I left June 1, 1976 to start my ride to Williamsburg, VA. I left from Cortland, NY, and rode 600 solo miles, including through Washington, DC, and started with Bikecentennial in Williamsburg on the evening of June 11, going east to west. We (TAEK612) started out as a group of 14, 12 of us finished. After Reedsport, OR, I rode solo again to San Francisco, CA. then a train to LA. Rode a total of 5,700 miles. Old man now, no plans to ever do even part of that again.