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SPRING 2020 ISSUE 01 / VOL . 05
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For no good reason I decided to follow a single route , something I ’ d never done . I wanted this ride to be different , on something that wasn ’ t a freeway , at least most of the way . I ’ d picked U . S . Route 50 , my trip beginning in Cincinnati and ending in West Sacramento , riding there over the highway ’ s final mile .
What I learned on my weeklong trip to California ’ s capital is that this highway works . Other than a few locations with highway reconstruction the road is a pleasant one . Being
Below , clockwise from top left : The author experienced rain for broad sections over a thousand miles . An hour to the west of these storm clouds over the Pahvant Range in Utah , the author experienced a first : the cool , wet scent of wheat while being blasted by the heaviest rain on his trip . Tony Tasset ' s " Eye " sculpture can be seen on the southwest side of St . Louis in the Laumeier Sculpture Park . Six miles east of Pueblo , Colorado , sits the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum , one of the author ' s favorite stops . The cattle yard in Ingalls , Kansas , a few miles west of Dodge City , was not a place to be riding a slow bicycle if the wind is blowing in your direction . The Gateway Arch in St . Louis , opened to the public in June 1967 , is a beacon of sorts , a proper welcome for travelers aiming toward the American West .