Update #12 - April 11, 2005
Seward, NB - 3838.6 miles (6141.8 kms.)

I've decided that I'll be postponing my ride in the Dakota's for a few months. It has just been too cold for the past couple of days and it possibly get worse instead of better. There is snow in Colorado about three hundred miles away and snow in the Nebraska Panhandle. Also, there has been a stiff headwind coming from the North. It has been like riding up a 'horizontal wall'. I'm been struggling in my lowest 'Granny" gear and not making any headway.

I'll be turning Eastwards in the next couple of days towards Iowa. I have some friends in the Waterloo area and they have been wanting me to come back and visit with them. After some obligations in the Midwest, I can always make a loop Northwards and ride up to the Dakotas in June and July. It will be a much better time of the year to do so.

I'll try and post and update as often as I can if my plans change.