We saw another Tour Divide racer today. I dug deep to keep up with her enough to talk with her. Her name is Hannah and she’s from Austin Texas. I asked her if she knew my friend Dan. She did! … Read the rest
Day 2: Kreme de la Kremmling
Apparently my racer friend Dan stopped by our campground while we were sleeping and left me a treat in my helmet. A coffee flavored Gu packet. He passed us and is near Del Norte already.
We decided to filter our … Read the rest
Day 1:
Rabbit Ears motel was old school in that they kept their reservations/schedule on a paper poster. I asked them what they recommended for breakfast at 6:30 and they said “The Shack” but they looked up the phone number in the … Read the rest
Day 0: Getting to the starting point
Luckily Stephen has Premier gold status so we got a 70lb limit instead of the usual 50. We got our 68 lb bike boxes on the plane and we took off from Santa Barbara at our scheduled 5:15am.
Our shuttle … Read the rest
Our next ride: The Continental Divide ride in Colorado
We are starting Saturday June 17th. I will try to write a blog entry for each day if cell phone signal is available.
When I was riding across America last summer, I was already thinking of my next ride. I … Read the rest
Our next ride: The Continental Divide ride in Colorado
We are starting Saturday June 17th. I will try to write a blog entry for each day if cell phone signal is available.
When I was riding across America last summer, I was already thinking of my next ride. I … Read the rest
Day 90: We did it! 4,142 miles in 90 days
Only 52 miles to ride today. A little bit of it was on the Olympic Discovery Trail but most was on highway 101. Soon enough we arrived in Forks and while we were taking our photo of the Forks sign, … Read the rest
Day 89: Crystal Clear Water
A breakfast at Black Bear Diner is perfect for today – 60 miles is fueled by a omelette and pancakes.
The Olympic Discovery Trail was much better today in that it was more of a separate trail. Crescent Lake was … Read the rest
Day 88: Pronounce it “Skwim” …but it’s spelled “Sequim”
My expectations are really high for the Olympic Discovery Trail but it seems like it’s more of a “route” than a separate dedicated trail with many sections being regular roads.
When our stomachs growled for breakfast we looked on the … Read the rest
Day 87: BBQ burgers, beans, and beers with Bellingham Bob
The 19 mile ride from Linda’s house in Issaquah to the ferry terminal in downtown Seattle was nice in that most was on trails but the signage and routing was a bit complex.
We met a cyclist named Patrick at … Read the rest
Day 86: Rest day before Peninsula
Just did errands and watched movies.… Read the rest
Day 85: “Squak Valley“
We ate breakfast at the North Bend Bakery. It was a small burrito, but we only have to ride about 24 miles. We’re staying at Steve’s friend Linda’s home tonight in Issaquah which according to this article was “Squak … Read the rest
Day 84: Trail People
We said goodbye to the Canadian cyclists at the campground and continued on the last day of this trail (Palouse to Cascade trail).
We met lots of people today:
We met ~8 thru hikers from Mexico to Canada. Amazing! They … Read the rest
Day 83: Finishing the Palouse
We said our goodbyes to Jack and went to the ATM and grocery shopping which allowed us to see a bit of Ellensburg. I like it. We even rode through a bit of Central Washington University on our way out … Read the rest
Day 82: Ellensburg is famous for their hay
Apparently when the railroad went out of business the Army grabbed the land to expand their training grounds. They require write your name on a slip of paper and put it in a box at the trailhead. It’s probably so … Read the rest