7:52 am - I woke up feeling cozy and refreshed on the chapel floor in the Elk Garden Community Church/Bike Hostel. After packing up and wolfing down a couple...

6:46 am - The storm never came last night. Starting to take my weather app with a grain of salt. Woke and packed up pretty early, as its always nice to get d...

8:33 am - I slept in late, latest of the trip so far, but after a long day I cut myself some slack. When I walked upstairs Kim and her kids were getting read...

7:16 am - I woke up early, refreshed and ready to ride after a shorter day the day before. I left Melissa’s at 8am, and quickly reached Buchanan, where I’d ...

“What do you mean, ‘what do I mean’?” the ticket agent snapped, after telling me “They cut it” when I’d asked him where to load my bike onto the Amtrak. “You...