Gary's 2005 Cross Country Bicycle Adventure
Maine to North Dakota
(Originally Maine to Washington)
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If you are interested in  adventure travel via bicycle I highly recommend Joe Kurmaskie's book "The Metal Cowboy"

http://www.metalcowboy.com/
  Click on the picture to go to Joe's site!
Joe is a great guy and has a million stories! And as Joe would say,
"On Yere Bike!"

Would you like to have a copy of Walden?
Walden Cover
  Click on the picture to visit Amazon.com
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The Route Pre-Trip ME NH-VT NY PA-OH MI-WI MN ND 05 ND 07 MT ID-WA
Gary is finishing his cross Country trip! Please see " The Route" pages (above) of this web site to read about my trip.

Useful Touring Links
Rolling Roads (the original reason for this domain!)
I originally came up with the name and idea for Rolling Roads while touring the Avenue of the Giants several years ago. As Emerson said,"way leads to way" and my life's path led dear friend and fellow Adventure Cyclist Joe "Metal Cowboy" Kurmaskie and I to team up and make Rolling Roads a reality. Starting in 2007 the dream comes true! I invitre you to join Joe and I as we take our fellow cycling and adventure enthusiasts on awesome outdoor adventures! Proceeds from Rolling Roads will support Camp Creative.
Rolling Roads Bicycle and Multi-sport adventure vacations


Camp Creative
I've also joined the team on Joe's new passion Camp Creative where we will run an awesome Arts & Expedition summer camp for kids and their familes based in the Columbia Gorge in Oregon. Writers, Artists and Musicians from across America will be sharing their passion with kids and adults as we bring the beauty and wonder of the outdoors to the 21st century! Our goal is "No Child Left Inside!"
Camp Creative

Touring Links
Joe Kurmaskie - The Metal Cowboy
Crazy Guy On A Bike:
Ken Kifer's Bike Pages (My favorite touring page!)***
Mike's bicycle touring and travelogues links
Bicycle Touring 101 
Edinburgh Bicycle: Touring for Beginners
Cross-country bike ride - Equipment and packing list
CrossCountryBikeTrip.com
The WWW Bicycle Lane
Biking across the USA
Bicycle Self-contained Touring Equipment and Packing List
Passport America - Campground Discount Membership.
BikeTiresDirect.com - Discount Road Bikes, Components, and Accessories
The Old Farmer's Almanac - Long-Range Forecasts
Farmers Almanac Long-Range Forecasts

*** Ken Kifer was killed by a drunk driver less than 6 miles from his home on September 13th, 2003 Ken had traveled the country extensively cycling over 100,000 during his many adventures. His contribution to the Bicycle Touring world was immeasurable, he will be missed.

Bicycle Clubs
www.seattlebiketours.org  The Seattle Bicycle Touring Club is an informal group of recreational cyclists promoting Rides and Fun for its members in the Greater Seattle area. They have one of the largest cycling resource websites in the nation at close to 400 pages, 200+ area cue sheets/maps, +70 pages for start ride locations, links to every publicly available Pacific Northwest bike map and a 40 page LAB library for taking care of you and your bike.

Equipment Links
Eureka! The Tent Company
Sidi Shoes
Slumberjack - Sleeping Bags
Platypus Bottles & Carriers
Optimus Nova Multi-Fuel Expedition Stove
Primus Himalaya Omni-Fuel Stove
OR Product page: Hydroseal Dry Sacks?
Bike Nashbar.com
Harris Cyclery, Newton, Masschusetts
Kelly Bikes!
Trek Bikes - Trek 520

Other Interesting Links
www.riinsrants.info Riin Gill, knitter, spinner, dyer, cyclist, vegetarian, rabbit mom, expatriate wannabe... Rinn was a dear friend of Ken Kifer, she's a very nice lady!
Steve Vai - Musician  Extraordinaire
Chrome Dome Motorcycle Products

Marisa Tomei Beauty, Sass, Talent and Wit! Need I say More?
Over the years my site has received a considerable amount of traffic because I had 1 Marisa Tomei picture on the site (it is a very good picture of her, it's the one on the left.) So I figured why not add another picture, add an additional link and give Marisa her own section. 

Marisa Tomei at IMDB
Exclusively Marisa 
 
Marisa Tomei    Marisa Tomei

If you have built castles in the air,
your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.
Now put the foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau
from the "Conclusion" to Walden
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