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Day 81: Glacial Troubles
Curlew Lake State Park, WA to Duck Lake, MT 455mi (Just like the other two, this blog was drafted back in late August, but I never got around to publishing it, whoopsie! – Joseph, 1/26/26) It IS still summer, right? Well, it sure didn’t feel like it when I woke up shivering from how cold
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Day 80: blue lakes, orange berries and the skies above us
For the first time in a while the morning had started before I had even woken up. Charles had taken the car for an oil change and let me and Joesph sleep longer. I got up and packed up. Charles’ mom had prepared an absolutely delicious warm breakfast, so we would be fueled up before
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Day 79: Dilly Dallying One Last Time
Humbug Mountain State Park, OR -> Seattle, WA. 485mi (This post was drafted in August. Ramona transcribed my thoughts as we drove across the country. I never got around to publishing it until now, whoops! – Joseph, 1/23/26) I woke up as we have many times this summer: in the tent from the rays of
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Day 78: is it all over?
San Francisco, CA -> Humbug Mountain State Park, OR. 430 mi I awoke next to Tian for the last time in what will probably be a very long time. Ishaq was sleeping on the floor. I had set an alarm for 6:25am to wake everyone up at 6:30am and hurry them out of the house
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Day 77: Spokes 2025 final season series FINALE, the real, true end
Final day in San Francisco Today was the first of many goodbyes. Most people were going to leave on the 21st, however Greta was leaving on the 20th. She wanted to see her sister before she moved into UVA and leaving on the 21st would have been too late. So, instead she had a 6am
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day 74: choose your own adventure 🗺️
Sacramento, CA to Benicia, CA — 74.9 mi, 1764 ft well, this one is LONGGG overdue…whoops 😀 (please forgive me, mom, grandma, etc.) anyways, without any further delay, i will recount our 2nd to last biking day before reaching our long-anticipated destination of san francisco. buckle up, because while i ALWAYS say this is going
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Day 73: Side Questing to the Extreme
Placerville, CA to Sacramento, CA 54.2mi, 1508 ft The Spokies awoke one by one in what started off as a slow, bum morning in a church in Placerville, unaware of what the day ahead had in store. Previously someone had made plans to do a scavanger hunt one of these days and Ruth had now
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Day 71: Resting is for Winners
Around 2am, I arose, frozen by the South Lake Tahoe nights. It wasn’t until morning that I discovered the cause of my sleepless night. The window was open, letting in blasts of cold air. I will not make the same mistake again tonight. Ramona, Greta, and I were up before 9am, but the rest of
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Day 70: hey what’s up hello
Fallon, NV to South Lake Tahoe, CA — 96.8 mi, 5,442 ft As today’s driver, I’m tasked with waking everyone up. Per Ishaq’s request, I blast Fetty Wap at 7:10am. It was surprisingly efficient: he basically leaps out of bed. Ramona is already up per usual, as is Sarah. Joseph and Tian sleepily arise, while
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