My Bicycle Trip Across The US When I Was 17

I rode across the US when I was 17. I had a cheap 110mm camera with me.

I just had all my negatives scanned by ScanCafe.com which did a nice job with my 35mm negatives but did do a great job on the 110mm negatives as you can see above.

I rode with 10 other guys my age and two group leaders. I went with America Youth Hostels (AYH). We started in New York City and ended in San Francisco.

• Averaged 77 miles a day
• 59 riding days
• 14 rest days
• longest day 161 miles
• 4,526 miles total
• June 24th 1981 to September 3rd.

Here are the guys that I rode with, I can’t remember all 12 of them:

1. Jim Levy from Chicago
2. David Lippmann from Tarrytown NY
3. Joe Alvord from Wilbraham MA
4. Phil from NY
5. Pete Christianson from Burlington VT
6. Marko
7. Pete
8. Danny