Sept. 23, 2004 = Somewhere between Albequerque, NM and Durango, CO
It was raining buckets when we woke up, and a tin roof symphony clattered low and high on the bus, the bike pile on top of it, and the trailer out back.
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Cyclecide Tour: Fake-Word Scrabble
Cyclecide Tour: Hobo Dilettante
Sept. 17, 2004 (posted Sept. 22) – Some highway in Nebraska
We have not lived in a house of our own since over a year ago. We haven’t couch-surfed or mooched off anyone, either. We’ve just spent most of our time sleeping in things that roll, and otherwise exchanging work for beds on land.
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Cyclecide Tour: We’re All Winners
Sept. 20, 2004 – Omaha, NE to Wichita, KS
Today we left our beautiful hotel in Omaha and drove to Kansas City so Jarico could deposit our Omaha Tour de Fat performance check in his account, since his deadbeat roomate didn’t cover his part of the rent on the Cyclecide headquarters.
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Cyclecide Tour: Hey, Rube!
View PostCyclecide Tour: Free Dumb! Also, peeing in a funnel
Sept 16, 2004 – Exit 65, Nebraska (between Sidney and Ogallala)
Dad is totally obsessed with the funnel.
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Cyclecide Tour: Selections from the In-Flight Library
Sept 16, 2004 – Wyoming to Nebraska
(and by “library” we mean “cardboard box under the seat near the kitchen of the bus”):
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Cyclecide Tour: bike rodeo clowns packed into a bus with tiny suitcases
Sept. 15, 2004 – Rawlins, Wyoming
It’s really hard to fit all your worldly possessions you’re going to need for the next two and a half months into one plastic crate.
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Cyclecide Tour: MacGyvering at Broke-Down Mountain
Sept. 14, 2004 – Elko, NV
After the requisite stock-up sesh at our favorite fireworks store on the planet, the Cyclecide bus pulled out of Battle Mountain in the afternoon to make our way to Wendover, or Wells, or somewhere on the far side of Nevada, by nightfall.
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