Greetings from way down south in the land of cotton. This is the floral arrangement in our B&B in Vicksburg, Mississippi: Today we cycled 45 miles along the Natchez Trace Parkway, starting in Natchez which is a Mississippi River town: : The Natchez Trace Parkway was created by President Roosevelt during the Depression as a partial payback to Mississippi Senator Pat Harrison, the Chair of the Senate Finance Committee and a key figure who helped pass Social Security legislati

Hey, it’s been a long time. On Thursday we will resume our pedaling vacations by cycling the Natchez Trace, a 440 mile National Park byway from Natchez, Mississippi crossing Northwest Alabama and ending by Nashville, Tennessee. While my legs are in pretty decent shape for a spring trip, my ego is severely dented. As I have aged, my mind keeps telling me that I am 25, while my body rudely reminds me otherwise. Last year, I did a two mile treadmill run where I kept incre

What a great last two days of cycling! Thursday we took two really spectacular rides on the road to Cameron Lake and on Red Rocks...