Across America Trekkers Heads East from Chicago

August 6- We started our morning bright and early with fresh chocolate banana pancakes. Chris and Keri, our amazing hosts, helped us get moving by blasting music. These two both work for Clif Bar, so they happened to have a surplus of snacks and gear laying about that they unloaded onto us. We stuffed our panniers full of treats and put on our new socks and bike hats. We are now officially unofficially sponsored by Clif! We got out by 9am and met up with Brad, a bike engineer for the Chicago DOT who led us out of the city. He gave us a great route to follow all the way to Michigan, which we followed for the rest of the day! We sped through Indiana along a series of bike paths and made a delicious salad for lunch. We rode along the lake through the Indiana Dunes State Park and arrived at our camp spot. We gorged on pizza and turned in, tired from a long day. 

Across America Trek has Crossed 3 States

7/11: We started the morning with a beautiful trip to the Weir hot springs and continued our climb thru Lolo, taking a break for pb&j at the Lochsa Lodge and buying bumper stickers/postcards. Tyler now has a sticker on his bike for 3 states. We continued the climb and reached our highest summit yet at 5200 ft. We then had a beautiful ride downhill, making it to Lolo, MT by sunset, only encountering minor rain. We are camping here for the night.

The Across America Trek Reaches for Idaho

We are ready to reach Idaho this afternoon. We've been pushing ourselves through 70 mile days riding along route 12, an absolutely beautiful stretch of road that runs through golden wheat fields in Washington. We were delighted to find a camel yesterday afternoon on our way to our lunch spot! After resting during the heat of the afternoon, we hopped on our bikes for a cool early evening ride through rolling wheat fields. We stopped in Pomeroy, Washington for the night and were able to get some much needed rest. We are super excited to be reaching our first state that does not touch the Pacific! Life is good.