Rusty Crank Coast to Coast Bicycle Tour across the USA on the ACA TransAM Route

TransAm Day #1 May 26, 2018 Yorktown, VA to Glendale, VA - 64 Miles Ride Time 4.44 Hours Tour Total 64 Miles details at: https://cyclemeter.com/4b2d99e24f1383f2/Cycle-20180526-0908 I woke up at 6am revved up and raring to go. Steve H and I had arranged to meet at 7:45 in the Yorktown Motel parking lot. I had plenty of time to fidget, fine tune, and make last minute adjustments. It was such a freeing experience shutting that motel door with the key card locked inside. Onward into the unknown! Steve and I pedaled over to the Yorktown Victory Monument where we met Steve G. from Annapolis. The Victory Monument commemorates the signing of the end of the American revolution. It is located where the York river enters the Chesapeake Bay, and is the official TransAm starting point. Steve G and his wife Laura had just arrived when we pulled in. We took photos in front of the monument and then rode down to the beach for our tire dipping ceremony. Cyclists traveling westbound dip the...

TransAm Day #2 May 27, 2018 Glendale, VA to Mineral, VA - 83 Miles Ride Time 6.10 Hours Tour Total 150 Miles details at: https://cyclemeter.com/4b2d99e24f1383f2/Cycle-20180527-0619 I didn’t sleep well last night on the floor of Willis Methodist Church. I definitely missed my comfortable bed back home. My alarm began clamoring at 5am. The plan was to leave by 6. In a kitchen cabinet dedicated to visiting cyclists, I scored instant oatmeal which I prepared and ate while I packed my gear. Outside, the pavement was wet from last night’s rain. The temperature was cool and it was overcast. It was a perfect day for covering ground. The goal was 80 miles. I’ve been following VA cyclist route 76, and we spent much of the day on two lane country roads. Car traffic was never bad. I literally passed a thousand churches of every form and denomination. I was out on the road hours before Sunday morning services, and the parking lots were still empty. Much of the roadway was tree lined. ...