Luggage packed? ✅
20 Ağustos 2023, Almanya ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Messaging
21 Ağustos 2023, Almanya ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We've got a new shirt in our "Life is a ride" series. 🤩
And we're off to the airport!
21 Ağustos 2023, Almanya ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Headed back to Seattle
21 Ağustos 2023, Almanya ⋅ ☀️ 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 theOkumaya devam et
I spy with my little eye ...
21 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in Washington State (14,417 ft / 4,394 m)
Made it to the cottage
21 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Thank you Joan and Ed for letting us use your bungalow.
On a mission
22 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Haukur's got an early morning appointment to see a man about some tires.
Morning chores
22 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 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 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 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.Okumaya devam et
Goodbye, Seattle
22 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Until we meet again.
On the other side of the tracks 😉
22 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Headed east for the first time
22 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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,Okumaya devam et
Quincy, Washington
22 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
It's old downtown is just one block long, but you have the feeling it's like the "Little Engine That Could".
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Scenes along the way
22 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
This was a standard transfer day, but there was still plenty to see along the way.
Ephrata, Washington
23 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Bake sale
23 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 manOkumaya devam et
Quick stop to tank up
23 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 inOkumaya devam et
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
23 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 calledOkumaya devam et
Center of the universe
23 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 toOkumaya devam et
Day is done. God is nigh.
23 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌙 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 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Day is done. God is nigh.
24 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Missoula-Bitterroot Valley-Hamilton-Darby-
Salmon-Challis
394 km / 245 miles
Day is done. God is nigh.
25 Ağustos 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 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






































































Gezginrealy? 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. 😍