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Bicycling Guide To The Mississippi River Trail: A Complete Route Guide Along The Mississippi River

By Bob Robinson

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New 2nd edition, published April 29, 2013. From Itasca State Park in Minnesota, to the southernmost point in Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico, Bob Robinson guides you along the designated route of the Mississippi River Trail, turn by turn. The Mississippi River Trail follows the mighty river’s 2500-mile journey across America’s heartland. Whether you are planning to cycle the entire trail or looking for a weekend adventure, this guidebook includes the services, route directions, bike shops, and maps you need to plan your adventure. The narration accompanying each section of the guidebook includes points of interest and history of the area. Many of the quaint picturesque communities along the Mississippi River have long been popular destinations for travelers, and are well equipped to accommodate their needs. All services have been verified and updated in this new edition, along with over 600 additional miles of new MRT routes. So grab your bike and get prepared for the adventure of your life!

The Fox Trails: A Bicycle Adventure Along the Mississippi River

By Michael Jason Fox

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Follow The Fox Trails as Michael quits his job, donates his possessions, and leaves Minneapolis on a hand-me-down bike with $120, a guitar and limited gear. The Mississippi River leads the way on this life or death journey of personal discovery. Come along for the ride as he pursues his dreams in writing and pedals into the unknown on a month-long cross-country bicycle adventure down the backbone of America in search of a new way of living. Experience nature's wonders and the magic of synchronicity within this timeless, true-life adventure as you follow along on a guided tour through the heart of modern-day America. With pages full of daring explorations resembling a Huck Finn mixed with the spiritual undertones of a Siddhartha, fans of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild will resonate with the river's song. Find your voice and sing along in harmony to the tune of a universal message in this lyrical read. Everything will be questioned during the course of this life-changing journey of the soul as the current pulls you toward the answers that you'll find...at the end of The Fox Trails.

Bed, Breakfast & Bike Mississippi Valley

By Dale Lally

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The Mississippi River is one of the most romanticized transportation corridors in America, and with good reason—its storied banks are home to heavy industry, rich farmland, thriving cities, and stately plantations. Now, it provides the backbone for an inn-to-inn bicycle tour between New Orleans and St. Louis.

Bed, Breakfast & Bike Mississippi Valley is an indispensable guide to bicycle-friendly lodging along the Mississippi River and Natchez Trace Parkway. Whether you’re a long-distance touring cyclist who’s planning a 1,300-mile journey or you’re just looking for a good base of operations for a weekend of cycling, you’ll find plenty of maps and cue sheets to help you plan your itinerary.

The lodging choices range from restored Victorian mansions to sprawling farmhouses to simple rental cabins, in both urban and rural settings. Author Dale Lally has personally selected each of the 38 inns and B&Bs profiled in these pages, and provides you with a thorough description of the accommodations and dining options, and a peek into the history of each establishment.

The Best Bike Rides in the South: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

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Bicycling Eastern Roads, Working on the Mississippi, 1944

