eLIFELIST.com Bike Trip

We've pretty much nailed down our route across the country and have referenced a number of different sources for the right roads to ride on.  We are riding on parts of the TransAmerica Trail established by the Adventure Cycling Association.  The Adventure Cycling Association was established in 1973 and is the number one source for Bicycle routes and travel by bicycle.  We will be following the TransAmerica Trail mostly through Kentucky, Missouri, and Kansas.  The trip is fairly straightforward until we get to Colorado and then we are in for several physically grueling weeks.  We are completing numerous Life-Lists items, competing in races and attending all sorts of events in Colorado and Utah. 

If you click on the map and the little biking icons on the map you will see each stopping location plotted out on Google Maps, the projected mileage, and the projected dates we will be at that location.  The mileage and dates are subject to change and not set in stone.  We have several "padding days" built in, some days we may do more or less miles depending on the conditions.  Up to the departure and once we're on the road we will be updating this map with content for each of the locations.  The GPS map tracking us will be very similar but with tons more stats about the weather, altitude and our speed.

TONS of organization!  Where to stay, what to do, who to meet.  Lots of planning is going on right now and it's really becoming quite an exciting reality as things are falling into place.

We are finalizing our route today and tomorrow with all the places we will be stopping.  Hopefully you received the first edition of the weekly newsletter, if not, sign up to receive it on the top of this website's homepage, if you want a copy of last week's, send an email to [email protected] and we'll get that to you.  Tell your friends and family about the newsletter, all you do is click the forward button!

It's been a pretty exciting past week getting ready for the trip, beginning to finalize the route, events, things we are checking off our Life-Lists along the way.  All good stuff. 


So, we're definitely taking a GPS with us because A. The majority of the people in our lives would not let us go without one  B.We are on a tight schedule to get certain places at certain times.  C. Brent and I get lost a lot on the adventures we go on.  We always get there though.  We found this great software called Motion Based that allows you to sync your Garmin GPS with an online map.  More reading to be done, but from what I understand there will be a map of our exact GPS position and display along with tons of other stats about elevation and weather, crazy.  People keeping up with the blog will be able to see where we are during the trip.  More coming soon about the route and what we're doing along the way.   Check the demo for Motion Based.