bicycling across America, Iowa, part 2

Part 2 of the Iowa Odyssey. I pass thru the small town of West Branch Iowa and arrive just before the Herbert Hoover National Historic site is open. I did ride down the block and see the house where he was born.




This video filmed with Flip UltraHD video camcorder, 4gb internal memory,
edited with Windows Movie Maker Live on an HP Mini 210 running Windows 7 and uploaded at Boone Public Library in Boone Iowa

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[FUNisUnderRated]

how many miles do you cover on average per day

[ThreeWheelJourney]

@FUNisUnderRated I average 60 to 80 miles per day.... I've pedaled 3 centuries on this trip.

[campy9sp]

Dave, at 7:05, your reaction to the downhill cycling sign is absolutely priceless. It touches off the episode perfectly.

[ThreeWheelJourney]

@campy9sp have you ever seen a "down hill bicycle" sign? I want that sign

[countyhp]

I already have a route planned from Neah Bay, Wa. back to Marshalltown, Ia. Hope to geter done in the next couple of years. BTW, I was on the internet searching for info about crossing the Astoria bridge when I found your Youtube posting. You posted it just three day earlier. Been with you ever sense. Oh, one more thing, when I was in M-town last mounth I meet a guy riding from Seattle, Wa. to Raleigh NC. Don't recall the name, but he said he was a carpenter, and that his sister lives in Raleigh

[ThreeWheelJourney]

@countyhp thanks a million for following me... I believe that video of the Astoria Bridge is the only one on youtube currently showing a bicycle crossing. But here's something I never mentioned. I had a monopod at the time and I intended to show the entire crossing, but somehow the camera slipped and was pointing off to the side for about 80%, and.... well I wasn't about to ride the bridge again for the shot

[flsportsfan65]

"He who hopes for spring with upturned eye never sees so small a thing as Draba. He who despairs of spring with downcast eye steps on it, unknowing. He who searches for spring with his knees in the mud finds it, in abundance."

— Aldo Leopold

[campy9sp]

When I lived a bit further north, I had a barn window that had been replaced with the highway "bicycles prohibited" sign. Why didn't I keep it! That was a mistake. Years ago, I saw a reprint of a plate illustration with 1800s "boneshaker" bicycles. By the roadside was a downhill warning sign showing the cyclist walking his tall cycle down the hill. Awesome.

[ThreeWheelJourney]

@countyhp Iowa is beautiful, but shoulders are few and far between.

[ThreeWheelJourney]

@countyhp you are so right about Iowa not being flat. There are some area that are fairly flat, but there have been days where the roads look like a roller coaster ALL DAY

[ThreeWheelJourney]

@gynonc I recently retired from the military and am taking a year off to live the dream