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Retracing Bedichek's Epic Bicycle Ride
Read about our adventure across Texas to Deming, New Mexico. The most recent post is listed first. To read in chronological order, start at the bottom!
1911-1913: Creating a Home and Family -- then, Moving On
A week researching in Deming answered many questions and created others. I made several trips to the Deming Luna Mimbres Museum, the...
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1909-1911: Deming Beginnings!
We had such a great time following Bedi's 983-mile bicycle route. You can read the posts here. Once in Deming, we stayed for a week to...
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Day 6: Bedi's Bike Route
132 miles: Tornillo - Isleta - El Paso - Rio Grande - Strauss - Aden - Cambray - Deming Well I done it! I got on the bicycle at Eddy,...
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Day 5: Bedi's Bike Route
213 miles: Marathon - Alpine - Marfa - Valentine - Sierra Blanca - Fort Hancock - Tornillo From Marathon, we followed US90 to Alpine on...
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Mid-Trip Reflections
We parted ways with Mom and Dad after Davis Mountains State Park. Our last evening together, we reflected on the trip, so far. We all...
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Davis Mountains & Big Bend Detour
We just finished a week detour off the railroad track. First stop, the Davis Mountains – a favorite destination of Bedi’s in his later...
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Day 4 on Bedi’s Bike Route
134 miles: Seminole Canyon State Park (near Comstock) – Langtry – Dryden – Sanderson – Marathon Unfortunately, no rail depots from 1909...
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Day 3 on Bedi's Bike Route
The Pecos High Bridge Today exceeded my expectations in so many ways! Along Bedi's route was the Pecos High Bridge -- the tallest...
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Day 2 on Bedi's Bike Route
144 miles: Uvalde-Spofford-Del Rio-Comstock As we make our way across west Texas, my goal is to stick as closely as possible to the...
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1st Day on the Bedi's Bike Route!
40 miles: Hondo-Sabinal-Uvalde After several rainy days in Bartlett, Bedi would come to San Antonio in 140 miles and then another 40 to...
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Marsh, Birds and A Big Tree
I think Bedi would be pleased to know that his granddaughter and great-granddaughter visited Aransas National Wildlife Refuge today....
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Birds and 'Skeeters in Quintana
Why is Quintana so special? It is in the "path of totality" for bird migration from Central and South America to nesting grounds in North...
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First Postcard from Karankaway Country
We started our Bedi's Bike Ride trip (the one where we follow Bedi's route with our trucks and travel trailers) in Waco, Texas (about 20...
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News from Bartlett
The third and fourth (final) pages of Bedi's journal resurfaced in my documents from last year's trip. Here are his reflections from his...
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A Wet Start...Holed up in Bartlett
Roy Bedichek started his 900-mile bike ride 115 years ago, yesterday. In that early morning after the Vernal Equinox, he looked across...
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Back to Bedi's Bike Ride
In about a month (after viewing the eclipse!), my family will launch on a trip -- following as closely as possible the same route that my...
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Bedichek's "Cool" Bike Ride
In 1908, Great-Granddaddy bicycled from Eddy to El Paso. These maps show his route, as best as I can work out. (**Update: Since this post...
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