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

TransAm Day #34 June 28, 2018 Breckenridge, CO - Kremmling, CO 63 Miles Ride Time 4:27 Hours Tour Total  Miles 2478 details at: https://cyclemeter.com/4b2d99e24f1383f2/Cycle-20180628-0924-35256 Yesterday after filing my report, I went to the Breckenridge Brewery, which had been highly recommended by my Denver team. After dinner and a couple of Avalanche Amber Ales, I got a text from TransAm Gangstas Eileeny Beanie and Scotty Potty. They had just arrived in Breck, and were looking for a place to stay. I offered a sleepover in my hotel room. They got calzones, I picked up beer, and we beelined it to my hotel’s hot tub.  I slept great in my king-sized bed. My friends slept on the floor, and I had to remember not to step on them in the middle of the night. Our bikes and gear were strewn about the room. Scott left his stinky shoes out in the hall.  I swapped my jerseys this morning. I had been wearing Brooklyn for a long time, and it needed a rest. I ...

TransAm Day #35 June 29, 2018 Kremmling, CO - Walden, CO 80 Miles Ride Time 6:13 Hours Tour Total  Miles 2558 details at: https://cyclemeter.com/4b2d99e24f1383f2/Cycle-20180629-0716-07146 I want to begin by apologizing to my traveling companions for the language I used last night when the lawn sprinklers went off. I have previously described in this journal how I sleep in my hammock, comparing it to a human sushi roll. Starting in my Merino wool boxers, I enclose myself within a silk bag liner, which is then enveloped by a down sleeping bag, all of which is carefully balanced on a narrow nylon hammock, which is then wrapped with insect netting cinched shut with draw strings on both ends.  Last night I was all comfy in my cocoon, and had been laying there for at least an hour. I was either in dream land or close. It was completely dark out. All of a sudden I’m being sprayed with water from lawn sprinklers. I was like a fish caught in a net. I couldn’t figu...