Across America by Bicycle: Alice and Bobbi's Summer on Wheels
How can you not like this book? Its authors, a couple of retirement-age women who went on bike trips together, decided to take a few months and cycle from Astoria, Oregon, to Bar Harbor, Maine, a distance of more than 3,500 miles. Carrying everything they need strapped to their bikes, sleeping in motels and campgrounds, occasionally hitching a ride with some friendly vehicular travelers, they make their way from one side of the country to the other. This is a comfortable book: pleasantly written, similar in theme and structure to other cross-country cycling books, a story about two friends who had an adventure, saw some cool things, and met some interesting people. Alice and Bobbi are immensely likable people; their cheerfulness and determination bring a smile to your face. When you finish the book, you might think: well, that was a lot of fun; maybe I ought to do something similar. --David Pitt