Welcome to my Summer 2008 Bike Tour page. My route is an ambitious, 4,000-mile loop through the American West (see map). The ride will take me across the desert southwest in southern Nevada and New Mexico and Colorado. When I crest the Rockies in Southern Colorado, I will turn north and follow the Continental Divide all the way into Montana. In Northern Montana I will pick up the old Lewis and Clark route to the Pacific in northern Oregon. After that, it's down the coast and back home to Santa Cruz. A piece of cake!!
I begin riding on Sunday, June 8 and plan to be back in Santa Cruz no later than Sunday, August 24. That is a total of 78 (potential) riding days -- 11 weeks and a day. I will need to average about 50 miles a day (making no allowance for rest days).
I am riding an aluminum, hard-tail mountain bike, pulling a suspended BOB trailer (see pic). I will camp most nights, with an occasional motel thrown into the mix. I will try to ride every day, but my schedule will accommodate a few rest days if I need them.
A big "thank you!" to my students at Kirby School, Joshua Tsuji and Max Burkhardt, for putting this site up. Also, thanks to my good friend Bernadette Pedago for giving me a nice jump start to my ride -- driving me out of the metropolitan area.
This tour is dedicated to the memory of my brother, Patrick, who left us on June 6, 2008.