Learning to Ride a Bike as an Adult
So with the recent uptick in new bike riders on the street, I thought I would share some of my knowledge from the perspective of a fellow recent beginner. Learning as an adult…
Katy Trail 2020 – Columbia to Sedalia
Well now we can officially say we’ve ridden the entire Katy Trail! This past week Andrew’s parents came into town to ride a large portion of the Katy Trail from Washington to Sedalia,…
Finding our Bike Style
A New Bike Persona? Since we haven’t been able to have too many trips recently I thought I would instead include a post about our most recent developments with respect to our touring. …
Finishing the Katy Trail – 2020
A Chance to Get Outside So with our upcoming vacations getting canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we were itching to do something…ANYTHING. We waited for a nice weather day in the…
Charleston, SC – February 2020
Getting There In February we decided to take a break from the 10 degree temperatures in Kansas City and head down to South Carolina. We started our mini vacation with a flight out…
Atlanta, Georgia – January 2020
This year with the help of the Southwest credit card and some business travel Andrew managed to snag us the Southwest Companion Pass (buy 1 get 1 free flights). We decided to make…
Iceland Part 2 – Into the Unknown
For the next portion of our trip we decided to venture out away from the city. We took a 3 day guided tour with Iceland Mountain Guides of the Golden Circle and South Coast. It…
Iceland Part 1 – ‘Tis the Season
Since my family all live in different cities, and therefore have to all travel to see each other anyways, I suggested ‘why not go somewhere cool this year?’ To which my sister (who…
Acadia National Park – Part II
We had a wonderful time at Acadia National Park. We hike the precipice trail (one of Acadia's "iron rung trails"), we rented bikes and rode around the carriage roads, and we saw some…
Acadia National Park (Maine) – Part I
After hearing about Andrew’s mom and sister’s trip out to the northeast we knew we had to add it to our travel list. The trip was mostly to experience Acadia National Park, but…