We are born with the instinct to play. Play is a child’s way of growing the mind, developing the physical body and evolving the two harmoniously into spirit. Through socialization, adults are taught to deconstruct this process by reaching for false achievements and empty successes. Serious modern day play for adults is best achieved through a physical journey. Intense physical experience challenges the mind and body to work as one, realigning us back to spirit. Achievements and successes are measured moment by moment, rather than by culminating goals. The journeyman’s experience instills a lasting sense of peaceful purpose. Personality no longer leads the person. Spirit becomes the guiding force.

I've been bike touring all my life and unfortunately did a very poor job journaling tours in my younger days. But since getting married, I've been more inspired to keep those memories alive on paper and in photos and attempt to save some of them here. I've journaled a number of trips on CrazyGuyOnaBike, shot, edited and saved videos on Vimeo, and mistakenly recorded a number of adventures on social media where I ended up abandoning those accounts 'cause social media isn't healthy IMHO. So even now, there won't be a complete collection and it will be scattered around for a while till I compile more here, but I'll get started.

This is gonna take a while to flesh it out. "Coming Soon" actually means "maybe someday".
Coming links may be journals hosted here, or point to CGOAB or Vimeo.
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My Tours / Our Tours:

Finger Lakes Honeymoon 1994
​Trans-America 2004 - completed journal here on LBB.
Utah Parks 2005 - coming soon
San Juan Huts 2007 - completed journal here on LBB. Videos Included!
San Juan Huts 2009 - Videos on Vimeo
Alaska by Motorcycle 2010 - Videos on Vimeo
Allegheny Mountains Loop 2011 - Videos on Vimeo
Tug - 'Dack Loop 2012 - coming soon
​Deals Gap / Tail of the Dragon by Motorcycle 2012 - completed journal here on LBB.
Great Divide Mountain Bike Route 2013 - completed journal on CGOAB + Videos on Vimeo
Northern Tier Section 10 2014 -  completed journal on CGOAB
​The Last Blacksburg Trip 2014 - completed journal here on LBB.
Green Mountains Loop 2014 - completed journal on CGOAB .... See the Video on Vimeo
Finger Lakes Loop 2016 - completed journal on CGOAB
Chicago to Sandusky "Tourmute" 2016 - coming soon
Great Divide Canada 2016 - Video on Vimeo
New York City to Rochester "Tourmute" 2017 - coming soon
Grand Junction to Missoula "Tourmute" 2018 - completed journal on CGOAB
​Cape Cod / Nantucket / Martha's Vineyard 2018 - coming soon
Hawaii Big Island Loop 2018 - coming soon
Trans-America West 2019 - completed journal on CGOAB
Baja Divide Cape Loop + Bonus 2020 - completed journal on CGOAB
Erie Canal / Mount Greylock / US20 Loop 2020 - completed journal on CGOAB
50th Anniversary Tour - 2022 - blog post here on LBB

Adventure Cycling Tours I've Led:

Southern Tier 2015
Route 66 2016 - journal on CGOAB with link to another rider's journal + Videos on Vimeo
Southern Tier 2017
Chicago to New York City 2017
Colorado-Utah Inn-to-Inn 2018
North Star: Missoula to Jasper 2018

Tours of the "Early Days":

Columbus Ohio to Waterloo NY - Round Trip 1972
Columbus Ohio to Waterloo NY - Round Trip 1973
Fairport / Boston / Lake Placid / Seaway Loop 1979
Fairport NY to Vincennes IN Round Trip 1981
Vincennes IN to Lawrence KS Round Trip 1982
Rochester to Canton GEAR '92

And on the Blog:

When you ride as often as I do, the long rides, centuries, and tours become a blur.
​Blogging helps this old man keep track of the great ones.
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