Dear Bike Diary,

An intimate look into my experience riding bikes across America, from NY to LA. By: Jen Kyle Whalen

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See that? That's the Pacific Ocean I rode my bike to, over 4,000 miles from the east coast, with some of the most wonderful people who I will remember forever. I'm so happy rn! (I know it's sometimes hard to tell when I'm being sarcastic or genuine, so just want to make it clear that it is NOT of the former camp). (at California Hwy 1)

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You've come a long way, baby.

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There are tons of deserted old cafes and such out in Nevada. One town called Mcdermitt had one restaurant open and it was a diner casino combo. The only other open establishment was a beefed up convenient store. Everything else looked like a cute place of business until you rolled up on it and realized it was abandoned.

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It's been a rough few days...

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This is what it's looked like when I've ordered a salad since we left Pennsylvania a month ago. I am going to be LOVING getting ripped off by every restaurant in LA when I get back paying $15 for a pile of kale. I won't even care if it's not massaged.

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Uh *sp.

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So...yesterday was insane. We took a lot of long dirt paths and got kinda lost, had to jump a few fences and had flashes of having to get rescued.

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Chubbuck, ID. As we left the bar where we ate lunch, the day drunks yelled "don't forget about us little people."

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If you can see it, you can achieve it. Outside of a bar in Chubbuck, ID. people where smoking cigarettes inside and I accidentally ordered another meal and it came out fried. Again. Even when I think I'm getting something that is for sure, cannot possibly be fried, it comes out fried in these parts.

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We played MASH. The future is not looking bright for me.

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Our dinner picnic last night at the campsite at American Falls in Idaho. I was beyond elated to have some red wine and fancy chocolate. I exclaimed to the guys “where am I? Tuscany?”

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I think all this nature is starting to get to us. Lewis Lake stop for a quick dip. Also I’m a never nude.

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Why is this even a thing! I’ve seen so much advertised Trump support and it’s shocking and upsetting af every single time.