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Kelly and Jordan at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on 31 August (left) and Yorktown Beach on 13 November (right)

Everyone’s gear loaded up in the car for the drive up to DC

Kelly and Jordan at the Yorktown Battle Memorial, the official end of US Bike Route 76 (the TransAmerica)

Feeling awesome at Yorktown Beach

Julie’s stats for the trip

Julie and Mike at the proper end of the TransAmerica route - the Yorktown Victory Memorial

Last day of cycling, to Yorktown from Williamsburg

Julie and Mike with their bikes inexplicable on a beach in Yorktown, VA

The Kauffman-Joneses at the east coast finish

Julie with the two crazy cyclists who raised her

Champagne celebration at the finish

Victorious finish in an eastern body of salt water

Finished!! Champs at Yorktown Beach!

Loading the bikes for the final ride out to Yorktown Beach

Kelly and Jordan crossing the James River en route to Williamsburg

Julie and her mom getting ready to ride to Williamsburg

It's a big 'ol bike

All the Kauffmans before the penultimate ride

A little early-morning, pre-ride bike maintenance.

We picked up another cycling Kauffman on the road today

The gang leaving Charlottesville. We picked up a stray cyclists.

Afternoon picnic at a winery

We found another Kauffman on the road today!

Julie Kauffman posing with 200% of her daily bicycle need

At the top of the last big climb up to the Blue Ridge Parkway

Cold day biking up the Blue Ridge Parkway

Kelly taking in the view on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Conquered the Blue Ridge Parkway!

Jordan geared up for a ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Water cows!

Jordan in front of the Cave of Wonders…or an old train tunnel

Foggy morning in Virginia

Kelly biking through the mountains of Virginia

Jordan the cyclist

Kelly and Jordan enjoying the misty mountain views en route to Troutville, VA

Mike, near the very aptly named Misty Mountains Lane

Another wet morning in Virginia

I smell the ocean over them hills!

Cycling along the New River

A rainy Virginia morning

Kelly loves biking in the rain, can’t you tell??

A tight-panted Michael, seen here avoiding eye contact with the many hills off in the distance

A fun little 'Where's Julie' at the beginning of the day's big climb

Mike’s first attempt (of three) to fix Julie’s flat tire outside Marion, Virginia

Good morning Virginia

The Appalachians come into view

Nice view of Virginia farmlands outside Lebanon

VIRGINIA! Look out Commonwealth!

Alright, fine. So we HAVE been going the correct direction this whole time after all. Hurray.

Julie ponders in the parking lot which offers access to a scenic ravine

Julie ponders at the edge of a ravine

Virginia is for lovers!!

A cozy night in the basement of a random house in Hindman

Downhill goes zoom

Mike mustering a smile at the top of hill climb #3

Our home for the night outside Elkhorn City, KY

Jordan helping a turtle cross the road on a Kentucky backroad

We only look happy because we got to come down this particular hill

Julie, showing folks how to roll downhill with style

Countess Bikula, dark lord of all cyclists, wishes you a Happy Halloween!

Oh look, another national forest!

Cool rocks, and people in the way

Observe the cyclist in its natural habitat

Bicycle by day, clothesline by night

Dinner while staying at The Wildflower Ranch

Those hills are called 'knobs'

Kelly hand dipping a bottle of bourbon at Maker’s Mark Distillery

Kelly and Jordan made a quick pit stop at the Maker’s Mark Distillery in Loretto, Kentucky

Kelly at an Abe Lincoln Memorial in Springfield, Kentucky

Kelly biking through central Kentucky

Pretty fall colors in the Kentucky hills

Kelly biking through rural Kentucky

Jordan paying hommage to Honest Abe during our ride through Springfield, Kentucky

The county line where the timezone changes from central to eastern, woohoo!

Another sunny day in Kentucky

View from the cabin porch in Falls of Rough

Surprise birthday cupcakes

Tonight's lodging - it's ridiculously nice

Into the Kentucky hills

Kelly outside the crew’s accommodation for the night.

