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• Favorite Cycling Routes: Double Salars (Bolivian Altiplano)

  

  Though I visited the Salar de Uyuni by jeep on a trip years ago, cycling across was a whole different incredible expedience. The first eighty kilometers were... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Favorite Cycling Routes: Extended Lagunas Route (Bolivian Altiplano)

  

  Contemplating the ride. This tough but extremely rewarding route took us through the first hundred kilometers of the typical lagunas route (past Laguna verde)... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• 2015 In Pictures: A Year of Highs and Lows From Patgonia to Oregon

  

  A bike packed full of food, some mountains, and a boy equals one happy girl! Torres del Paines, 2015. This last year will be remembered by Kevin and I as a... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Favorite Cycling Routes: The Carretera Austral (Chilean Patagonia)

  

  Cycling into Torres del Paines, Patagonia. The Carretera Austral is said to be the most popular cycling route in the world, and I can certainly see why! Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Favorite Cycling Routes: Eastern Turkey

  

  Turkey is a hospitable country with easy camping and great food, and though we found some of the country monotonous and boring, we absolutely loved the whole... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Commuting By Choice

  

  Grocery shopping at its finest! The check out lady asked me if I was homeless after she found out I was cycling home with my groceries. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Pursuing What Feels Right: Checking-in and Changing Plans

  

  ‘You know all those things you’ve always wanted to do? You should go do them.’ Near Bend Oregon. Within two months of living here in Astoria, OR, Kevin and I... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Favorite Cycling Routes: The Country of Georgia

  

  Georgia seems to appear on nearly every world tourers favorites list, and we are no different. It’s one of our favorites too. And how could it not be? Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Favorite Cycling Routes: Far Western Nepal

  

  The Far Western corner of Nepal was by far my favorite region; in fact I liked it so much that after cycling through it (and across the rest of the country), I... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Favorite Trekking Routes: Zanskar Valley (Northern Indian Himalayas)

  

  Zanskar is one of the most isolated regions in the world, and for most of the year, this high altitude valley is covered in snow. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Favorite Cycling Routes: Ladakh (Northern Indian Himalayas)

  

  We can’t post a series about our favorite routes without mentioning the famous Leh to Manali route, as well as the Kargil to Leh route in the Indian Himalayas. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• When A Beautiful Night Just Isn’t Enough

  

  “Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” Just seventy-five kilometers from my front door... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Favorite Cycling Routes: Spiti Valley (Northern Indian Himalayas)

  

  Making ghee (butter) with a grandma, Spiti Valley India 2013. Spiti valley was easily my favorite route in all of the Himalayas; I loved the feeling of immense... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• The Power of Commuting by Bike

  

  “Riding bicycles will not only benefit the individual doing it, but the world at large.” -Udo E. Simonis Cycling to work everyday is the best part of my day. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Favorite Cycling Routes: Kashmir and Suru Valley (Northern Indian Himalayas)

  

  One of the most beautiful passes in the world between Kashmir Valley and Ladkh. After leaving Jammu, the capital of Kashmir valley which is the Muslim majority... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Favorite Cycling Routes: The Pacific West Coast USA

  

  Camping on the Oregon Coast. I started my tour in July 2013 by cycling down the Pacific West Coast as a warm up; a warm up which turned into an amazing five... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• A Wet Weekend of Bikepacking: Oregon Microadventures

  

  “This is what it means to be an adventurer in our day: to give up creature comforts of the mind, to realize possibilities of imagination. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Bringing Cycle Tourists Home

  

  We finally got to host our first cycle tourists this weekend! On Sunday around six pm I looked out my window and saw two fully loaded cycle tourists down a few... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Transitioning Back: Checking in From Astoria Oregon

  

  “Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• A Cycling Microadventure: Oregon By Weekend

  

  Last weekend Kevin and I drove out to north eastern Oregon (to the mouth of the Deschutes then down to Maupin) for an absolutely wonderful 240km loop which... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL