Introduction

Hey everyone,

So I decided to start a blog so that I have a place to post updates about my cycling adventure across this great country. If you haven't heard, I am planning a solo bicycle trip from Anacortes Washington to St. Paul, Minnesota. Its kinda funny how this all started. I was pretty much sitting in a coffee shop, doing some work, and I thought to myself that I needed to take an adventure. So I decided that I was going to do this trip. And so I am! All I have to do now, is finish and pass an English literature class to fulfill my last prerequisite for school in the fall.

My train leaves from Minneapolis on June 9th. I will be traveling for 35 hours till I reach Everett WA where I am going to try to meet up with my rout. I got my maps recently in the mail from AdventureCycling.com and they look pretty tough. The rout is about 2,300 miles and I am expecting it to take me about a month and a half. My rout is taking me through the cascades, through Glacier National Park, into Canada, through North Dakota, and into Minnesota.While traveling, I am going to be aiming for an average of 60 miles per day. I will be camping along the way, and making my meals on a small propane strove. I need to be back by the very beginning of August because orientation for the University of Minnesota Med School starts on the 6th and I have to move in to my new apartment before that.

I am expecting that I won't have a whole lot of access to a computer but i will have a fair bit of time to write people at night. Therefore, I will try to update this blog when I can, but if you want a more personalized greeting, I need to get people's addresses. Send them to DanielEStein@gmail.com. Wish me luck!