Hannah Glatter and I rode the Great Plains Gravel Route from Presidio, Texas, to Port of Fortuna, North Dakota in the spring of 2026. The Great Plains Gravel Route is a 3,500-mile gravel bikepacking route traversing the Great Plains Region from the Llano Estacado region of Texas to the rolling Flint Hills of Kansas, through the Nebraska’s prairies to the iconic Black Hills and Badlands of the Dakotas. Along the way we were joined by Jacob Alexander, a science communicator / biologist and Dylan Trigg, founder of Triggered Media Company. They documented the journey and showcased the landscapes, communities and small towns along the route. Bikepacking Roots, which is the only national nonprofit organization dedicated to the support and advancement of bikepacking, is hosting the route and you can help by donating to them below.