We’ve been on the road for 156 days now. Wow! Thirty-nine states and 6700 miles covered during that time. I thought I would share with you some other things I’ve learned along the way.

There’s a lot of trash on the sides of America’s highways. Sad, but true.
People are friendly everywhere. Often, […]

I left Storm Lake this morning in a dense fog. This is the weather I’m talking about; not my state of mind.
In the five months we’ve been on the road, this is the first time I’ve started a ride in fog like this. It was so thick, it was disorienting. I […]

We’re having a great and productive rest day in Storm Lake, Iowa.
This morning, we relaxed for a few hours and at 10 AM, I did a phone interview with a reporter ofr WJAG radio in Norfolk, Nebraska. It was a promotional interview for an event on August 21 at which I’ll be speaking […]

More cornfields and farmhouses today. But there’s a couple new additions to the mix: beanfields and the occasional aroma of a feedlot or pig farm.
But, just like yesterday, the ride was mostly rural and I went through just four towns during the 65 mile ride to Storm Lake: Fort Dodge (population 25,493), Clara […]

Cornfields and farmhouses. It must be Iowa.
I headed for Fort Dodge this morning. For the entire 81-mile ride today, I saw cornfields and farmhouses and I went through exactly four towns: Meservey (population 230), Eagle Grove (population 3,515), Badger (population 586), and Fort Dodge (population 25,493). This is a dramatic change from […]