Kentucky!

Kentucky! Before we knew there was an official welcome sign.

Julie being gleefully ferried across the Ohio River

Like a deer in headlights - Caught off-guard while waiting for a ferry across the Ohio river

Kelly crossing the Ohio River on a ferry!

Jordan looking cool crossing the Ohio River ferry from Cave-in-the-Rock, Illinois to Marion, Kentucky

Kelly made another fall friend on the bike ride into Kentucky!

Made it to the Bluegrass State!

Illinois sunrise as we try to beat the wind

Bike path through a nature reserve in Southern Illinois

Jordan biking in Southern Illinois

Kelly biking through the farmlands of Southern Illinois on a very windy day

There wasn't a Welcome to Illinois sign, so we had to improvise

Jordan at the Gateway Arch

The Gateway Arch, with two manic cyclists who got in the shot

The Gateway Arch

Julie hero-posing with the Gateway Arch

The Gateway Arch, and the Mississippi

Approaching St. Louis - you can just see the Arch

Kelly crossing the Mississippi River on her birthday

Kelly and Jordan at the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis

Mike on the Katy trail on the way to St Louis

The crew outside of Stone Hill Winery

Jordan inspecting his bike before a 60+ mile day on the Katy trail

Mike and Julie enjoying the rest day in Hermann, Missouri

Kelly enjoying a frozen margarita with sparkling wine

Back over the Missouri River as we leave Jefferson City

Mike enjoying a snack break along the Missouri River

Julie and Mike outside a tunnel on the Katy trail

Two green machines!

Kelly trucking through Boonville, Missouri

Kelly making another spooky friend

Jordan biking through a tunnel on the Katy trail

Mike on the Katy Trail

Beautiful fall day, beautiful bike path

Jordan on the Katy rail trail

Jordan biking on the Katy rail trail

Kelly at the Sedalia stop on the Katy rail trail

Kelly making a new friend

Kelly biking across the Kansas-Missouri border on a backcountry road

Mike fixing a flat. Puncture from a twig.

Lexie wondering why the petting has stopped

Spirit of '76 in Windsor

Goodbye Kansas. Hello Missouri!

Kelly biking across the Kansas-Missouri border on a backcountry road

Jordan and Kelly enjoying a pleasant ride past a Kansas cornfield

Mike enjoying a rail trail in Kansas

The Southwind Rail Trail

Julie on the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail

View of Garnett, KS from the Prairie Spirt Trail

Kelly arriving in Garnett, KS after a ride up the rail trail

Kelly enjoying a fall ride on the very nice Prairie Spirit Trail

Are we on the Gilmore Girls set or somewhere in eastern Kansas?

Jordan at the start of the rail trail en route to Garnett, KS

Mike riding outside Cross Timbers State Park in Kansas

Just another morning in Kansas

Kelly on US Bike Route 76 through Kansas

Jordan pushing through some strong headwind in Kansas

Rolling through Kansas

Don't try this at home kids

Kansas apples are the best apples - Julie Kauffman

Fall vibes in central Kansas

Jordan biking along a country road in central Kansas

Mike cycling past a classic Kansas field

Mechanic Mike fixing Julie’s flat tire in the hotel room in Great Bend, Kansas

Mike celebrating being halfway across the US at a local brewery in Great Bend, Kansas

Mike enjoying a snack break in front of a train

Kelly enjoying fall treats and route planning

…loving might not be the right word for how Mike feels

Mike Jones loving the Kansas headwinds

The rising sun beckons Julie eastward

Kansas!

Prairie road

Jordan in Kansas!

Kelly in Kansas

County road vibes

Kelly and Jordan crossing into Kansas!

