Ansel Adventures

On the last segment of the trip we took some time for additional sightseeing. This included the Dixie Caverns, the Stonewall Jackson grave site in Lexington...

Leaving Bardstown and the bourbon distilleries behind we then spent some time in Berea, Kentucky. Berea is a college town where students make and sell craft...

Our ride through southern Illinois was only 130 miles long. It offered scenic back country roads with very little traffic and lots of farmland. Crossing th...

Bicycling through the Ozarks turned out to be some of the most difficult terrain yet. These were some of the steepest hills we have ever ridden. Even the l...

As we left eastern Kansas the temperature and humidity began to climb. We also said goodbye to the flat roads. We met Pastor Joe in Benedict, KS and he gav...

The terrain in Kansas is pretty flat. It has challenged us in other ways such as strong head winds, heat and some rain. We start riding as close to sun up ...

After leaving Canon City we arrived in Pueblo, CO and took a rest day. We are less than 2,000 miles from Yorktown, Virginia. Hard to believe this part of t...

We continue to meet lots of cyclist touring all over the country on so many different routes. We were happy to enter Colorado, our 5th state. Steady climbi...

Here are a few more pictures from Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. We were so excited to see the buffalo, the black bear and the elk so close. The dramati...

After a little slow down to fix a flat we stayed with Curtis, a Warm Showers host in Darby, MT. We started traveling with our new friend Sam, who is also do...

The weather cooled down once we left Cambridge, Idaho, which was a huge relief. Idaho had more hills and passes than we expected. It was challenging but be...

From Mt. Vernon we continued to head East into the hotter and drier part of the state. Prairie City was one of them at 95 degrees by mid morning. It was a ...

Sorry for the late post. We've had very limited internet access. After the last post we started to head East. We continued riding through lush forests and...

We started our trip by taking the train to Portland and then a bus to Astoria. We had shipped our bikes ahead of time and they were ready to go when we arri...