Bike Packing / Touring
Read about our adventures on the bike! We started out on the tandem, and have slowly been progressing toward more single bike adventures.
Our Biking Adventure down the Pacific Coast – Logistically Speaking
After months of planning, our first big bike ride down the Pacific Coast is finally here. Before we get going, I wanted to share the logistics/goals of our trip.
Banks-Vernonia and beyond: Our final shakedown ride
So with our big Pacific Coast tour just around the corner (2 weeks!!) We wanted to get in one more “shakedown” ride to give us chance to test out our gear and figure…
Biking the Pacific Coast – What’s there to worry about?
We're finally about to embark on our Pacific Coast biking adventure. As we prepare to leave for our journey, I wanted to share some of our anxieties, so that hopefully we can look…
Oregon Scenic Bikeways: Our Journey on the Sherar’s Falls Loop
To celebrate my birthday I wanted to tackle one of Oregon's Scenic Bikeways. I wanted to choose one of the shorter routes with different scenery compared to Portland. The Sherar's falls loop fit…
High Trestle and Racoon River Trail – Des Moines, IA
So we had originally planned to do this trip in May, but 2020 had other plans. After postponing the trip twice due to the pandemic and then weather, we decided if we wanted…
Riding the Frisco Highline Trail, MO – 2020
Now that the weather has finally made it’s way down to reasonable numbers, Andrew and I decided to ride the 2nd longest rail trail in Missouri. At a whopping 35 miles long, the…
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,…
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…
George Mickelson Trail, SD – July, 2019
Seeking a destination for our second ride, I was browsing through the Hall of Fame Rail to Trails when I stumbled across the George Mickelson Trail. It is a 109 mile long trail…
Katy Trail Ride – A Learning Experience
The Katy Trail is the US's longest rails to trail project. It stretches 240 miles across the State of Missouri, and we decided to tackle the majority of it for our first long…
