Luggage packed? ✅
20 августа 2023 г., Германия ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Messaging
21 августа 2023 г., Германия ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We've got a new shirt in our "Life is a ride" series. 🤩
And we're off to the airport!
21 августа 2023 г., Германия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Headed back to Seattle
21 августа 2023 г., Германия ⋅ ☀️ 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 theЧитать далее
ПутешественникYou have friends everywhere :). Where have you the bike parked? Washington state must be very very nice for riding.
2haraldsIt's okay. The only negative is that there are so many trees, one doesn't get the breathtaking views as we had in the desert and plains.
ПутешественникHave fun ….. and looking forward to our joint Mex tour next April!
I spy with my little eye ...
21 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in Washington State (14,417 ft / 4,394 m)
Made it to the cottage
21 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Thank you Joan and Ed for letting us use your bungalow.
On a mission
22 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Haukur's got an early morning appointment to see a man about some tires.
Morning chores
22 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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.
Путешественникmmm Stachelbeeren. findet man nur noch selten. schon lange keine mehr gesehen 🍈
2haraldsSorry, Rainer. Kirschtomaten. But you are quite right, one doesn't see stachelbeeren very often. 💕
Prototype of a 15-minute city
22 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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.Читать далее
Goodbye, Seattle
22 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Until we meet again.
On the other side of the tracks 😉
22 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Headed east for the first time
22 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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,Читать далее
ПутешественникWhenever our family crosses, the Columbia, we sing the song “Role on Columbia!” https://youtu.be/2sH6CcsTafw?feature=shared
Quincy, Washington
22 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
This was a standard transfer day, but there was still plenty to see along the way.
Ephrata, Washington
23 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Bake sale
23 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 manЧитать далее
Quick stop to tank up
23 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 inЧитать далее
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
23 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 calledЧитать далее
Center of the universe
23 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 toЧитать далее
Day is done. God is nigh.
23 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 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 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Day is done. God is nigh.
24 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Missoula-Bitterroot Valley-Hamilton-Darby-
Salmon-Challis
394 km / 245 miles
Day is done. God is nigh.
25 августа 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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
ПутешественникHow long will you be touring in USA? Wisconsin is beautiful this time of year!
Путешественник904 Princeton road Janesville WI there will always be a beautiful space for you both to stay at our home
Путешественникrealy? 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. 😍