Cyborgs on Bikes - Bike Touring Video (Part 3)
This is Part 3 of 4 of the video series documenting our 101 day trip cycling across the the U.S. in the summer of 2014. If you missed Part 2, click here to check it out. This section covers from Indiana to the middle of upstate New York.
A gorgeous night on Fletcher Lake in Indiana. Jumped in for a swim and then we watched lightning on the horizon before camping out under a giant maple tree and listening to the rain on the tent.
Three thousand miles into the tour, we are like cyborgs on bikes. With day-to-day routines nailed (except for my elusive rain jacket, which hides in the bottom of a pannier during storms) and legs forged from steely dragon’s teeth, we zip east. Most days, we don’t even break a sweat (<--dirty lie, even cyborgs sweat in 90% humidity).
At this point, we’re both starting to think about Maine, a far-distant mirage in our minds for the first 2/3 of the trip. The realization that we might actually complete the tour without our bodies breaking down feels great. But first, we finish out Indiana, head up toward Cleveland and then skirt along the southern edge of Lake Erie all the way to Niagara Falls before heading east into upstate New York. The magnitude of the effort to get this far sank in as the fall colors of New York beckoned from afar and the days cooled off, a welcome change.
A little metal barn in the middle of nowhere on a back country road in Indiana. Sad news: C's rainbow socks wore out by the end of the trip. :(
You’ll notice I’m goofier in this series. Believe me, all videos are off-the-cuff and I (obviously) don’t employ a joke writer. I think you’ll get a couple chuckles at our random antics as we roll from nowhere Indiana all the way into the NE. If nothing else, it’s a good picture of what the terrain looks like!
Here’s the movie link for email subscribers, or click play below on the embedded video if you visit the site directly. Enjoy.
Dakota
P.S. There are a few more photos below the movie if you want to check those out first.
Between all the motorcycle rallies and car shows we biked through, we learned quite a bit about vehicles. Ok, not really.
The thing to do (apparently) in Grand Rapids, Ohio is to go fishing at sunset off a small dam in town.
Cold beans by the side of the road (on a hot day at least). Accessed with an old-school can opener, no less.
Always fun to find covered bridges! This one is in Roann, Indiana.
