Journal archive
Full chronological journal from the road. Unedited, unlisted.
- Intro: How did I end up writing on a crazy guy website?
- The plan: You do have a plan though, right?
- T minus 3 weeks: This shit is starting to feel real.
- Gear List
- The Night before: Last min tech troubles
- A day of Traveling: Ireland to Seattle · 0.6 km
- Day 2: Or the real Day 1? · 60 km
- Day 3: Belfair to Elma · 90 km
- Day 4: Rest day
- Day 5: Cooking shouldn't be this hard. · 70 km
- Day 6: Gentle hills and nice people · 70 km
- Day 7: A day of Beautiful views and wildlife · 59 km
- Day 8: Beer is great · 50 km
- Day 9: Rest day... AND ELK!
- Day 10: My first flat + rough hills · 60 km
- Day 11: I feel stupid · 65 km
- Day 12: Wind, rain, hills and racism · 70 km
- Day 13: Great views · 45 km
- Day 14: 2 weeks in and maybe 2% done! · 60 km
- Day 15: a bad impress on tubeless tires · 73 km
- Day 16: Reality check · 65 km
- Day 17: showers are great · 60 km
- Day 18: last night in Oregon · 80 km
- Day 19: First warm showers! · 48 km
- Day 20: Rest day: Pints at church?
- Day 21: Begining of the redwood forests · 56.99 km
- Day 22: Cycling to a deadline · 70 km
- Day 23: First 100k and the Avenue of the Giants! · 100 km
- Day 24: Hills and reantless heat · 70 km
- Day 25: Rest day
- Day 26: Leggett hill · 65 km
- Day 27: Great campground but racoons · 68 km
- Day 28: I survived the racoons · 67 km
- Day 29: Wet day and walk down memory lane · 101 km
- Day 30: Made it to San Francisco! · 57 km
- Day 31: Rest day: Bike upgrades and Cheesecake
- Day 32: Rest day - Planning for Big Sur + playing Baduk
- Day 33: Rest day - Last rest day in SF
- Day 34: Back on road · 55 km
- Day 35: A day of flats · 95 km
- Day 36: Short 20km day · 20 km
- Day 37: skipping big sur landslide with a train · 44 km
- Day 38: Short day and some needless nerdy tech stuff · 27 km
- Day 39: Racoons... · 78.7 km
- Day 40: A wrong turn leads to an adventure! · 52 km
- Day 41: So many punctures today so go tubeless which causes more problems · 40 km
- Day 42: Rest day in Santa Barbara + Bike upgrades
- Day 43: Unexplained speed boost · 87 km
- Day 44: LA! · 80 km
- Day 45, 46 + 47: Rest days in LA
- Day 48: A great warm showers host · 88 km
- Day 49: A long cycle and hit San Diego · 114 km
- Day 50 + 51: Rest days - And last days in the USA
- Day 51: HOLA MEXICO! · 1 km
- Day 52: A rough day one on the Baja divide! · 55 km
- Mexico: Baja
- Day 53: A fun days cyycle in Baja! · 65 km
- Day 54: Got a good beating today · 67 km
- Day 55: First wild camp! · 50 km
- Day 56: Should I skip a section of Baja divide out of bike worry · 40 km
- Day 57: First run in with Mexican police · 47 km
- Day 58 + 59: Rest days and bike shop
- Day 60: sand and more sand · 40 km
- Day 61: Some sad news from the Baja 1000 race · 40 km
- Day 62: Cycling on the beach + the Baja 1000 race · 10 km
- Day 63: Today was brutal · 48 km
- Day 64: Valley of the candles · 75 km
- Day 65: To skip a section of the Baja divide or not? · 75 km
- Day 66: Mini photo review of Mex 1 road · 55 km
- Day 67: Downhill + tail winds · 100 km
- Day 68: Gotta catch 'em all - Pokemon · 82 km
- Day 69 and 70: Rest days and refreshing some tech skills
- Day 71: a normal day on highway 1 · 75 km
- Day 72: San Ignacio · 70 km
- Day 73: Rest day
- Day 74: Fist pumping road magic · 75 km
- Day 75: Mulege · 62 km
- Day 76: Rest day and the Mexican Fisherman
- Day 77: Upset stomach · 23 km
- Day 78: Loreto · 110 km
- Day 79: biggest distance to date · 121 km
- Day 80: alcohol and pier pressure · 80 km
- Day 81: Peer pressured into my first 100 mile day! · 157 km
- Day 82 - 95: La paz, rest days, great times
- Day 96: Ferry to Mazatlan · 20 km
- Mexico: Mainland
- Day 97 to Day 104: Rest in Mazatlan for Christmas
- Day 105: Finally on road again · 70 km
- Day 106: Silly accommodation problems · 150 km
- Day 107: Steep hill · 64 km
- Day 108: New year eve kindness · 110 km
- Day 109: Pictures of signs · 62 km
- Day 110 - 121: Hard to leave the conforts behind and get on the road again · 93 km
- Day 122: Bike problems · 83 km
- Day 123: Tequlia - from field to flavors · 73 km
- Day 124: Guadalajara · 69 km
- Day 125 - Day 129: Guadalajara rest days
- Day 130, 131 + 132: Guadalajara to Guanajuato. · 285 km
- Day 133 - 136: Guanajuato - Rest days - Mostly a Go entry
- Day 137 - 139: Busted rim and bus to Mexico city · 201 km
- Day 140 - 145: Rest days in Mexico City + Bike Repair.
- Day 146 + 147: Robbed at Knifepoint, Scaling the Pass of Cortés, Record Altitudes and Freezing Temps · 160 km
- Day 148 - 156: Rest in Puebla
- Day 157 - 159: Thunder, Lightning, Music, and Gunshots · 175 km
- Day 160 -163: large climb and arrival in Oaxaca · 295 km
- 164 - 171 Oaxaca: I have a big head (apparently)
- Day 172 - 186: Boiling, Brakeing and Beaching Whales · 210 km
- Day 187 - 193: Chiapas, Wind + an end to the Mexican chapter · 565 km
- Day 194 - 196: Guatamala · 337 km
- Central America
- Day 197 - 201: El Salvador · 315 km
- Day 202 - 207: Honduras and Nicaragua · 520 km
- Day 208 - 217: Costa Rica · 450 km
- Day 212 - 225: Panama · 490 km
- Colombia
- Days 226-244: Medellin rest days
- Day 245 - 249: Medellin to Salento · 240 km
- Day 250 - 251: Colombians are the incredibly welcoming · 200 km
- Day 252 - 263: Dancing in Cali
- Day 264 - 274: Dangerous Tours, Andes Climbs, and a Dog Bite in Southern Colombia · 400 km
- Winging it Home