Home Amongst the Gum Trees
Stopping in at San Simeon’s beautiful campsite we spent a few days off relaxing, reading, enjoying wonderful group dinners and checking out tourist attractions like Hearst Castle and the elephant […]
Category Archives: USA
Going to California
A fews days before we crossed into California Matthias and Andrea (the German couple who we’d met in South Bend) caught up with us and we travelled together for a […]
Beware the masked bandits
The Oregon coast rolled along, waves of rocky headland as far as the eye could see. With the scenic detours along the Oregon Coast Bike Route, wide bike lanes, cyclist […]
Serenade
At Pfeiffer Big Sur campground a couple of wandering minstrels serenaded the rowdy crew at the hiker biker campsite.
Cruise Ship West Coast ride
“Have you met the Swiss girls?” “There’s another Australian riding by himself, have you met him?” “A British couple are riding together, she’s really fast. Are they together or just […]
Portland
Tail winds are great; head winds suck and cross winds on a 3 mile long bridge suck even harder. One of our scariest riding days to date involved crossing the Astoria–Megler […]
Aberdeen to South Bend
Most people would think a cheap hotel room is an uncomfortable place between places, without all the creature comforts of home. For us it the exact opposite. It’s the pinnacle […]
The Olympic Peninsula
After a wonderfully couple of days staying with Chris and Karen, our Warmshowers hosts, the rain finally subsided and we boarded the ferry on our way to Port Angeles and […]
The weird and (not so) wonderful
My hands are numb and burn with cold as I struggle to clean the breakfast dishes. Tracey’s bicycle computer tells me it’s 2˚ but at some point during the night […]
Escape Plan: A 