Paul Meincke and others on an America by Bicycle trip road from coast to coast last summer.
The group poses for a picture along the Columbia River in Astoria, Ore., before starting our cross-country ride. (Paul Meincke / Chicago Tribune)
On a 97-mile day, Paul Meincke is happy to take a break in the town of Bliss, Idaho. (Paul Meincke / Chicago Tribune)
A nasty windstorm the night before led to some “navigational adjustments” on Wisconsin’s famed Elroy-Sparta bike trail. (Paul Meincke / Chicago Tribune)
Els Van Gulik of the Netherlands leads the group on the final day of the cross-country ride. She had tried to do the ride the previous year but had to drop out because of an injury. This time, she made it. (Paul Meincke / Chicago Tribune)
Since this was a fairly short day (only 58 miles), the cyclists had more time to soak up the beauty of South Dakota’s Badlands. (Paul Meincke / Chicago Tribune)
A couple of cyclists take in a view of the American Falls, one of three waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls. (Paul Meincke / Chicago Tribune)
Adam Maher of Montana and his dad, Paul Maher of New York, pedal through Oregon with Mount Hood in the distance. (Paul Meincke / Chicago Tribune)
At the end of a 50-day adventure, cyclists dipped their wheels in the Atlantic Ocean at Wallis Sands State Beach in New Hampshire. (Paul Meincke / Chicago Tribune)
