Day off bike
5月17日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Lazy morning as we are not riding today. Do head up into the hills for nice views. Predicted rain holds off. Walk down into town to do some food shopping. A bit harder coming back up. Have a niceもっと詳しく
Salt Lake City
5月16日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
With the great route provided by Aaron, we headed out on quiet country roads - south towards SLC. The mountains continued to build on both sides. Hit the Jordan River Parkway Rail Trail - a beautifulもっと詳しく
Mountain, Missiles & Temples
5月15日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Chilliest morning for awhile but the sun warms quickly. Hit I84
for a bit a do a bit of climbing through the hills. Finally get off onto a frontage road that starts as paved and becomes gravel. Bounceもっと詳しく
Utah: State #3
5月14日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Up early and though it’s chilly out, we are nice and warm in the motel. Get ourselves together quickly as we want to get to Utah - almost 80 miles away. Enjoy a nice backroad with a decent tailwindもっと詳しく
A blustery ride to Burley
5月13日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
Get ourselves together, saying goodbye to Kathy and her adorable pup. Easily leave Twin Falls, and hop on Frontage roads along I84. Wind is blowing from the south as we go east. Find ourselves in theもっと詳しく
Onto Twin Falls
5月12日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Short day but winds are not in our favor. Push through it as we travel through a lot of cattle farms. Lots of moooing and unpleasant smells. Finally turn south and get a bit of relief. Cross over theもっと詳しく
Snake River Canyon
5月11日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Wake to traffic noise along I84. Pack up, and head into the hills. Very brown with the exception of where they irrigate. Very quiet roads though we do a very short stint on I84. Arrive in Bliss whichもっと詳しく
I HATE WIND
5月10日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Somehow wind reversed direction overnight and thus we have a headwind. Set off, yet find it very slow going. We are amongst the wind turbines and cattle guards. Nice views of Snake Canyon below. Stopもっと詳しく
I ❤️ wind!
5月9日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌬 23 °C
When it’s behind me! Have a terrific breakfast with our hosts before setting off towards Boise and then south. Get on the Greenway trail and ride on beautiful bike paths along the river. Make ourもっと詳しく
Boise area
5月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Pass back through Homedale and then ride into the hills heading towards Boise. Make the switch to fruit orchards and even a few wineries. Cruise back down into the valley and pass through a series ofもっと詳しく
State #2 - Idaho
5月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Morning is quite a bit warmer than they have been. Do wake up “later” with the time change. Get ourselves together and ride amongst farm land - onions in particular. Pick up a few stray onesもっと詳しく
Long and windy road
5月6日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Funny, it was both (windy and windy). As expected it was through a lot of nothingness- mostly sagebrush. The distance (65 miles) and the wind almost killed us. Crossed 2 more passes and a time zone.もっと詳しく
Sometimes you just call it a day
5月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Another clear and chilly morning but the sun quickly warms up our spot. Head back up to the main road and begin our major ascent is the day. Cross over Blue Mountains Pass and wind our way out of theもっと詳しく
Around Strawberry Mountain
5月4日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Another hilly day awaits. Short ride to the town of John Day where we get our breakfast. A rather large town in comparison to the recent ones. Check out the Kam Wah Chung Interpretive Center and learnもっと詳しく
A chance encounter
5月3日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Relaxed morning in the Spoke’n Hostel. Even with no tent to take down, it still takes 3 hours to get ready. Perhaps it is the 6 mile uphill awaiting us straightaway that causes us to dawdle. Turnsもっと詳しく
Painted Hills and Mitchell
5月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A tad bit cloudy as we gather ourselves together. Gradual incline warms us up quickly. As we climb, the forest becomes denser with big redwoods. Top out over our second pass - Ochoco Pass. Great downもっと詳しく
Onto the Transamerica Trail
5月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Rise early with the sun and take our normal 3+ hours to get ready. Crazy. Nice tailwind to start as we head northward to meet the Transamerica Trail in Redmond. Very nice roads; well paved with a bigもっと詳しく
A day in Bend
4月30日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Some of us sleep in! Do our morning activities and organize ourselves for errands and fun in Bend. A few camping replacements are needed so make our way to REI. Continue to be amazed by how bikeもっと詳しく
I ❤️ Central Oregon
4月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
With only a short distance to go, have a lazy morning drinking coffee and chatting. Finally pack up and get breakfast in Sisters (US prices are going to kill us. 2 pastries and 2 coffees for $20).もっと詳しく
Santiam Pass
4月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
A cloudy and cooler day greets us as we attempt to get an earlier start. Third day of 3000+ feet of climbing, topping out over the Santiam Pass. It is slow going but we carry on. Stop for lunchもっと詳しく
Along the Clackamas river
4月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Chilly morning but manage to rouse ourselves and hit the road (taking 3 hours to do so). A gradual up as we ride alongside the Clackamas river. Find ourselves in and out of the burn area. Find a freshもっと詳しく
Philly here we come
4月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
After a few stressful and emotional weeks, it’s time to hit the road. Leaving is never easy and this time is no exception. The day is sunny and cool as we ride familiar roads out of Lake Oswego andもっと詳しく
Hello Portland
4月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Manage to get a bit of sleep on the floor of SFO. Able to check our boxes in at 4:00 and head through security. Find a lovely lounge, get the coffee flowing and watch the sun rise. Board our lastもっと詳しく
Hong Kong and the endless Tuesday
4月7日, 香港 ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
After our short flight to Hong Kong check in to a hotel in the wee hours of the morning. Get a bit of sleep before heading off to briefly explore Hong Kong. Fuel up with coffee and wind our wayもっと詳しく
Goodbye Asia
4月6日, カンボジア ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C
After more than 10 months, we are finally leaving Asia. For a continent that I was less enthusiastic about visiting on bikes, we certainly dove in deep. It was a good adventure albeit veryもっと詳しく