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…
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…
Spokane, WA – June 2019
Andrew and I have always loved to visit what we call “secondary cities”. These are basically the hidden gems that nobody considers a ‘tourist destination’, and Spokane falls right into that category. It's…
May 4-5, 2019 – Crystal Bridges
We decided we go somewhere a little closer to home. We'd heard of the crystal bridges museum, but until this trip had never been. Who would have thought such an amazing museum was…
Meals on the Katy
For those of you who don’t know, Andrew is a vegetarian, so a little more thought had to go into our trip meal planning than your average backpacking cyclist. This is a brief…
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…
How We Prepared for Our First Bike Tour
Being new to bike packing - we wanted to try and prepare ourselves as best we could. We will be doing our first multiday camping bike tour here in a few weeks. Here's…
Muddy Days – Musings from a Fair Weathered Weekend
Training post, and some lessons learned. most importantly, our newfound love for fenders
