Jackie and Steve are getting ready to tour by tandem bicycle. Read about it here.
Pacific Northwest Tour June 2017 Coming Soon
Goodbye Erie Canal
Jeff won the sleeping-in contest after our night of beverage induced singing. This made it even harder for him to figure out how to get his iPhone working. His touch screen stopped responding. Luckily a quick call to Lissa on … Read the rest
Sweetspire and Campfire
Jeff was right… that fragrant white flower/bush is Sweetspire. My brother, the landscape architect, independently confirmed it. Thanks Phil.
A guy named Patrick and his dog Bailey marched through our camp on their way to go fishing at 6am. He … Read the rest
Our Encounter with Kevin Bacon
We fueled up at the Boulevard Diner in Whitesboro. Everyone we met said to make sure to see Viking ship today in Little Falls. When we arrived it was a chaotic frenzy in the parking lot. I don’t know how … Read the rest
Rome by 11 o’clock
The Erie canal song says Rome by 6 o’clock but for us it was 11 o’clock. We couldn’t find any good places to eat along our route out of Verona beach so we kept riding and riding until we hit … Read the rest
Old Canal – New Memories
Blueberry pancakes helped start the day in Weedsport. We met a rider named Stan Smith who was headed to Texas. He warned us about the hassle of riding through Syracuse but we didn’t find it very bad. Routing was a … Read the rest
Rain, Sweat & Tears
We were rudely awakened by rain and trains so we scurried under the porch at the camp store. For me, getting rained on is ok but starting in the rain is worse. It was even worse for the bridge construction … Read the rest
Twilight on the Erie
We said goodbye to Holley and Sam’s Diner and Save-a-lot and thanked the parks department for our nice campsite.
We met Dave, the bike shop guy in Brockport. He gave us the skinny on our next towns – spot on. … Read the rest
Population: Just Right
I got this title from the sign in our first small town: Gasport. We ate at “Sunrise Cafe – where friends and neighbors start their day”. The waitress was from New Jersey and she kept asking Bill if he knew … Read the rest
Locking onto Our Target
We got so sidetracked visiting Jay that we forgot to eat dinner. We were so hungry we foolishly stopped at the first restaurant we saw (ok it was my fault). At least I got to have Canadian bacon again.
Now … Read the rest
Visiting our Northern Neighbors
Our “red-eye” flight was pretty brutal as expected but we arrived on time in Albany. Putting the bikes back together was a bit tougher than I thought with no sleep but the hotel was nice enough to give us their … Read the rest
Start of new ride – The Erie Canal
It’s been awhile – but we’re finally going bike camping again. This time it’s going to be me, Steve Botts, Jeff B., and Bill C. We’re biking on the Erie Canal from Buffalo, New York to Albany, New York starting … Read the rest
Last day of riding
While drinking my coffee, I noticed a bike path on the map that goes 16 miles from Jenny Lake all the way to Jackson. Our first stop was Jackson Lake Lodge…it’s a luxury lodge built in the 50’s. The lobby … Read the rest
Park jumping (July 15)
Today was a recovery day from yesterday’s long ride. We rode out Yellowstone’s south entrance with Lewis Lake on our right. Moose falls was worth stopping for, partly because we could get next to the falling point.
We ate lunch … Read the rest
The Caldera
We ate breakfast at the visitor center area and got a relatively early start because of the long riding day. I saw my first geyser among the dozens at Norris Geyser Basin. I like that the signs are blunt and … Read the rest