Travel & Outdoors
October 30, 2020
Tour de Texas: I Just Biked Around the Entire State
I finished my crazy adventure after two months, circumnavigating Texas—all 3,000-plus miles—by bicycle.
Tour de Texas
Travel & Outdoors
October 21, 2020
Tour de Texas, Week 7: Tough Climbs and Spectacular Views in West Texas
Bicycling the Big Bend region was an unforgettable experience, with beautiful desert and mountain vistas making up for the painful hills.
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October 15, 2020
Tour de Texas, Week 6: The Underrated Beauty of the Guadalupe Mountains
Nothing beats the feeling of flying down a hill toward the picturesque El Capitan peak.
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October 7, 2020
Tour de Texas, Week 5: Getting by With a Little Help From My Friends
At first, I had only cows and wind turbines for company on lonely stretches of Panhandle highway. Then supporters showed up to help the miles go faster.
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September 30, 2020
Tour de Texas, Week 4: Battling High Winds and Exhaustion in the Panhandle
I struggled to keep my bike straight on stretches of desolate highway this week. When the wind was at my back, I’d never been more thankful.
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September 23, 2020
Tour de Texas, Week 3: Riding the Northeast Texas Trail and Relishing Local Beers
Breweries in Sherman, Nocona, and Wichita Falls had just what I needed after sixty-mile days on the bike.
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September 16, 2020
Tour de Texas, Week 2: Riding Behind the Pine Curtain
I cycled nearly 400 miles across East Texas this week, enjoying the kindness of strangers along the way.
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September 10, 2020
Tour de Texas: Why I’m Cycling the 3,000-Mile Perimeter of the State
I kicked off my adventure by pedaling from Brownsville to Galveston, zipping past cars stuck in Labor Day traffic.