Author Archives: Kathy Schroeder

58.7 miles, 1527’ doesn’t sound difficult but started late at 915am after nice B&B breakfast, so ended with 85 degree temps and some varied headwind all day. Wish I could figure out my eating! Stomach aches has been the bane of my challenging cycling for years. Now in the capital of FL – one ofContinue reading “Day 4 March 23 Madison to Tallahassee”

Dinner last night on a hoppin’ Saturday night in historic downtown High Springs. One disadvantage of our treks across America is our choice to keep pedalin’ even when we travel through an interesting place. Cycled across Suwannee River today… made famous by Stephen Foster’s song, “Swanee River”/“Old Folks At Home”. Foster never saw the riverContinue reading “Day 3 March 22 High Springs to Madison”

Last night’s vrbo on a very dry White Sands Lake (hence the very deep sandy roads to get here!) was a comfortable, clean, basic lake front cabin. Most of the Spanish moss is grey and dry looking, and the lakes and swamps and rivers are very low due to an exceptional drought here. Tom cookedContinue reading “Day 2 Melrose to High Springs (thru Gainesville)”

FL nickname: The Sunshine State, bird: mockingbird, flower: orange blossom, wildflower: coreopsis, motto: “In God We Trust” We enjoyed old town St Augustine yesterday, prepped some yummy boiled potatoes, egg bites and Super Hero muffins (“Run Fast, Eat Slow”, Flanagan & Kopecky), went for a test ride (forgot all the water bottles I thought IContinue reading “Day 1 March 20 St Augustine to near Keystone Heights”

St Augustine FL greeted us with mild temps and light winds on St Patrick’s Day. Our driver Jody got held up by airlines, so she arrived a day late. But no worries; we planned on 3 nights here to adjust to the time change and sightsee in the nation’s oldest city (461 years of non-nativeContinue reading “Atlantic Ocean”

Well, we are on our way to FL (with no return flight!) after nearly a year of planning. Got in our last outdoor training ride yesterday on a gorgeous Portland spring day. Last week, our daughter sent us this 1899 British news article. I promise NOT to be administering to anyone I encounter on thisContinue reading “One way ticket to FL!”

I love maps! Here’s our route from FL to CA in maps… generally not detailed enough to identify actual roads, but you can get an idea of where we’re planning to cycle through each state. All the maps are not at the same scale.

Tom has volunteered in 6th & 7th grade math classes at the local middle school for 13 years! In honor of Mr Tom’s departure on his TransAm journey, the teacher asked AI to help create a story problem sheet to write algebraic equations for a x-country ride. Here is a photo of one student’s work!Continue reading “Final prep days”

I started several months ago, getting our Subaru Outback ready for its next cross country journey. This time we decided not to pull a trailer, so it is outfitted with our Thule rocket box and bike rack on the back. Steven starts out today on the cross country drive to get our bicycles and gearContinue reading “Bikes & gear on their way to FL with Steven driving!”