|
State
|
Day
|
Date
|
Start
|
Breakfast
|
Lunch
|
Dinner
|
Finish
|
Slept
|
Dist(miles)
|
Comments
|
|
New Jersey
|
-
|
27th May
|
Newark
International
Airport (4-30pm)
|
-
|
-
|
Morristown
|
Chester
|
Side of Road
|
40
|
Face bitten by
mosquitos in the night
|
|
NJ-Pennsylvania
|
1
|
28th May
|
Chester (NJ)
|
Chester
|
Buttzville
|
Packerton (PA)
|
Locust Lake
State Park
|
On Ground
|
115
|
Rained at 3am
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
2
|
29th May
|
Locust Lake S.P.
|
Shenandoah
(Burger King)
|
Lewisburg
|
State College
|
5 miles before
Phillipsburg
|
Rough gravel parking
top of mountain road
|
138
|
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
3
|
30th May
|
5 miles before
Phillipsburg
|
Phillipsburg
(Macdonalds)
|
Punxsutawney
|
East Brady
|
Butler
|
Motel
|
130
|
Warm day 80F
|
Pennsylvania-
Ohio
|
4
|
31st May
|
Butler
|
Butler
(Burger King)
|
Beaver Falls
(Ponderosa)
|
Minerva (OH)
|
Robertsville
|
Motel
|
80
|
Rain am
Jet Lagged
|
|
Ohio
|
5
|
1st June
|
Robertsville
|
East Canton
|
Millersburg
|
Mount Gilead
|
Marion (OH)
|
On grass
100 metres from road
|
125
|
Reached flatter terrain
|
|
Ohio-Indiana
|
6
|
2nd June
|
Marion (OH)
|
Marion
?(Macdonalds)
|
Lima
|
Willshire
|
Marion (IN)
|
Motel
|
156
|
Heavy rain
in afternoon
|
|
Indiana-Illinois
|
7
|
3rd June
|
Marion (IN)
|
Marion
|
Rossville
|
Hooperston (IL)
|
Rantoul
|
Junior Holiday Inn
|
157
|
|
|
Illinois
|
8
|
4th June
|
Rantoul
|
Rantoul
|
?Heyworth
|
Havana
|
Havana
|
Motel
|
106
|
Violent thunder-storm
in afternoon (sheltered)
|
|
Illinois-Iowa
|
9
|
5th June
|
Havana
|
Havana
|
La Harpe
|
Farmington (Iowa)
|
Pulaski
|
Picnic table in Park
|
144
|
|
|
Iowa
|
10
|
6th June
|
Pulaski
|
Bloomfield
|
Albia
|
Creston
|
Creston
|
Home of Rex and
Mary Shough
|
138
|
Rain am
|
|
Iowa-Nebraska
|
11
|
7th June
|
Creston
|
Creston
|
Red Oak
|
Nebraska City (NE)
|
Syracuse
|
Motel
|
128
|
Thunder-storms am
|
|
Nebraska
|
12
|
8th June
|
Syracuse
|
Syracuse
|
Lincoln
|
Crete
|
Wilber
|
Picnic table in Park
|
110
|
Trouble with rear
wheel. 60 miles wasted
|
|
Nebraska-Kansas
|
13
|
9th June
|
Wilber
|
Fairbury
|
Belleville (Kansas)
|
Mankato
|
Smith Center
|
Motel
|
147
|
|
|
Kansas
|
14
|
10th June
|
Smith Center
|
Smith Center
|
Norton
|
Selden
|
Interstate Junction
5m N of Oakley
|
Motel
|
140
|
|
|
Kansas-Colorado
|
15
|
11th June
|
5m N of Oakley
|
5m N of Oakley
|
Sharon Springs
|
Kit Carson (CO)
|
Eads
|
Picnic table
|
140
|
|
|
Colorado
|
16
|
12th June
|
Eads
|
Eads
|
Ordway
|
Walsenburg
|
Walsenburg
|
Motel
|
146
|
95F Ran out of water
|
|
Colorado
|
17
|
13th June
|
Walsenburg
|
Walsenburg
|
Fort Garland
|
Del Norte
|
South Fork
|
Motel
|
120
|
Reached Rockies
|
|
Colorado
|
18
|
14th June
|
South Fork
|
Pagosa Springs
|
Bayfield
|
Mancos
|
Rest-area
before Cortez
|
Picnic table
|
142
|
|
Colorado-
Utah-Arizona
|
19
|
15th June
|
Rest-area
before Cortez
|
Cortez
|
Bluff (Utah)
|
Mexican Hat
|
Kayenta (AZ)
|
On Ground
in Kayenta
|
152
|
110F rode through
Monument Valley
|
|
Arizona
|
20
|
16th June
|
Kayenta
|
Holiday Inn,
Kayenta
|
Tuba City
|
Marble Canyon
|
Marble Canyon
|
Marble Canyon
Lodge Motel
|
140
|
am headwind
and sand-storm
|
|
Arizona
|
21
|
17th June
|
Marble Canyon
|
Marble Canyon
|
Jacob Lake
Lodge
|
North Rim
Grand Canyon
|
Outside of
Grand Canyon NP
|
Edge of forest
50 metres from road
|
100
|
Saw Grand Canyon
|
|
Arizona-Utah
|
22
|
18th June
|
20 miles from GC
|
Jacob Lake
|
Kanab (Utah)
|
Springdale
|
Hurricane
|
On grass
next to motel
|
128
|
Rode through Zion NP
Lift through 1m tunnel
|
|
Utah-Nevada
|
23
|
19th June
|
Hurricane
|
St George
|
Glendale
|
Las Vegas (NV)
|
Las Vegas
|
Motel
|
138
|
110F downhill with tailwind
Changed worn rear tyre
|
|
Nevada
|
24
|
20th June
|
Las Vegas
|
Indian Springs
|
Amagosa Valley
|
Beatty (Burro Inn)
|
Beatty
|
Burro Inn Motel
|
115
|
Afternoon desert th'storm
|
|
Nevada-California
|
25
|
21st June
|
Beatty
|
Stovepipe Wells
(CA)
|
Panamint Springs
|
Independence
|
Independence
|
Motel
|
130
|
Crossed Death Valley
Tired in afternoon
|
|
California
|
26
|
22nd June
|
Independence
|
Independence
|
Bishop
|
June Lake
|
Lee Vining
|
Ranger Station
Picnic table
|
110
|
Two front punctures
|
|
California
|
27
|
23rd June
|
Lee Vining
|
Tuolumne Meadows
|
Buck Meadows
|
Oakdale
|
Oakdale
|
Motel
|
130
|
Through Yosemite NP
|
|
California
|
28
|
24th June
|
Oakdale
|
Oakdale
|
Rio Vista
|
Corte Madera
|
Corte Madera
|
Mr & Mrs Begg's
back garden
|
145
|
100F
|
|
California
|
29
|
25th June
|
Corte Madera
|
Mr & Mrs Begg's
|
-
|
-
|
San Francisco
|
Motel
|
20
|
Finish
|
|
|
26th June |
Flew home |
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