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Close up of one type of XP marker

Routes

My friend Kathy remarked that I hadn’t posted my planned routes for this ride, so I thought I’d post them now. I’ve broke it up into four segments of roughly…

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Read more about the article St. Joe
Pony Express Stables and National Museum. The ride starts from here.

St. Joe

I’ve had a few days now to walk and ride a little around St. Joseph, and have really come to like it here. So much so that now the ride…

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Sorting equipment

Pack List

At the risk of exposing myself to public ridicule, below is my packing list for my ride from St. Joseph to Salt Lake City. I know: the list is absurdly…

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Read more about the article Tweaking the Bike
My Pony Express rig, by the XP Memorial in Old Town Sacramento

Tweaking the Bike

During the summer of 2020, I went on about two dozen socially-distant scouting rides in California and Nevada to check out portions of the Pony Express Bikepacking route. And it…

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Read more about the article Staying in Touch
SPOT's tracking map

Staying in Touch

If all goes well (i.e., if I don’t fall again and break something between now and then), I will start from St. Joe on Monday, May 31, 2021 (Memorial Day).…

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