Tammy Brown

It’s been 2 blissful weeks since we crossed the finish line in Yorktown, VA and we’ve gotta say, it’s been nice having a Blog Break! After spending our final cycle night in Yorktown with family and friends and dining at a fabulous Thai restaurant, we headed to Alexandria, VA to stay with Ellie, Mike and […]

Our final day!!!!! 3,969 miles, 11 states, 51 cycling days, 1 COVID day and memories to last a lifetime! We’re still finding it hard to believe that this trip of a lifetime is over. We’ve literally enjoyed every day. Of course there were highs and lows, but the lows never exceeded the highs. Olivia rode

As this is our penultimate day to finishing our Cycle Across America, we thought we’d take some pictures of just a small number of the American flags we saw en route today. We must have missed the memo regarding an extended July 4 celebration, or folks out here are very patriotic, veterans or supporters of

This is a long blog today so bear with me…. I’d gotten myself all worked up over the past several days worrying about today’s ride, convinced that if anything were to happen, it’d be today. The ride was to be made up of 5 components: 1. 24 miles from Lexington to Vesuvius – roly poly

We’re starting to sound like a broken record – another beautiful day for cycling, even cooler than yesterday and the scenery was fabulous. Virginia is becoming our favorite state on this trip. Lots of wildlife today (I saw about 12 deer), and we tried to do a study on the painted quilts on the side

Damascus is a really pretty town and a crossroads for 7 nationally known trails – the Transamerica Bike Trail that we’re on, the Appalachian Trail, the Virginia Creeper trail among others we’d never heard of. There are lots of quaint homes, B&Bs, shops and TONS of bike rental and shuttle shops. We stayed in a

And a lot of elevation gain – 6276 feet – the most of the whole trip (so far) Beautiful day in terms of temperature, humidity and landscape but brutal in terms of hills. Today’s posts will be mostly visual – we’ve no internet so bear with us…… We loved today. The uphills were brutal but

Lots and lots of elevation gain today – 5900 feet in lots of humidity. We’re now 87% done! Hard to believe we only have 8 more days left! Today’s highlights included the Hindman Artisan Center and Guitar/strings studio in Hindman. Hindman has an interesting and dark past. 2 years ago almost to the day a

Today was full of THE 4 H’s – Hills – we’re in Appalachia now. Very hilly Humidity – 80%+ again today Heat – got up to 93 degrees Hounds – we were charged at by at least 12 dogs today. A record for the trip. The whistles and horns worked, but their attacks are scary

Our day started off with a bit of anxiety. We drove an hour to a bike shop in Lexington with the hope of arriving right at the opening and getting my bike, Louise, a new wheel. Fortunately, manager John was super helpful, knowledgeable and sympathetic to our timing needs. We had Louise out of surgery