We are still loving Pennsylvania, but a little of that love was lost in our ride today. If you haven't ridden a bicycle on the street you won't appreciate the picture above. If you have, then you realize the shoulder is only wide enough for a tire and your handlebars are sticking out into traffic … Continue reading D20 NE Lost Love →

Up and down is often hard to tell with a picture. In this case, the little tiny twig shape on the horizon (not the trees), at the top of the hill, is Gloria. She couldn't go as slow as me and stay upright. When you're pedalling, and can't stop because you will fall over due … Continue reading D19 NE To Hill or Not →

To try and make up for our recent trip through the industrial revolution, I switched gears (figuratively and literally) and took Gloria through Napa Valley. Fortunately, this Napa is without the snobbery, Mercedes, and private jets. The northwest part of New York and the northeast part of Pennsylvania are known as wine country. I couldn't … Continue reading D18 NE Napa Valley →

Leaving Tonawanda we pedalled upstream along the Niagara River knowing it was best not to fall in as we would end up going over the falls downstream. Gloria looked longingly across the river into Canada. When we arrived a little later at the Unity Island Park - assumedly an island unifying Canada and US because … Continue reading D17 NE Industrial Revolution →

This trip has had some falls, or on this trip Gloria has had some falls. None of them were good. Today we changed that by taking her to Niagara Falls. She is smiling first, for not falling in our 50 mile ride today; second, because we took an Uber to the falls rather than riding … Continue reading D16 NE Good Falls →

It is wonderful to ride for hours a day with Gloria. She can talk the entire way as she motors along never short of breath. Well, almost the entire way. This evening as we entered the town of Albion - our stop point - her second battery died. She was a little winded but stoically … Continue reading D15 NE Close Contacts →

We spent the Sabbath watching conference and visiting the Joseph Smith family farm and the sacred grove - it was an uplifting day.

Most women would be thrilled to be taken on any of the following trips: Beach time in Rehoboth, lunch in Manhattan (ok, sort of the Bronx), or seeing the autumn leaves in upstate New York. Maybe most would prefer doing it by car and likely my wife would too, but she has endured by my … Continue reading D13 NE Wedded Vows →

At about mile 45 each day, you stop and ask yourself why ride. With 15 - 25 miles left to go, your butt wants a new owner and your thighs feel like someone has pounded them, you need a reason to continue. Gloria doesn't ask that question because she has chosen to be with me. … Continue reading D12 NE Why Ride →

First a confession. We ate at McDonalds tonight. It was the only thing, other than a gas station, within walking distance of the motel. I don't even remember the last time I ate at McD's and that's likely because it was completely unmemorable. Likely it will be a long time before we eat there again … Continue reading D11 NE Amazing Erie →