Biking through the Eastern Colorado Prairie

Little Julie, big prairie

Mike at the Columbine Saloon in Ordway, Colorado

Roadside snacks

Mike riding on state route 96 in Colorado outside of Pueblo

Julie’s new favorite beer with Mike repairing tubes in the background

First snow of the season kissing the peaks of the Rockies

The Western Express has been conquered

Julie and her mom crossing the continental divide, 38 years apart, while riding the same bicycle

About 1,500 miles in, and the highest elevation that will be climbed to

All waters flow east from here. Follow the river!

View near the top of Monarch Pass

Beautiful Rocky Mountain dairy farm

Kelly and Jordan at the top of Monarch Pass (11,000+ feet of elevation)! We crossed the Continental Divide!

Campsite in Sargents, Colorado

Breakfast time in Blue Mesa

Mike contemplating the oncoming storm from their campsite near Blue Mesa

Julie enjoying an afternoon reading at their campsite near Blue Mesa

View from our campsite in Sapinero

Beautiful vista heading toward Ridgeway, CO

Fall vibes in the Rocky Mountains

Jordan biking through Ridgeway, CO

Jordan biking through Lizard Head Pass in the Rockies

Fall vibes in the Rocky Mountains

Fall vibes in the Rocky Mountains

Jordan biking through Ridgeway, CO

Beautiful vista heading toward Ridgeway, CO

Fall vibes in the Rocky Mountains

Julie chuckles at the measly mountain peaks that she is yet to climb

A moment of zen in the Rockies

Kelly enjoying a fall overlook in the Rockies just outside Rico, CO

Kelly biking through a fall wonderland in the Rockies

Kelly and Jordan at Lizard Head Pass

Those socks were bleach white at the beginning of the day

Mike and the Dolores River, CO

Welcome BICYCLE-ers

Fall vibes in the Rocky Mountains

Fall vibes in the Rocky Mountains

Fall vibes in the Rocky Mountains

Jordan biking through Lizard Head Pass in the Rockies

Mike fixing Julie’s second flat at the campsite

Julie enjoying the scenery in Colorado

Mike begrudgingly allowing a photo while cooking lunch at the campsite

Enjoying a campfire at Priest Gulch campsite in Colorado

Beautiful mountain view heading into the foothills of the Rocky Mountains

Kelly and Jordan at the Colorado border! New state alert!

Colorado!

Jordan taking out a screw from his tire after a roadside flat

Dramatic view of Glen Canyon Utah

Kelly biking through the Utah desert

The Colorado River carving the Utah landscape

Jordan biking through Glen Canyon Utah

Kelly with her and Jordan’s bikes in Glen Canyon Utah

Jordan and Kelly at the Colorado River

Kelly and Jordan’s wild camping site in the Utah desert

Wild camping with a great view

Positive vibes from the middle of nowhere

Crossing the Colorado River (that's a milestone, right?)

Miles from nowhere

Jordan with his and Kelly’s bikes in Glen Canyon

Kelly and Jordan starting a 125-mile stretch through the wild Utah desert

Julie about to enter the wild Utah desert

Mike tearing down the tent after wild camping in Utah

Mike making dinner while wild camping in Utah

Wild camping in Utah

Mike cycling through a canyon in Utah

Mike biking on Utah State Route 95

Julie enjoying riding with Mike on Utah State Route 95 outside Hanksville

Mike enjoying scotch and the campfire in Hanksville, Utah

Heading to dinner at Outlaw’s Roost in Hanksville, Utah

Mike at a lunch stop outside Torrey, Utah

Mike making the group a campfire for scotch and stargazing

A Wanted poster for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

There's a mountain!

