This book is the second part of the author’s three-part book: My Bicycle Ride Across America: the People, the Culture, the Scenes, and the Ride. It is priced at exactly 1/3 of the price of the complete book, so there is no pricing penalty if the parts are purchased separately rather than all at once. Part 2 documents the ride from the Texas Panhandle on into Indiana. The route went up through the Oklahoma Panhandle into Kansas, then through Missouri, Illinois, and into Indiana. Most of the route followed smaller roads (with only light traffic) or on bike trails (with no car traffic). For example, most of the passage through Missouri was on the KATY bike trail, a breathtakingly beautiful converted rails-to-trails bike path that passes through many historic railroad towns and a good portion of the Lewis & Clark expedition trail along the Missouri River. The book contains many photographs taken along the way.
The complete bicyle journey started at the author's home in Los Angeles, CA and ended at his family's home in the suburbs of Washington, DC. The ride was a most wonderful experience that the author has been dreaming about doing for a number of years. This book is an attempt to share the joys as well as the realism of the experience with others around the world. During the ride, the author experienced a very interesting and most delightful slice of American culture. The book documents the journey, the people, the scenes, as well as various aspects of the ride itself. It is intended to be of interest not just to cyclists (or wanna be cyclists), but to anyone interested in experiencing a sincere and complete account of the journey through this great country, the United Stated of America. There is sufficient practical information about the ride to hopefully encourage readers to experience the joys of bicycling for commuting/transportation, and/or for tourism and recreation. It is the author's sincere hope that readers will be inspired to begin bicycling if they are not yet doing it, or to do more cycling. Bicycling is fun, good for the environment, and improves the health of people who do it.