By Doris D. Gibson

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The backdrop for this amazing bicycle trip was World War II and before that, the decade of the Great Depression. In the 1930s, most people were in the throes of managing their lives with the smallest of incomes, or no income. Everyone was touched by this bare and dismal decade. We began to emerge from this dark period because of the events taking place in Europe and later in Japan. Hitler was on the march in Europe and the non-belligerent countries such as England and France were almost defenseless. The United States passed a series of Acts, such as the “cash and carry” act and the “lend-lease” act, both of which provided wartime supplies to these countries. When we entered the war in Europe and when Pearl Harbor was attacked, all men between the ages of 18 and 45 were called up for military service. The demographics of the United States changed. All factories were crowded with machines; workers were in demand; and tanks, planes, and weapons were being sent for warfare. It was an abrupt change from the 1930’s. The mood of the people was lightened when the Depression was over. There was a spirit of cooperation and a feeling of unity. Everyone was patriotic. When the two girls in this memoir, Doris and Poppy, bicycled up to a farmer’s door and requested a night in his barn, there was no hesitation. Only one question was asked, “Do you smoke?” This was a trusting society. Doris and Poppy packed their blue Victory bikes and traveled from their homes in Buffalo, New York, through the level farmland of western New York State, Pennsylvania, Ohio. Part I of this book is titled “On the Road,” and follows the girls to Lakeview and Fredonia in New York State and then to Johnny Philips’ farm in Pennsylvania, where they met up with a friendly hobo. From Erie, Pennsylvania they biked to Cleveland, Ohio. All they brought with them were the simplest of supplies, a mess kit, a canteen, and a blouse and skirt to wear on Sundays. Each person they met had a part to play in this panorama of scenes and people. Part I of this book are interspersed with menus and shopping lists excerpted from the girls’ logs, showing 1944 prices. They cooked their meals outside, well off the road and under bridges, and they slept wherever they found a safe spot, whether it was in a barn or in a country cemetery. Bicycling diagonally from Cleveland to Cincinnati brought the girls in touch with a number of families and new experiences. To the south, the hills of Kentucky were daunting. They accepted a ride from a driver trucking oranges. During this ride the girls faced their first experience with segregation. Louisville was the end of bicycling in the northern states. The girls applied for temporary union cards to work on a Mississippi riverboat. When the riverboat arrived, they took their bikes aboard and headed down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. Part II of the book opens when the girls board the riverboat, The Corregidor. The cook put the girls to work, peeling potatoes and shucking corn. In the afternoons, the Captain invited the girls to the pilot house to regale them with stories of the river. There was always drama on the boat; a man gone overboard, a fight in the union meeting, and a love affair intercepted by the First Mate. Excerpts from the Captain’s letters to Doris from 1944 to 1947 tell and continue the story of life on the Corregidor. Part III is the story of the girls’ trip home from New Orleans to Buffalo. It takes us through the foreboding Coney Island Swamp. It follows the girls into Atlanta, where they are interviewed by the Atlanta Journal. From Atlanta the girls hitch a ride to Washington, D.C., where they bicycle to the U.S. Capitol Building. They are amazed to find themselves on the dome of the Capitol, surrounded by a group of painters. When they return home to Buffalo, the girls' found a Buffalo Evening News reporter waiting for them in the driveway.

Great Rivers South Bicycle Route #2: Cape Girardeau, Missouri - Tupelo, Mississippi (456 Miles)

By Adventure Cycling Association

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At Cape Girardeau the route crosses the Mississippi River. The state highways in Illinois are wide two-lane roads with moderate traffic and no shoulders. Most of the rest of the route is over narrow two-lane county roads with no shoulder and very little traffic. In western Kentucky the route follows very lightly traveled county roads over short steep hills. "The Trace Road" through the Land Between the Lakes Recreation Area is a two-lane road with no shoulders and light to moderate traffic. No commercial vehicles are allowed and a 45 mph speed limit is strictly enforced. In Tennessee, the route travels over exhausting roller coaster hills mostly on well maintained two-lane county and state roads. Near Shady Grove the route joins the Natchez Trace Parkway. The Natchez Trace offers two-lane roads with no shoulders and light traffic. The width of the Trace is 400 to 1000 feet, with wider right-of-way areas of historical, scientific, and recreational value.

Great Rivers South Bicycle Route #3: Tupelo, Mississippi - Baton Rouge, Louisiana (370 Miles)

By Adventure Cycling Association

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The riding conditions on the Natchez Trace Parkway are excellent with cyclists enjoying an almost traffic-free road. The two-lane road is gently graded and is generally well paved. Although there are no shoulders, the road edges merge evenly onto a grass shoulder. No commercial traffic is permitted on the Parkway and a 50 mph speed limit is strictly enforced. At Jackson, where the parkway is not yet completed, you will be riding an urban route to connect to the next parkway segment. The Parkway ends near Natchez, Mississippi, and from there southward the route passes through rural woodland areas of southern Mississippi and Louisiana, where narrow two-lane roads and timberland dominate the scenery. The route ends in Baton Rouge. This route intersects the Southern Tier Bicycle Route just north of the city.

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