Best & Worst of 500 Touring Days
BEST AND WORST OF MY 500+ TOURING DAYS(COVERING 22,500+ MILES) WORST SMELL – the putrefying badly decomposed buck on the side of the roadoutside of Altoona, PA. Tied with that Worst Smell was the aroma coming from the cattle yards in Kansas. Both in ’80 on the cross country trip. BEST SMELL – the smell of fresh […]
Hawaii 2002
Category: Hawaii Journal 2002 (And A 50-State Retrospective) Joel Perlish bikes through his 50th state, hits his 500th touring day, and rolls over his 22,500th touring mile during this journal and retrospective. Day 10 / Retrospective Posted on March 29, 2002 by Joel Perlish Leave a Comment March 28, 2002-Thursday How can it be possible that it’s already two weeks since […]
Bicycle Trip Chronology & Mileage Counter
**50** States – Canada & Mexico – 22,542 Miles508 Days – 44.4 Average 1980 – TRIP 1 – COAST-TO-COAST4345 MILES – 86 DAYS -MAR 10 TO JUN 6 1981 – TRIP 2 – PA-TO-GA768 MILES -12 DAYS – JUN 20 TO JUL 1 1982 – TRIP 3 – PHILLY-TO-DALLAS1893 MILES – 32 DAYS – JUN 20 TO JUL 21 1983- […]
Running- Streak Ripleys Item
by Art Carey His original idea was to mark the occasion by running with Bill Clinton. But the President has had other affairs on his mind lately, so Joel Perlish had to settle for someone a little less lofty: me. And so it was that I joined Perlish the other day for a trot around […]