The American cycling Dream:
crossing the United States by bicycle. Many riders have
cycled the United States from East to West or the other
way around. Of course, a great achievement.
It is probably a bigger challenge to traverse the United
States from North to South over the dirt roads of the
Rocky Mountains, following the Continental Divide. The
divide of roughly 2,800 miles between Canada and Mexico
splits the North American Continent in two. Drops of
rain that fall on your left side flow into the Atlantic
or the Gulf of Mexico. Drops on your right side will
find their way to the Pacific. The drops of sweat from
your brow will evaporate in the thin air of the Rocky
Mountains or fall to the trail. This is the trail of
“The Great Divide” !!!
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