Biking

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Day 40: July 26th, 2013: Crater Lake, OR to Bend, OR

Sunrise over Crater Lake.

Waterfall

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Day 44: July 30th, 2013: Yellowstone Part 1

Scott went for a twenty-one mile bike ride in some pretty cold weather. He said it was definitely the coldest ride he has been on during this trip.

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Day 34: July 20th, 2013: Yosemite National Park

Scott went for a bike ride up to Glacier Point this morning. He rode 19 miles. He happened to catch some hang gliders up at Glacier Point.

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Day 35: July 21st, 2013: Livermore, CA to Salt Point Creek, CA

Showers! It has been one whole week since our last shower. At this rate we should only have one more shower to look forward to before we are home! 75 cents for six amazing minutes of feeling clean. Showers make me so happy!

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Day 25: July 11, 2013: Bryce Canyon

Scott started the morning with a 32 mile bike ride. He traveled to Angel’s Point and back.

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Day 22: July 8th, 2013: Grand Canyon - Desert View to Mather Campground

Scott put together a plan last night so that he could bike the entire South rim of Grand Canyon National Park. I was a little hesitant about the plan for three reasons: 1) the last road adventure in Taos led to Scott having a four hour bike ride instead of a two hour bike ride (he was a little faster than he thought) 2) there are just a few people at the Grand Canyon on a daily basis, I wasn’t sure how we would connect up 3) cleaning up the camping mats, sleeping bags, tent, pulling down the hanging laundry, feeding the kids breakfast, cleaning up dishes, and driving 25 miles all before 9:45 seemed a bit of a stretch. There are days at home that I am just excited to get myself and the kids dressed, fed, and out the door on time. Adding camping gear to the equation? Despite my apprehension before he slipped out this morning I whispered, “Have a great ride!”

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Day 14: June 30th, 2013: Maverick Campground, New Mexico to Abiquiu Lake, New Mexico

Scott stayed up until close to midnight chatting with our new neighbors Carlee and Alex. Carlee just graduated with a degree in nutrition. Thus I found it humorous when Scott offered them some healthy marshmallows over the stove (fire ban). Alex is going into Occupational Therapy with one more year of undergrad to go. Carlee is headed to Australia to work for a year. She said there is a special one year work visa for students who have just graduated to encourage multiculturalism.

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Day 15: July 1st, 2013: Abiquiu Lake, New Mexico

Stats: 1,758 miles traveled, 138.85 gallons of gas burned, average miles per gallon 12.66, 4 states visited

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Day 12: June 28th, 2013: New Mexico Between Cimarron and Eagle’s Nest

](/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_02591.jpg) ](/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_02571.jpg) Scott’s biking photos from his one hour ride this morning. He left about seven and returned about eight. He tells me he rode uphill for about forty minutes and then downhill for twelve. He said despite being strong on the brakes he was still traveling forty miles an hour downhill.