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“Chrachel” (Chris + Rachel) is taking another summer-long resume gap to ride across the United States, but this time it will be on the ACA GDMBR route (as described above)! See information and/or follow links below for content from our bikepacking trip down the spine of the United States throughout Summer 2018. We’ll be updating the site as often as possible, but won’t be posting daily updates as we did for our 2015 Cross-USA bike tour. So check back weekly for updates or subscribe (you can do so by entering your email address in the box located in the upper left side bar, from any screen within our blog) to have updates sent directly to your inbox.
Thanks for visiting, we hope you enjoy the ride!
**Updates From The Trail**
| CANADA | ||
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| The Trip Begins | Day 2 = Dust | GDMBR Week 1 |
| Fork Fiasco | The Things We Carry: Bear Deterrent | GDMBR Week 2 |
| MONTANA | ||
| The Captain’s Log | GDMBR Week 3 | A New Do |
| The Dirt Carpet: Chris’ Long Johns | Bike Maintenance: Brakes | Wildflowers |
| Trail Angels: Julie and Buck | The Things We Carry: Drink Additives | GDMBR Week 4 |
| Guest Post: Jim Hogue | ||
| WYOMING | ||
| Bike Maintenance: Chains | GDMBR Week 5 | GDMBR Week 6 |
| GDMBR Week 7 | The Things We Carry: Chamois Butt’r | |
| COLORADO | ||
| GDMBR Week 8 | Future Post Link | Future Post Link |
| NEW MEXICO | ||
| I Chose This | Future Post Link | Future Post Link |
Follow the links in the table above for updates from the trail throughout the course of our trip, via words, pictures, and maybe even some video!
**Packing Lists**
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Click images (links) above to see what we’ll be lugging all summer, over the course of 2,900+ miles and 200,000+ feet of climbing!
***Track Our Progress***
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Click images (links) above to see our trip log/stats via Google Sheets and our mapped progress via Trackleaders (this information is based on actual data uploaded from our SPOT Satellite Messenger.
**Links to Social Media**
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**Contact Us**
Leave a comment on this page (below) to say “Hi” or to make plans to meet up with us along the ride! We’re serious; the more the merrier!
**Donations**
| If you feel so compelled to support our trip (thank you so much!), we ask that instead you donate on our behalf to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, a charity we hold near and dear. |  |
