I cycled across the USA a few years back, from Oceanside California to Jekyll Island Georgia. Did the traditional thing and took a bottle of water from the Pacific and emptied it into the Atlantic.....
Wow! Avid cyclist for sure. I see people around my area who ride bikes on these local narrower side road with 12 inches of shoulder area, and cars whipping by, and I'm like, their taking their lives in their hands. Not for me. At least on interstates you have plenty of shoulder on side of road.
Incredibly hot everyday day and the only rain we had was the day we cycled into Phoenix....Was an exhausting trip and left me a bit run down, so much so that I didn't get on a bike for about a month afterwards.....I loved the U.S.A. though, people were charming and the only place we ever felt nervous was in a town called Crockett, in Texas if I remember correctly.....
When we went out west on on interstate for about 12 years, the is section that crosses through Texas, ---for maybe 100 miles or so--- and that was the only place ---for most part--- we would see a state trooper police then another then another with car of people of color pulled over.
Gun shots in the night and knocks on the motel door in the middle of the night....A few of the slightly less charming locals I suppose, but you get those everywhere, even here in Wales....Unarmed though.
Similar thing with knock on motel door in evening and ruckus out in parking lot for us one time, tho I dont recall what state.
My wifes son-in-law had walked/hiked the whole applachian trail from NY down throught TN. I think it is like 1000{?} miles. I think he wore out two pair of boots. Over many years I had heard of some one or more murders and/or people who went missing. There is is also comedy movie about waling that trail. .." A Walk in the Woods ".
.." After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends, Stephen Katz (Nick Nolte) "...