Just a few days after I put my Snowboard away I was on a train to Chicago. My travel partners Patrick and Shelly have been training on their bikes while I was getting in as many runs on the ski slope as I could. I figured my legs were in pretty good shape from the days on telemark skis but I don’t think that helped much.
Our plan was to cycle route 66 towards St. Louis then head west on Katy bike trail towards Kansas city then north on Adventure cycling Louis and Clark bike route up towards Omaha or Souix City. After that heading east across Iowa back to Chicago. Mileage could be 1700 maybe more maybe less. It’s just a very general plan.
We hopped on Amtrack to Chicago. Almost a sleepless night for me with lots of questions swirling around my head. “Am I ready for this as I haven’t been on a bike in nearly a year, have I packed everything I need, will I be too slow for my travel partners that are much more prepared?????”
Stay tuned and we shall see how it goes.