The view of Julie riding through Utah from the van

Mike in Capitol Reef National Park

Julie and Mike outside Capitol Reef National Park

Julie outside Capitol Reef National Park

Action pic of Jordan biking in Capitol Reef National Park

Kelly biking throughout the Utah desert

Beautiful road through Capitol Reef National Park

Kelly biking through Capitol Reef National Park

Capitol Reef National Park

Capitol Reef National Park

Capitol Reef National Park

Capitol Reef National Park

Jordan biking through Capitol Reef National Park

Foggy, wet conditions biking at 9,000+ feet on our way to Torrey, Utah

Kelly overlooking Grand Staircase

Kelly biking through Grand Staircase

The Grand Staircase, Utah

Jordan biking through the Grand Staircase area outside Escalante

Jordan enjoying the view of the beautiful landscape outside Escalante

A stoked Julie overlooking miles of road through the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Julie enjoying the scenery during an interlude from the rain

Sleeping under the stars in Escalante, Utah

Grand Staircase National Monument

Jordan taking in the view of Bryce Canyon

Kelly in Red Canyon, Utah

Red Canyon, Utah

Red Canyon, Utah

Red Canyon, Utah

Pizza outside in Escalante

Julie and Mike enjoying Bryce Canyon National Park

Mike the mechanic fixing Julie’s brakes

Julie about to descend into Bryce Canyon National Park

Julie and Mike enjoying the ride despite the rain

The crew riding next to Utah State Route 12

Julie on Utah State Route 12

Kelly in Bryce Canyon with her Surly

Mike enjoying a taco at our campsite

Michael meditating before the grandeur of Cedar Breaks

Julie is very excited for Cedar Breaks

Just another mountain

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Kelly biking uphill outside Cedar City

Kelly and Jordan at Cedar Breaks

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Beer and a classic NES in Cedar City, UT. What more could you want for a day off?

Utah is awesome!

Kelly and Jordan entering Milford, UT

Mike's bike enjoying a few moments of freedom before being locked back in the SAG wagon

Excited for a new day (before we discovered the headwind)

Julie's bike waking up to another day on the road

Boondocking outside Milford, Utah

Making dinner at our makeshift campsite

Driving down Route 21 in Utah

Happy to be entering Utah

We made it to Utah

Coming down from a summit on Route 50

Finally reached the top!

Cloudland

Beware of hitchhikers

Kelly’s the big winner at the Ely casino!

Bike 50

Lovely lake in one of the many Nevada basins between the ranges

In the Middle of Nowhere

Mike unsure about how to use a machine in the casino

Kelly at the General Store in Eureka, NV

Threatening rain in the morning leaving Austin, NV

In anticipation of a day of riding in the rain. A walking Showers Pass advert.

Jordan at the old general store in Eureka, NV

Early morning at Middlegate Station

Rolling with the sunrise

Kelly at one of the several summits we crossed en route to Austin

Austin, Nevada

Our home for the night - the parking lot of a church in Austin, Nevada

Mike cooking on a stump when there is a picnic table also available

Lonely road

Old Middlegate truck

Nevada salt flat

Kelly up in the rooftop tent for a goodnight’s sleep in the desert

Kelly taking in the sites at Middlegate, NV

Middlegate Station, Nevada

Julie outside historic Middle gate Station

The Loneliest Road in America

Middlegate Station - our home for the night

Outside Fallon, NV on Route 50

Desert bike views

Are we in Nevada or on Dune? Should we worry about sandworms?

POV of Jordan fixing a flat end route to Fallon, NV

Camping in a very nice Carson City RV Park

Kelly and Jordan at the Nevada state line!

Making a pit stop in a great South Lake Tahoe bike shop

New scenery in Nevada

The Walmart parking lot where we are spending the night (and doing bicycle repairs)

Made it to Fallon, a self- proclaimed oasis in the Nevada desert

Open Range

Bear Crossing!

First look of the Nevada desert after crossing the Sierras

First look of the Nevada desert after crossing the Sierras

Mike - our selfless hero and driver of our (emotional) support vehicle

Made it to Carson’s City

Nevada!

