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Monday, August 2nd, 2010Howdy ya’ll. We’re currently in Bryson City, NC. Finally some access to some interwebs so I edited some footage we shot going up and over the Cherohala Skyway. Enjoy!
Bisbee and the Bike Brothel
Sunday, January 24th, 2010Keep Bisbee Weird
“Have ya’ll ever been to Bisbee?” Ken Wallace asks us with his slight southern accent. We tell him no. “Well, it’s like Mayberry on acid.”
As if on cue, one of Ken’s neighbors pulls up in a dirty white pickup with an assortment of scrap metal or appliances stacked haphazardly [...]
Shelter from the (wind) storm…
Thursday, December 24th, 2009On the day we are to leave Borrego Springs, the news is abuzz with “wind warnings” and weather “alerts.” The Weather app on my iPhone has an ominous Sever Weather Alert. Winds. 60mph gusts. We linger in the warmth of the motel a while longer and debate about going out [...]
Strangers in a strange land?
Friday, November 20th, 2009We are in Long Beach visiting friends and planning the next leg of our trip. While familiar and comforting, it seems a bit strange to be back. Sort of like visiting the old office you use to work at or dropping in your old highschool teacher to catch up. We’ve been away [...]
Touring in Yosemite
Friday, November 13th, 2009Through a good deal of luck and serendipity, Laura and I were passing close to Yosemite just as our friend Chris and his friends were planning to ride into Yosemite. We connected on the phone a few days before, looked at some maps and found that we would be able to rendezvous together and [...]
Catching up in Photos: Sacramento to Gold Country
Friday, November 6th, 2009Yes. We’re still having fun despite some money woes. Here are some photos and captions to catch you all up!
We try to see Willie Weir at the REI in Sacramento. Despite pleading our case, that we were in the middle of our tour, that we’ve ridden 2000 miles to see Willie, we [...]
Riding through Gold Country
Friday, November 6th, 2009Just a quick vid of what it looks like to ride through Gold Country in California. Enjoy!
My Own Cautionary Tale
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Two days ago, I became my own cautionary tale. I want to blame it all on my head cold that has been slowing my reflexes and clouding my thinking, but a great part of what happened just came down to carelessness. After three months of being on the road, of setting up camp [...]
Visiting Rivendell
Monday, October 19th, 2009Laura and I left the Bay Area today, staying one more time with our hosts and new friends Adam and Julia in Berkeley (thanks guys!). We did some groceries at Berkeley Bowl where we met another follower of our blog who gave us directions to the Rockridge BART stop so we could avoid the [...]
The Travel Continuum
Saturday, October 17th, 2009We’ve been spending a few motionless days in the Bay Area which has allowed us to catch up on some basic housekeeping but also collect our thoughts. One of the unexpectedly poignant moments of the trip for me (Russ), was climbing the hill from Sausalito, turning a bend and seeing the Golden Gate Bridge [...]
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