This blog is about a 4,100 mile solo-self supported Music/Bike tour I completed starting Easter Sunday and ending July 17th, 2008. I performed over 24 concerts along 14 states plus 1 Province (Quebec). For other information about the journey check out my website: http://www.rachelvanslyke.com/ and look at the media sector. If you want to see the full tour you have to go back to the Archives - Feb

If I met you on the Tour and you have any photos or video, please shoot them over to rachel@rachelvanslyke.com, I would be very happy to have them

Photo by Bill Fehr

Last Show of the Tour

The Last show of the Tour, 110 days later, the end!

This was a little spot off of the Saratoga Bike Path, I started my warming up here the night before the last show.

Full Moon, getting peace at a near by cemetary and singing before the show

I have always admired this place, Cafe Lena, Just voted the best small venue in North America by the International Folk Alliance

the oldest continuously operating coffeehouse in the United States

This photos actually taken the morning after. It was such a strange morning. In 4,000 miles of road navagating, I can actually say I felt a bit lost. and i realized I didn't have any pics or footage of the last show, so I had to snap a quick shot of the stage at Lena's. A stage that many had played on. Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, and other great legands.

The after party

friends and family



and more friends!

Utica Boiler Maker

I stayed with a women that is the mother of my best friend. I hadn't seen her in years
the Boiler Maker, running road race aftermath

oh yeah, mac donalds sponsored
The Boiler Maker

the little falls cliffs. more on these later....
another touring musician on the cycling the Erie canal trail with 600 other riders. As I was heading to Utica west, they were heading east. It was great to meet and greet them all as we crossed paths.
check out this guy

a sea of clouds

Troy, NY

in the store frontage ahead is there is a coffee shop where fox news interviewed me. more on this to come...
Myself and Dave Michaels, of WEXT I went to their studios and did an interview and live performance.

I really like this little town, Troy. Some how when I was having coffee the news called the cafe to speak with me. They came down and did a clip. It's great to have positive news.

cohoes

bike paths to Albany


I slept by the tracks in Chahoes. The building above actually has an imprint of an Indian Head on that white portion, it's some sort of factory.

Albany

follow the yellow brick road

this is where laws are made, the capital building

Albany , I thought I knew you. Everything looks different now. I will not see things the same. It's been years since I've been to Albany.