Highlights: With our police escort out of Leetonia on Sunday it wasn’t too long before we were out of Ohio and into Pennsylvania. Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania have been pretty hilly, got to get our climbing legs back in gear. We haven’t been chased by dogs for a long time. The dogs have been behind standard or electric fences. Many of the dogs will run along the yard with us and seem pretty playful rather than wanting to sink their teeth into us. One dog even grabbe

Weekly Miles: 335 Total Miles: 3,124 Weekly Elevation: 7,452 Total Elevation: 84,115 Highlights: We are already done with Indiana. That was quick! Bliss did something different and contacted a facebook group in a small town where we wanted to stay. We got permission to camp on the backside of the county fairgrounds in Montpelier Ohio. It was nice to camp on soft grass for a change. At 12:30 am Robert was awoken by a noise, then heard a man yell and curse loudly. Robert beca

Story time! While staying at our "luxury" hotel in Kent, we were trying to figure out lodging for the next night. There was only one campground in the area we were headed, and they said there was no availability. Leetonia (population 1,833) seemed like the perfect place to stop, so I sent a private message to Tina, the admin of the local Facebook group, asking if there was a park or somewhere we could camp. She immediately responded that she would check. Leetonia Coke Ovens A

Week 10: 339 miles and 6,226 elevation Highlights: At South Haven Michigan we rode our bikes down the pier to the lighthouse. This was our last time to see Lake Michigan, so we spent some time there. It is so impressive. We accidentally called it an ocean at least 10 times. We are going to miss seeing it along our ride. Along that line, we have left Michigan and are in Indiana. We have been riding for a long time and the end seemed so far away, but now that we’ve gotten throu

We hope you are still playing along! Week 10 Pass horse and buggy. We finally made it to Amish country. There is a large population of Amish in and near the town of Shipshewana, IN. We found a horse and buggy parked at a Target, Then we passed a whole bunch going down the highways. We tried to be rather discrete when taking pictures. But after talking to quite a few Amish people we found that they are very OK with pictures being taken. We also saw a lot of Amish on bicycles,

Get cheered on by someone We were at Riverside Canoes where we had just finished our kayak trip down the Platte river and were getting geared up to bike when we started chatting with two young guys who were traveling by bike with a smaller amount of gear. (Surprisingly, we haven’t seen very many cycle tourists at all!) One of them came up to Robert and asked about our trip. He then asked how old Robert was… 64. He then said “wow, I’m only 20, so that gives me hope that I’ll b

Highlights: For so long it has been ride or die. We pass through a lot of cute little towns but we don’t want to look at the shops because we can’t carry more, and we can’t buy food in every town or we’d go broke. So we rarely stop unless they have a nice park for a rest break. Well, we became tourists real quick. Mackinac Island is very commercial, but we loved the energy. We rode the 8.2 mile perimeter trail, stopping to look at the arch and other sites. Just cruising easy

Tent pole breaks Borrow something while camping In Manistique Mi there was rain in the forecast, so at the campground Bliss asked if we could stay under the pavilion. The lady said that would be fine. But the pavilion was in a public parking area. Quite a few people drove up to go to the lake. So we waited to put up the tent. As it started getting dark most people left. There was one guy who parked his huge converted bus in the parking lot to stay the night. As we were puttin

Stats Week 8 miles: 340 Total Miles - 2,216 Total Elevation - 63,963 Highlights: One more state down. We are in Michigan, the UP (Upper Peninsula) to be exact. This week we crossed something off our list that we didn’t even know we had on our list. We were tired and there were no hotels or campgrounds around. We saw a sign pointing down a dirt road to a cemetery. Up at the very top was a little wooded area, where we could keep the tent and bikes a little hidden. We were walki

Bingo Bike repair: Roberts rear wheel was getting pretty wobbly, he had 3 broken spokes. In St. Cloud we got the spokes replaced, but the rim had a lot of cracks. Bliss called a bike shop in Blaine, on our route, to see if they could get a rim ordered in by Wednesday as we would be passing through. We got there right as they opened at 10 am. Spencer had the rim waiting and was able to switch everything out in about 40 minutes. They shared a parking lot with a DQ, so of course

Total Miles to date: 1,875 Weekly miles: 289 Route Overview: We left St. Cloud on bike paths to Clearwater, then Mn 75, 38, and 12 to Dayton. We took county highways through Anoka to Hugo and Scandia, then the horrible US 8 into St, Croix.Goodbye Mn. We rode the Gandy Dancer trail to Centuria, then Co I and side streets to North Lake. After Cumberland we took Co B to Haugen, then several Co roads to Summit Lake Campground. We changed our route a little and took Wi 70 all the

