Rachel's C90 Adventures from Alaska to Argentina – Life in the fun lane!
Friday 30th October – Moab, UT to Green River, UT As my vehicle attracted even more attention now (I didn’t think that was actually possible) getting out of Moab was tricky. We couldn’t go down the main high street so opted for the backroads, then found a bicycle path which took us alongside the main…
Day 56-77 Weds 30th September to Wednesday 21st October When we returned from the White Rim Trail neither me nor my bike were in good working order. My bike hadn’t been making the best of noises before we’d ridden it, and afterwards it sounded horrific. Ed diagnosed it as cam chain slap, and as…
Day 55: White Rim Trail Day 2 Tuesday 29th September I woke early to do some yoga as the sun rose, and the other guys were up and packing as Ed got up. We had a good chat with them in the morning, and they had us laughing with their tales of their…
Day 54: White Rim Trail Day 1 Monday 28th September I first heard about the White Rim Trail on Facebook. Three Kiwi’s who we’d met on the TAT had done it and posted a few photos, and we rather fancied having a go. It looked incredible, and up for exploring the spectacular scenery of Canyonlands…
Day 28, 29, 30 Weds 2nd September – Fri 4th September We did a few other things before riding Pikes Peak, and stayed longer than we planned as we found a bargain on Airbnb. We basically had our own apartment for $15 a night, we couldn’t believe it! It was so cheap that we decided…
Day 19 & 20 & 21 Monday 24th Aug – Wednesday 26th Aug We ended up spending three days in the campground in Ponca so I could rebuild my engine, clear out my exhaust and a few other things. It turned out that the piston was fine but a high pressure oil…
Day 16 Fri 21st Aug We woke up at 7.30am as we wanted to get an early start, well I did anyway, and just as we’d finished packing up and were about to head up the slope I spotted another biker on the bridge giving us a wave. I rode straight up to meet…
Day 13 Tues 18th Aug We had such a great day of riding today, managing to do just over 180 miles! This probably doesn’t sound like a lot to most of you, but seeing as we normally only manage a maximum of 150 miles when we’re on paved road, to do more than 180…
Day 12 Mon 17th Aug It was warm when I got up around 7am, and when we finally hit the trail around 10am it was already in to the thirties. Celsius that is. It was pretty much all gravel until we stopped for lunch, but there was still the odd bit of…
Day 10 Sat 15th Aug It was when I was having my cold shower in the morning after being cooked out of the tent that I was thankful for the relocation, although I wasn’t too thankful of being woken up at the time. Despite being tired we soon felt better as we…
