Scot's Riding Log

- compiled by Dolly Gavino

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9/4/98 – 9/9/98
Washington, DC to Meyersdale, PA
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal trail
Paw Paw Tunnel
Train to Frostburg

9/10/98 – 9/12/98
Meyersdale, PA to Pittsburgh, PA
More flat tires
Blue Loo’s

9/13/98 – 9/17/98
Pittsburgh, PA – Columbus, OH
The Frisbee Hotel
Mound Builders Memorial
Rest days at Jeff Frontz’s bee farm

9/20/98 – 9/23/98
Columbus, OH – Indianapolis, IA
John Bryan State Park
Ha Has Pizza
The Wright Memorial
Knee pain

9/24/98 – 9/28/98
Indianapolis, IA – Springfield, IL
Raccoon State Park
Walnut Point State Park
Recumbents popular with the Amish
Rest day in Springfield

9/29/98 – 10/2/98
Springfield, IL – Keosauqua, IA
Schuy-Rush Park
Across the Mississippi!
Will the trip end in Des Moines?

10/3/98 – 10/5/98
Keosauqua, IA – Urbandale, IA
Will it rain until Wednesday?
Watching more football
Rest days with the Oakleys
Inspiring words from Martin Krieg

10/6/98 – 10/8/98
Urbandale, IA – Omaha, NE
Full moon
Turkey vultures
Gregg the master mechanic

10/9/98 – 10/11/98
Omaha, NE – Grand Island, NE
Mac & cheese & yams
Overland and Mormon trail
A great blue heron

10/12/98 – 10/14/98
Grand Island, NE – North Platte, NE
A mountain of corn
The Pony Express Station

10/15/98 – 10/17/98
North Platte, NE – Sterling, CO
Mountain time
Welcome to Colorado
The town that has moved four times

10/18/98 – 10/19/98
Sterling, CO – Denver, CO
Letter from Scot at the End of the Trail