Total Miles to date: 1,586 Weekly miles: 328 Route Overview: We took ND-46, and US-283 into Jamestown. Then paved side roads to Valley City where we picked up I-94 (freeway!!) to Tower City. Continued on I-94 to the Wheatland exit, where we took paved side roads and old Co-10 into Fargo, then meandered to Moorhead Mn. Then old Co-52 to Barnesville, Mn-108 to Pelican Rapids, and Co-3 (Otter Tail road) into Fergus Falls. Picked up the Central Lakes bike path, took that and th

Bingo Update: We forgot one, from way back in Valier Montana. Gas Station Gourmet Meal. We were beat by the end of the day. Robert wanted to go to the store and get a soda or something. Bliss wanted to go straight to the campground. Before we split up Bliss told Robert to get something for dinner because she was not cooking that night. The grocery store had just closed, 5:30. So at the gas station Robert found two taco pouches, garlic bread (which turned out to be super hard)

Stats to date: 📍 Total Miles Ridden: 1,269 ⛰️ Total Elevation Climbed: 41,804 feet Overview: We drove a Uhaul truck from Great Falls, Montana to Dickinson, North Dakota on Monday after taking a few days off due to heat. From Dickinson we rode hwy 10 which became 139 near Hebron all the way to Glen Ullin. We continued on 139, with 12 miles of gravel rd, to Mandan, and then took side rds and bike paths to General Sibley Campground. Took 1804 and moffit rd east, then south on

Week 4 Random bingo player winner: Amoree Farnsworth Let me know if you get BINGO and we will give out gift cards as long as they last! Three roadkill in one day: Finally we can quit scouring the road for dead things. Last Sunday on the rural roads going to Columbia Falls we saw the cutest little spotted deer in the grass on the side of a trail, a squirrel belly up, a flat bird, and an even flatter little snake. Meet someone from another country: Right after we got to a camp

Route Overview: Sunday July 5th we took a detour to REI, Walmart, and Dickey’s BBQ Pit, which were all conveniently located near each other. We left Kalispell by way of quiet side roads and paved trails into Columbia Falls where we followed US 2 all the way into Browning. From there we took 89 and 44 to Valier (Sadly, we opted not to take Molly’s Nipple Rd). We rode a long way on dirt farm rds to Choteau. Took Mt 221 to Dutton, then the frontage rd, then 20 more miles of grav

Route Overview: We sadly had to leave Katy, Ethan and Teddy in Spokane Valley. We rode the Centennial trail through Post Falls Id and connected with the bike path that follows US 95 N to Athol. We took Glagstone Rd Nw, meandering along the Pend Orelle river to Sandpoint. We took ID 200 to Hope where we stayed with WS hosts Tim and Debbie. At Clark Fork we got on the US Cycle rte 10. Headed N on Bull River rd (Mt 56) to US 2 and headed east to Kalispell. Highlights: We arriv

One of the most entertaining parts of this adventure has been our Hope Across the USA Bingo Challenge. We never know what each day will bring, but it almost always helps us check off another square! Weekly random winner: Kathy Hall 🎯 Want to Play Along? You can join the fun! Simply donate $25 or more to either Habitat for Humanity or Tabitha's Way Food Pantry, and we'll send you your own Bingo card. Follow our journey across America, mark off the squares as they happen, and

🚴‍♀️ Hope Across the USA 🚴‍♂️ Ride Stats | Days 13–16 🏁 Trip Totals 🚲 765 miles ⛰️ 28,111 feet of elevation climbed 📍 Day 13 Route: Hope, ID → Dor Skeels Campground, MT 🚲 Distance: 48.2 miles ⛰️ Elevation Gain: 1,991 ft ⚡ Average Speed: 10.5 mph 📍 Day 14 Route: Dor Skeels Campground → Pleasant Valley Campground 🚲 Distance: 61.2 miles ⛰️ Elevation Gain: 2,493 ft ⚡ Average Speed: 10.3 mph 🌡️ High Temperature: 83°F 📍 Day 15 Route: Pleasant Valley Campground → Kalispell

In the first 9 days we have biked 462 miles with 18,005 feet of climbing. Almost to Idaho! We rode from Bellingham to Arlington, to North Bend, through Snoqualmie pass to Easton Lake, through Cle Elum up Wa 970, 66 miles and over 4000ft of Climbing to Peshastin, through East Wenatchee to Quincy, to Moses Lake, to Ritzville (not very Ritzy), to Fishtrap Lake, and now we are resting in Spokane. Highlights The first few days were a mix of side roads, paved and gravel trails.