Wyoming Adventures Astride a Horse
October 22, 2018
As the thunder grew louder and the vibrations in my chest grew stronger, it occurred to me that I might die on my first vacation with Joy. … More Wyoming Adventures Astride a Horse
Category: Americana
Surviving the Internet Desert
October 16, 2016
Cycling through vast swaths of Internet Deserts was certainly annoying to us, and often restricted our ability to plan and make decisions. … More Surviving the Internet Desert
Adventures in American Eating
October 9, 2016
The first part of our trip did not bode well on the cuisine front. Once we hit eastern California, restaurant menus were grim and I resorted to ordering hamburgers. … More Adventures in American Eating
Cycling through the Midwest
August 27, 2016
Our cycling days through the midwest have been a blur. With the exception of South Dakota, where we spent extra time visiting national parks and monuments, we’ve been speeding through the states. … More Cycling through the Midwest
Lives Cut Short – Roadside Memorials
August 11, 2016
Initially I planned to photograph each roadside memorial and then realized that I’d end up taking hundreds of photos. Most days we pass at least one, and some days, dozens. … More Lives Cut Short – Roadside Memorials
The Kindness of Strangers
August 6, 2016
One of the most surprising things on our cross country bicycle journey is how wonderful perfect strangers have been to us. Learning to accept that kindness wasn’t an automatic for us, though. … More The Kindness of Strangers
Wyoming – We Hardly Knew You
July 31, 2016
I’d always been mildly interested in visiting this part of Wyoming. The Wyoming plains were always beautiful with enough hills and periodic rock outcroppings to make them interesting. … More Wyoming – We Hardly Knew You
Easing Back into the Saddle
July 21, 2016
Google map lady had us zig zagging along country roads (not all of them paved) and except for a stretch along highway 119, we mostly spent the day cycling through farm land, including expansive fields of chest-high corn and broad swaths of knee-high wheat. … More Easing Back into the Saddle
We May Be Crazy, But We’re Not Alone
June 28, 2016
Even though we are crossing paths more often with other touring cyclists, seeing someone else doing what we’re doing is so rare that when we see one, we always pull over to “smell noses”. … More We May Be Crazy, But We’re Not Alone
Across Nevada
May 29, 2016
Traveling across central Nevada on Highway 50 should have been monotonous. There weren’t many highlights, which doesn’t mean it was bad, just that it was all the same. … More Across Nevada
