Halfway to Different is a recounting of Jeff's journal documenting his bicycle adventure on the TransAmerica Trail in 1979, which was referred to as the Bikecentennial Tour at the time. Jeff made the cycling trip in his twenties with his childhood friend John. Jeff's journal captures his experiences and observations while cycling through five regions in four states traveling approximately eighteen hundred miles on his Schwinn 10-speed bicycle. A long-distance telephone call and a life changing moment for Jeff influences him to end the adventure prematurely in Pittsburgh, Kansas hence the title of the book.