Young Mulbert And The Astronomical Phone Bill
- Refugio Beach, CA to Ventura, CA: Ace Ventura
- Ventura, CA to Los Angeles, CA: Malibu Barbies
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in The City of Angels
- Los Angeles, CA to Rancho Palos Verdes, CA: Life's A Beach
- Rancho Palos Verdes, CA to Orange, CA: Bye-Sea-Cool
- Rest Day: Scaling Baldy's Sideburns
- Orange, CA to Los Angeles, CA: Training Ride
Southern Tier: West -> East
Louisiana
- The Big Train Ride: All Aboard
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in The Big Easy
- Rest Day: 24 Hours in NOLA
- New Orleans, LA to Lutcher, LA: But The Levy Was Dry
- Lutcher, LA to Baton Rouge, LA: No Colour in Baton Rouge
- Baton Rouge, LA to Franklinton, LA: Corn Maize
Mississippi
- Franklinton, LA to McHenry, MS: Missy-Zippy
- McHenry, MS to Gautier, MS: The Smell of my Gulf
Alabama
- Gautier, MS to Dauphin Island, AL: Sweet Home, Alabama
Florida
- Gulf Shores, AL, to Pensacola, FL: Great Weather for Capes
- Pensacola, FL to Inlet Beach, FL: Squeaky Sand, Steamy Sea
- Inlet Beach, FL to Port St Joe, FL: Surveying The Damage
- Port St Joe, FL to Lanark, FL: Following The Monarchs
- Lanark, FL to Athena, FL: Every Cloud
- Athena, FL to Manatee Springs Campground, FL: Way Down Upon The Swanny River
- Manatee Springs Campground, FL to Gilchrist Blue Springs Campground, FL: Sand Trap? Death Trap
- Gilchrist Blue Springs Campground, FL to Gainesville, FL: Out Of The Blue
- Gainesville, FL to St Augustine, FL: Confessions of St Augustine
- St Augustine, FL to Ormond Beach, FL: Our Ocean
- Ormond Beach, FL to Cocoa, FL: The Roundabout Conundrum
- Cocoa, FL to Indian River Oaks, FL: The Art of Two-Person Touring
- Indian River Oaks, FL to Stuart, FL: Feel-Um, No-See-Um
- Stuart, FL to Deerfield Beach, FL: Bring a Snorkel
- Boca Raton, FL to Miami Beach, FL: Howling at the Sunrise
- Miami Beach, FL to Key Largo, FL: Men Driving in Loops
- Key Largo, FL to Marathon, FL: Take It To The Beach
- Marathon, FL to Big Pine Key, FL: Let’s Go To The Beach (Beach)
- Big Pine Key, FL to Key West, FL: Finish Lime