The Great American Trike Tour!

On November 1st, 2002 author/artist Dan Price climbed onto a TerraTrike 3.3 to begin an unprecedented journey across the country to promote the benefits of pedal power and gas-free travel. Here we have chronicled his adventure with news, photos and drawings contributed by Dan during the ride.

"Drive Less - Pedal More" Dan Price

Click on the map to see Dan's entire route.

About Dan

For the past 12 years, artist Dan Price has extensively studied the concepts of simplicity, paring down his possessions and lifestyle in order to lead an environmentally responsible way of life. He has lived in tipis, huts, tents and an underground kiva.

Dan's kiva house

Along the way he has documented his discoveries with his illustrated journal Moonlight Chronicles. In October 2001 he gave his old car to his son and now travels primarily by bicycle. Recently Price went on the hunt to find the ultimate human powered vehicle and found WizWheelz. "It's perfect," he said. "Now I can ride in comfort whether I'm zipping downtown for groceries or across the nation on an extended tour!"

"It's really exciting to be joining forces with a company like WizWheelz," Price added. "We both truly believe in the old adage 'Less is More' and by promoting the use of pedal power we feel people's health and the very air we breathe can only be improved."

Look for Price's other books How to Make a Journal of Your Life and Moonlight Chronicles: A Wandering Artist's Journal, both by 10-Speed Press and available at Amazon.com.

Dan's journey has made headlines! Check out this story by the La Grande (Oregon) Observer...
...and this clipping from the Wallowa County Chieftain.
He was featured in small town newspapers all along his route and has also had several local television news stations run stories on his journey. After his big finish in Key West, his story went national. He was mentioned on CNN Headline News and had a story written on CNN.com and Yahoo! News! The journey was also featured by Ripley's Believe It or Not and countless other publications that picked up his story off the AP wire.

Here are some of Dan's journal pages from his trip:
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3

Here's Dan assembling his trike with son Shane.

Latest Update:
HE MADE IT!!! Dan arrived in Key West on Thursday February 13th. The people of Key West gave him a warm welcome and the Chamber of Commerce created a video journal of his arrival and invited the news media for interviews. Dan finished his trip at Sloppy Joe's Bar and was presented with a slice of key lime pie, a T-shirt and a beer from the management of the bar. After Dan decompressed for a few days in Key West, we flew him up to Hastings for a celebration with the company before flying him home to Oregon.

Dan's first glimpse of the California Coast.
This was the first day his feet didn't freeze.

For a few more pictures, check out the photo page.

His three Moonlight Chronicles issues(#32, 33, and 34) from the trip are now in print; to get your copies send $5 per issue to Dan at PO Box 109, Joseph, OR 97846. If you only get one, make sure it's the first issue (#32) - we enjoyed that one the most.