Category: TransAmerica Tour 1984

Downhill warning sign

Several warnings are posted along the Olympic Discovery Trail about steep descents. Be also warned: Steep descents are followed by steep ascents. I dismounted a few times on my touring bike, but for the ascent.

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Bicycling Route 666 — a hellish ride

Today is June 6, 2006. Also known as 6/6/06, or just plain “666” — the day from hell. I've had my share of days from hell, but many people are expecting some major calamities on this one.

Imagine, I thought, if you were to bicycle on Highway 666 on 6/6/06. 

I remembered Highway 666 from the cross-country bicycle tour my friend and I took in 1984. I dove into my box of tattered maps and soon located the New Mexico map. Inspecting closely, I found the devilish red line marking Highway 666. …

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A TransAmerica bicycle tour in 1984

I always get a little distracted this time of the spring. It seems that no matter what I'm doing, a part of my brain is spinning around to remember what I was doing at this time in 1984.

That's the year my friend Bruce and I took leaves of absence from our jobs and began a cross-country bicycle trek on May 13. …

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Oceanside, California

Here's the beach and pier at Oceanside, Calif., from Oceanside Chamber of Commerce website (I had run out of film a couple of days earlier and never restocked).

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Day 66 – Late evening campsite in Anza Borrego desert

Deep sand but great view from this campsite.

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Day 66 – Flooded sign, but bone dry road

Sign posted along extremely lonely stretch of road just north of Mexican border in California. No flood — or water — in sight.

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Day 65 – A surprise and welcome oasis

Bikes lined up at Stone Cabin cafe, where the air conditioning runs full blast.

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Day 65 – Long morning shadow and KOFA Mountains

Early morning between Quartzsite and Yuma…

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Day 64 – Desolate desert outpost between Aguila and Quartzsite

Former filling station, I suppose. Hot and dry area known as Arizona Outback.

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Oak Creek Canyon

Winding road down the Mogollon Rim in Arizona

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