Author Archives: Morgan McCune

We have arrived!!! Hello Austin, Texas 😊 Hello Ryan’s good friends 😊 Hello a couple weeks of vacation! 😊 It was hard to get out of the sleeping bag this morning, but once I saw these cuties again it suddenly became a fun task! I loved getting visited by kittens and enjoying their curiosity. OurContinue reading “Day 28 – January 7th”

Houston to Austin. 150 miles. Two days. Can we do it??? Let’s find out! After a delicious breakfast of Panera bagels, granola, oats, and cereal (carboload 😉), we did some stretching and said goodbye to Bruce, Jennifer, Lexi, Blake, and their sweet dog Emma. It was such a pleasure staying with them! After all ourContinue reading “Day 28 – January 6th”

Yesterday, after a tasty breakfast in a local Liberty, Texas diner, we rode with new fully inflated tubes in our tires all the way into the Houston Metropolitan Area. WOWZA! Talk about some traffic. Ryan and I found ourselves on a literal 8 lane road amongst thousands of cars and no shoulder. We stuck outContinue reading “Day 27 – January 5th”

It’s pretty crazy how biking is a full time job. You don’t realize how much time it takes until there literally isn’t enough time left in the day to finish your goal. Today Ryan and I woke up focused to make at least 55 miles by 5pm. Piece of cake we thought! We have plentyContinue reading “Day 26 – January 4th”

I’m in Texas baby! We have crossed another state line. Four down, four to go and this one is a biggun! Today we felt fresh as can be in the morning and knocked out 30 miles before noon. The slump hit as we found ourselves on a very beautiful but very rough going dirt roadContinue reading “Day 25 – January 3rd”

Rainy day break. Amazing to feel so refreshed! I didn’t know I needed it but a day off in the middle of our trek, with a lot of alone time provided me with many moments of peace. Also some of restlessness but I’m glad to have had the time to chew on those moments. TodayContinue reading “Break Time”

Hello 2020! 😃 We are pleased to meet you! Today was a good day. Ryan and I rose from our under the bridge sleeping spot nice and early to escape detection. A quick pedal over the bridge and we stopped for breakfast where we ate well and met some very kind locals! My favorite momentContinue reading “Day 24 – January 1”

Will and Kathy sent us on our way this morning full of expertly crafted pancakes and omelettes. I was in heaven and went through a brief grieving period when I was too full to eat any more. Thank you again to our kind and generous hosts! We slept great and the fuel you gave usContinue reading “Day 23 – December 31 – Happy New Year!!”

What a day! Ryan and I woke up to our usual camp site take down then coffee before hitting the road around 9am. We met another group of friendly retired men who had many questions about our journey as they enjoyed their own cup of joe. Hmmm… Seems to be a theme 😉 Retired men,Continue reading “Day 22 – December 30th”

Tires. Popped tires, new tires, old tires, patched tires, FLAT tires. Three plus hours of dealing with stinking tires today. The silver lining? At least it wasn’t cold or too wet 👍🏼 Due to technical difficulties, Ryan and I rode only 24 miles today but are enjoying a nice quiet road for the next dayContinue reading “Day 21 – December 29th”