Luggage packed? ✅
20 augustus 2023, Duitsland ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Messaging
21 augustus 2023, Duitsland ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We've got a new shirt in our "Life is a ride" series. 🤩
And we're off to the airport!
21 augustus 2023, Duitsland ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Headed back to Seattle
21 augustus 2023, Duitsland ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
For the grand finale of Haukur's sabbatical, we're picking up our bike and riding down to my hometown Austin to see family and friends. Added bonus, we will be able to take our own bike to join theMeer informatie
I spy with my little eye ...
21 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in Washington State (14,417 ft / 4,394 m)
Made it to the cottage
21 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Thank you Joan and Ed for letting us use your bungalow.
On a mission
22 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Haukur's got an early morning appointment to see a man about some tires.
Morning chores
22 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
While Haukur is in Seattle having the bike serviced and new tires put on, I ate breakfast from Joan and Ed's garden.
Prototype of a 15-minute city
22 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Redmond, Washington of Microsoft fame. Very few historical buildings left to see. Everything's been torn down and replaced with 6-story condos and the new "downtown" is an open air shopping mall.Meer informatie
Goodbye, Seattle
22 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Until we meet again.
On the other side of the tracks 😉
22 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Headed east for the first time
22 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
With the sun setting behind us, it's the first time I've seen our shadow leading the way.
The mighty Columbia River
22 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
This is our second crossing of the Columbia River as we rode across the Vantage Bridge and up to the Wild Horses Monument overview. If you missed seeing the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona,Meer informatie
Quincy, Washington
22 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
It's old downtown is just one block long, but you have the feeling it's like the "Little Engine That Could".
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Engine_That_…
Scenes along the way
22 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
This was a standard transfer day, but there was still plenty to see along the way.
Ephrata, Washington
23 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
For a town of 8,477 souls, I was surprised at what a long main street it has. Almost as though they decided to emulate their airport, which in 1939, had one of the longest runways in the state.
Spraying the crop
23 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Bake sale
23 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Driving through small-town Odessa, Washington, Haukur spotted a bake sale on Main Street.
A bake sale is a wonderful bit of Americana, when women join efforts to raise money to help their fellow manMeer informatie
Quick stop to tank up
23 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
... on coffee, that is. Washington State, home to Starbucks, is where Americans learned the fine art coffee. It took years to wean us off Folgers, but the Turks gift to Vienna now has deep roots inMeer informatie
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
23 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Extremely picturesque, vibrant town, which Trip Advisor lists as a great place to visit. That wasn't our raison d'être, however. Haukur read about a great family-owned hamburger joint calledMeer informatie
Center of the universe
23 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
In case you didn't know, a manhole located on the corner of Bank Street and Sixth Street in the mining town of Wallace, Idaho is the Center of the Universe.
"In 2004, the mayor declared the town toMeer informatie
Day is done. God is nigh.
23 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Quincy, WA-Odessa-Spokane-Coeur d'Alene, Idaho-Fourth of July Summit-Lookout Pass-Wallace-Missoula. Montana
597 km / 370 miles
Good morning, Missoula!!
24 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Day is done. God is nigh.
24 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Missoula-Bitterroot Valley-Hamilton-Darby-
Salmon-Challis
394 km / 245 miles
Day is done. God is nigh.
25 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Challis-Custer Ghost Town-Salmon River Scenic Byway-Stanley-Sawtooth Wilderness-Galena Summit-Ketchum -Sun Valley-Crators of the Moon National Monument-Arco
387 km / 240 miles






































































Reizigerrealy? already the next travel? how long? where will you go? take care of you both 😎
2haraldsFor the grand finale of Haukur's sabbatical, we're picking up our bike in Seattle and driving it down to my hometown Austin to see family and friends. Added bonus, we can then use our own bike for the group Mexico trip in April. 😍