Photos from my coast to coast bicycle trip in the summer of 1998. Scanned from film negatives. You remember film, right? Click here to see all the photos presented in a slide show.
Riding the recumbent through the Upper West Side of New York CityStart of the journey: Rockaway Beach, Oregon on the Pacific Ocean"Welcome to Rockaway Beach" sign in front of a gift shop in Rockaway Beach, OregonDriveable art in Rockaway Beach, Oregon"Elk" crossing sign in the Coastal Range in Oregon"Welcome to Milwaukie" sign in a suburb of Portland, OregonPower transmission lines crossing the Columbia River in north-central OregonGiant, cowboy-shaped sign in front of the Red Apple Market in Umatilla, OregonPanoramic view from a wheat-covered plateau in southeastern Washington"Jake Brakes Prohibited" sign in north central Idaho (a.k.a. unmuffled engine braking)Former Milwaukee Road station (now an office building) in Great Falls, Montana"Corner Bar" in Havre, MontanaHeard of cattle grazing on the high plains in northern Montana"Restored Chet Huntley School" in northern MontanaFortune cookie fortells the futurePutative "Geographic Center of North America" in Rugby, North DakotaDrowned trees in Spirit Lake, North DakotaKame (glacial hill) reflected in Spirit Lake, North DakotaStunning landscape in eastern North DakotaDark brown stream feeding the Mississipi River on the Great River Trail in WisconsinTunnel entrance on the Elroy-Sparta Trail in WisconsinGreenmarket in front of the State Capitol building in Madison, WisconsinFrank Lloyd Wright-designed Monona Terrace Community Center in Madison, WisconsinArt deco bus stop at the Allen-Bradley plant in Milwaukee, WisconsinOak Leaf Trail in the heart of Milwaukee, WisconsinFuel Cafe coffehouse in Milwaukee, WisconsinLake Eire coastal marsh in Long Point, OntarioQuaint cemetery in a small town north of Binghamton, New YorkStorm King Highway clinging the side of the Hudson River, New York"Welcome to Rockaway Beach" sign on the boardwalk in Rockaway Beach, New YorkEnd of the journey: Rockaway Beach, New York on the Atlantic OceanFinal odometer readingAuthor enjoying a swim in the Atlantic Ocean at Rockaway Beach, New YorkBonus QuickTime Movie: Bike New York 2000