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+1. But you are getting an ebike aren't you?
Mike
120 miles, yikes! Oh, to be young again.
3 years agohttps://www.thecattlesite.com/breeds/beef/67/brahman/
3 years agoThe "Rock Gap Rd" sign wasn't there back in 2008 when i rode it. I was rather surprised how steep the hills were - all two of them.
3 years agoYeah, that was a pretty flat day, haha.
Although when I lived in downstate Illinois for six years, that was the flattest place I've ever ridden. There basically were no real hills at all there on the prairie. Now the headwinds could be horrifically bad there though.
As a resident of the hilly northeast, I sometimes have trouble wrapping my head around the concept of riding over 70 miles and having less than 2000 ft of elevation gain. :-)
3 years agoThanks, John.
Into Mississippi shortly. I'll see if it's as hilly as the elevation profile on the map indicates ;)
Jeff
Thanks for the good words! I like to do nature IDs. If I'd had a career that included doing nature walks and IDs, that would have been perfect... But, with a Zoology degree, I ended up as an explosives safety career. I also knew about half a dozen other "safety zoologists."
Not many cycle touring folks seem to notice nature, let alone photograph it, and then post the photos. Thanks for your efforts!
Bill! Thanks for identifying this. I always enjoy your comments.
I'm actually pretty happy with how this photo turned out. A lot of the time the pics I take while leaning over my bike are not good enough to publish... and I haven't even tried to take too many plant/flower photos on this trip yet.
Spectacular picture of this showy evening primrose!
http://www.southeasternflora.com/view_flora.php?plantid=75
Hey Jeff - Remember my "Yellow Road" category is much lower than every other map out there. So, you shouldn't have been unduly worried about Hwy 21 - and certainly not Hwy 41. For example, the Nebraska State Bicycle Map has the yellow category at 2501-5000. Mine is 1000 to 2499. All of my color-coded categories are seriously scaled down for you.
3 years agoYes, I'm afraid that's it.
3 years agoI, like Toni, really want to know the sappy Helen Reddy song that had you all melancholy. “You and Me Against the World” possibly?
3 years agoI do try to give you empty roads.
Thunderstorms and tornados are another thing.
Sorry you are stuck in the middle of nowhere -
With just a c-store back at Hwy 331.
I'll be 55 in about a month, so not young, haha.
3 years agoI was very tired today, and only did 50 miles. I could have done 70-something, but there were zero places to stay inside, or even camp legally, in that mileage range.