On June 21, 2012 Chris Dittmore and Matt Swinnerton will dip the rear wheels of our bicycles in the Pacific Ocean. We’ll then mount our bikes, pedal across the Golden Gate bridge and head out on our 2 month, 3,934 mile, 112,269 feet of climbing cycling adventure across America ending in Boston on Aug 19th and concluding by dipping our front wheels in the Atlantic Ocean. During our trip we’ll be writing our observations, posting photos and sharing our daily riding stats on this blog. This has been a dream of ours for many years and fortunately we both have families and employers that are very supportive of us fulfilling our shared dream. Enjoy following our adventure and hopefully one evening after reading our blog you’ll crack open a beer or pour yourself a glass of wine and decide that if Matt & Chris can do this you can take the first step to fulfilling your own dreams even if they don’t involve cycling across America.
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Travel Update
Cumlative Totals:
Mileage: 3,910
Riding Time: 220:45 (hours:minutes)
Elevation Gain: 117,768 feet
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Daily Planned Routes
- 6/21: San Francisco, CA to Davis, CA
- 6/22: Davis, CA to Nevada City, CA
- 6/23: Nevada City, CA to Carnelian Bay, CA
- 6/24: Carnelian Bay, CA to Lovelock, NV
- 6/26: Lovelock, NV to Battle Mtn, NV
- 6/27: Battle Mtn, NV to Elko, NV
- 6/28: Elko, NV to Wells, NV
- 6/29: Wells, NV to Jackpot, NV
- 6/30: Jackpot, NV to Burley, ID
- 7/01: Burley, ID to Pocatello, ID
- 7/02: Pocatello, ID to Idaho Falls, ID
- 7/03: Idaho Falls, ID to Jackson Hole, WY
- 7/05: Jackson Hole, WY to Grand Teton, WY
- 7/06: Grand National, WY to Yellowstone, WY
- 7/08: Yellowstone, WY to Cody, WY
- 7/09: Cody, WY to Ten Sleep, WY
- 7/10: Ten Sleep, WY to Buffalo, WY
- 7/11: Buffalo, WY to Gillette, WY
- 7/12: Gillette, WY to Newcastle, WY
- 7/13: Newcastle, WY to Custer, SD
- 7/15: Custer, SD to Chadron, NE
- 7/16: Chadron, NE to Gordon, NE
- 7/17: Gordon, NE to Valentine, NE
- 7/18: Valentine, NE to O'Neill, NE
- 7/19: O'Neill, NE to Yankton, SD
- 7/20: Yankton, SD to Sioux Center, IA
- 7/22: RAGBRAI Sioux Center, IA to Cherokee, IA
- 7/23: RAGBRAI Cherokee, IA to Lake View, IA
- 7/24: RAGBRAI Lake View, IA to Webster City, IA
- 7/25: RAGBRAI Webster City, IA to Marshalltown, IA
- 7/26: RAGBRAI Marshalltown, IA to Cedar Rapids, IA
- 7/27: RAGBRAI Cedar Rapids, IA to Anamosa, IA
- 7/28: RAGBRAI Anamosa, IA to Fulton, IL
- 7/30: Fulton, IL to Ottawa, IL
- 7/31: Ottawa, IL to Hebron, IN
- 8/01: Hebron, IN to Winona Lake, IN
- 8/04: Winona Lake, IN to Defiance, OH
- 8/05: Definance, OH to Fremont, OH
- 8/06: Fremont, OH to Wickliffe, OH
- 8/08: Wickliffe, OH to Erie, PA
- 8/09: Erie, PA to Hamburg, NY
- 8/10: Hamburg, NY to Niagara Falls, NY
- 8/12: Niagara Falls, NY to Rochester, NY
- 8/13: Rochester, NY to Syracuse, NY
- 8/14: Syracuse, NY to Cooperstown, NY
- 8/16: Cooperstown, NY to Schenectady, NY
- 8/17: Schenectady, NY to North Adams, NY
- 8/18: North Admas, MA to Gardner, MA
- 8/19: Gardner, MA to Boston, MA



It was nice to meet you today in Blackfoot Idaho. Hope you liked your sandwich
Thanks for stopping in Verdigre, Neb. – It was great meeting you and hearing of your adventure. I’m glad you enjoyed the kolaches!
I saw your post about the last day – yes, I had those exact same emotions when I completed my trip (1973, age 16, solo, 3830.4) and it brought back so many memories of what a trip was like..
Glad that you were able to get away and do it, and had supportive employers, glad you were able to make it all the way.
I see a reference to Danville, I presume you know the Powers, say hi to Bob and Bonnie for me.