Beautiful, but hazy day at Lake Tahoe

Beautiful, but hazy day at Lake Tahoe

Beautiful, but hazy day at Lake Tahoe

Beautiful tree in the Sierras

Foggy morning in Kirkwood

Morning Basin

Don't let the glamor shots fool you, a lot of life is spent in parking lots

On the way to South Lake Tahoe

Overlooking Red Lake

Red Lake

Enjoying the descent from Carson's Pass

Kelly and Jordan at Carson's Pass

Early morning fog in Kirkwood, CA heading up to Tahoe

Early morning at Caples Lake

Mike and Julie at Carson's Pass

Jordan and Kelly at Carson's Pass

We made it to Carson's Pass - our highest point in Sierra Nevada

Carson's Pass

Julie and Mike at 7000 feet

Sweaty at sunrise

Mike and Julie at sunrise after a long climb

8,000 feet and still climbing

Mike and Julie halfway down a 1000ft descent

7000 feet!

Glorious morning overlook

Golden Pine

Sunrise curve

Pine trees at sunrise

The gang headed back to their lodging with provisions from the General Store

Julie’s bike at the top of Carson’s Spur

Mike during another long day of climbing

Jordan taking in the views after a long climb

Biked through a big stretch that was recently scarred from a forest fire

Pre-dawn departure from our rustic roadside cabin

5,000ft and still climbing

The lean - a traditional method passed down from father to daughter

6AM water break

Jordan showing off those muscles after a long climb

Kelly at 5,000 feet in the Eldorado National Forest

Cruising over a ridge line in the Sierras

Mike looking stealthy

Sunrise in the Sierras

Kelly taking in the sunrise on Slug Gulch

Mike entering Eldorado National Forest

The weather where we are today

Jordan pausing to enjoy the forest

Sierra Nevada sunrise

Jordan with his game face on for today’s 20 mile climb

Julie taking a rest on the long climb up Slug Gulch

Cows living the life in California wine country

Early morning climb through Mt Aukum

Spent a lovely evening resting at Rest, a boutique inn in California’s Shenandoah Valley wine country

A super happy and relieved Kelly reaching Plymouth, CA after a 50+ mile day in over 100 degree heat

Kelly fully loaded and in Safety Patrol-mode for the 6am start out of Sacramento

Jordan looking like a badass biking through the hot hot prairie on the way to Plymouth, CA

Jordan running into a pack of turkeys on the path out of Sacramento

Julie and Mike leaving Sacramento in an attempt to beat the heat

The proud new owner of Schwalbe Marathon tires

Well deserved end of ride beer- Fort Point Tropical IPA

Share the road

Mike fixing flat tire #2 on the hottest stretch of road possible

Mechanic Mike fixing Julie’s rear derailleur

Mike fixing his third flat and replacing the tires

Look, mom, no hands!

Jordan climbing a hill outside Vallejo to start the day

Mike fixing flat tire #2 on the hottest stretch of road possible

Mike biking through Solano County, CA on a beautiful day

Mike at a snack stop surrounded by wineries

Mike fixing his flat, the first of the trip

Mike fixing his flat, the first of the trip

Kelly and Jordan at Ocean Beach

Julie and Mike at Ocean Beach

Back tires in the Pacific Ocean!

The crew’s bikes at Ocean Beach- the official launch point

Kelly en route to San Francisco from Redwood City

Kelly en route to San Francisco from Redwood City

Kelly getting ready to bike across the Golden Gate Bridge

Mike and Julie after crossing the Golden Gate Bridge

Kelly’s European Brompton Aventures

Kelly’s European Brompton Aventures

Kelly’s European Brompton Aventures

Kelly’s European Brompton Aventures

Kelly’s European Brompton Aventures

Kelly in San Francisco airport with her and Jordan’s gear

Jordan and Kelly’s bikes and gear in Paris for flight to San Francisco

Julie and Mike’s Bromptons in front of the London Eye

Julie with her beloved Brompton in her beloved London

Julie’s parents with their bikes at the Atlantic Ocean, at the end of their 1984 cross-country bicycle trip

Jordan’s Gear

dc finish

Kelly’s Gear

Kelly’s Bike: Surly Disc Trucker

Camping/cycling gear

JMK002

3-46

2-24

3-43

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