13,891 kilometers (8,631.46 miles) over 96 days from June 28, 2017 to October 01, 2017
| Table of Contents | |
|---|---|
| Introduction: | 1 |
| Boston to Devils Tombstone: On the road, first night in the Catskills | 2 |
| Hunter Mountain Fire Tower: A hike up a mountain to see the view | 3 |
| Devil's Tombstone to Binghamton: Rain sends me scurrying to a motel | 4 |
| Binghamton to Minister Creek: PA roller coaster | 5 |
| Minister Creek Hiking Trail: a day off to camp and hike | 6 |
| Minister Creek to Amherst, Ohio: the Great Lakes begin | 7 |
| Amherst, Ohio to Jackson, Michigan: into Michigan | 8 |
| Jackson, Michigan to Nordhouse Dunes: | 9 |
| Nordhouse Dunes: A long hike through the dunes | 10 |
| Nordhouse Dunes: Camping on the beach | 11 |
| Nordhouse Dunes to Newberry: Into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan | 12 |
| Newberry to Marquette: Boreal forest | 13 |
| Marquette to Copper Harbor: Cold and rainy | 14 |
| Copper Harbor: hiking Estivant Pines | 15 |
| Copper Harbor: mountain-biking the Keweenaw Peninsula | 16 |
| Copper Harbor to Wakona Lake: back down the peninsula, into Wisconsin | 17 |
| Wakona Lake to Duluth, MN: another state, another load of laundry... | 18 |
| Duluth to Cascade River: about as backcountry as I can get with this motorcycle. | 19 |
| Eagle Mountain: hiking to the (not very) highest elevation of Minnesota | 20 |
| Cascade River: hanging out to camp, hike, and try to find that moose | 21 |
| Cascade River to Kabetogama: longish day on the motorcycle to get to another national forest | 22 |
| Lake Kabetogama hangout: camping, hiking, chores, and setting up a canoe trip | 23 |
| Voyageurs National Park: canoing to backcountry campsite | 24 |
| Voyageurs National Park: 24 hours with no human contact, hiking in the Kabetogama Peninsula | 25 |
| Voyageurs National Park: return canoe trip | 26 |
| International Falls to Devils Lake: North Dakota, and watch out for the animals | 27 |
| Devils Lake to Roosevelt National Park: the plains...the plains | 28 |
| Roosevelt National Park: hiking Sperati Point in search of a sunset | 29 |
| Roosevelt National Park: Aschenbach trail | 30 |
| Roosevelt National Park to Fort Benton, Montana: long day on the plains into Montana | 31 |
| Fort Benton to Clark Fork: over the continental divide to Missoula to get an oil change | 32 |
| Lolo National Forest: hiking the Iron Mountain Road | 33 |
| Clark Fork to Glacier National Park: campgrounds are full in the park, headed for the bush | 34 |
| Glacier National Park: hiking Numa Ridge | 35 |
| Glacier National Park: Going to the Sun Road | 36 |
| Glacier National Park to Lake McGregor: let's not get started on Mormons | 37 |
| Lake McGregor to Yaak River: slow burn until the part arrives in Spokane | 38 |
| Yaak River to Davenport, WA: picking up my switch | 39 |
| Davenport to Lone Fir Campground: | 40 |
| Cascades National Park - Maple Pass: kind of like Switzerland | 41 |
| Cascades National Park - Sourdough Mountain: of deer, switchbacks, and those paved curves. | 42 |
| Cascades National Park to Wenatchee: time to fix that switch | 43 |
| Wenatchee to Hat Rock: passed 150,000 miles; and the hospitality of a fellow beamer rider | 44 |
| Hat Rock to Hell's Canyon: What the F is Farkel? | 45 |
| Hell's Canyon rim road: hot and dusty hikeabout | 46 |
| Hell's Canyon to Ontario: the eclipse, a photographic phlop | 47 |
| Ontario to Pine, Idaho: | 48 |
| Pine to Crosscut Trail: into the back country | 49 |
| Crosscut Trail Day 2: egg burritos save the day | 50 |
| Crosscut Trail Day 3: that makes 2 days without people | 51 |
| Pine to Mountain Home: 2 days without people then one day chock full of them | 52 |
| Mountain Home to Craters of the Moon: sagebrush to basalt | 53 |
| Craters of the Moon: hikeabout | 54 |
| Craters of the Moon: Back country day 1 | 55 |
| Craters of the Moon: Back country day 2 | 56 |
| Craters of the Moon to City of Rocks: and getting to know the residents of Arco | 57 |
| City of Rocks: back country hike-in | 58 |
| City of Rocks: hike around the park | 59 |
| City of Rocks: Graham Peak | 60 |
| City of Rocks to Antelope Island: Great Salt Lake | 61 |
| Ogden to Flaming Gorge: hot on the trail of my ancestors | 62 |
| Flaming Gorge to Dinosaur National Monument: | 63 |
| Dinosaur National Monument: Jones Hole | 64 |
| Dinosaur National Monument: Ely Creek Trail | 65 |
| Dinosaur National Monument to Rabbit Valley: into Colorado | 66 |
| Colorado National Monument: redux | 67 |
| Rabbit Valley to Moab: Arches, world traveler, wandering cyclist | 68 |
| Arches National Park: Double-O Arch, Primitive Loop | 69 |
| Moab to Canyonlands: summer to winter in 20 minutes | 70 |
| Canyonlands: Syncline loop | 71 |
| Canyonlands: Lathrop trail | 72 |
| Canyonlands to Durango: heading for a rest | 73 |
| Durango to St George, Utah: my shock is toast | 74 |
| St George to Las Vegas: yup, Vegas | 75 |
| Las Vegas to Barstow, CA: sorry my shock can't handle that | 76 |
| Barstow to Kingman, AZ: a bit of route 66 | 77 |
| Kingman to Phoenix: repairs and switch to bicycle | 78 |
