Journey of a thousand miles (or two): Phase 4a
March 20, 2023
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, but before that first step lie a bunch of preliminary tasks. … More Journey of a thousand miles (or two): Phase 4a
Tag: Cycling
The bicycle adventure that wasn’t; The restoration project that was
October 8, 2021
Our summer plans to cycle the Pacific Coast were obliterated by a yurt. … More The bicycle adventure that wasn’t; The restoration project that was
Joy and Tony’s 2020 Grand European Adventure
January 21, 2020
We are hanging out in our AirBnB on the French Riviera. This will be our home base for the next three weeks. We plan to stay in Europe, with our dog, for almost all of 2020. … More Joy and Tony’s 2020 Grand European Adventure
Climbing the Sierras – Part 2
May 14, 2016
As we climbed that day I dreaded seeing two specific roadsigns: Turn Out 1/4 mile and Passing Lane 1/4 mile. Now these signs just meant a section of road that was even steeper than what we were currently riding. … More Climbing the Sierras – Part 2
Shaking it out in Texas Hill Country
April 12, 2016
Our shake out rides in Texas Hill country are both a chance to see some wonderful countryside and our first real rides fully loaded with ~60 pounds of all our gear – clothes, camping gear and other miscellaneous stuff. … More Shaking it out in Texas Hill Country
These Bikes Were Made for Touring
March 3, 2016
When you look at one of our bikes it looks like it only has one gear. There’s no derailleur and the chain doesn’t wrap around different sized sprockets. Do we really only have one gear? Of course not! … More These Bikes Were Made for Touring
About our bikes
October 14, 2015
Until recently, my uneducated view of bicycles was that they fell into a small set of categories: road bikes (your typical 10-speed and 21-speed), mountain bikes, and then speciality bikes (cruisers, tricycles, etc.). I’d never even heard of a touring bike. Chances are you’ve never heard of one either. Yet swapping out our road bikes … More About our bikes
Retirement, and a new beginning
October 14, 2015
Tony and Joy are retiring from full-time work in early 2016, and taking off across the US on our bicycles. We have been thinking about early retirement for some years — we’re in our mid 50s — but our timing is clearly related to the illness and death from brain cancer of our dear friend Warren Thornthwaite … More Retirement, and a new beginning
Draft map of transam route
October 13, 2015
This updated map illustrates our likely route across the US, designed to take us through a number of national parks. Our travels across the country are partially based on three official cycle routes created by Adventure Cycling Association, including the Western Express Route (the pink route) which hooks into the official TransAm route (orange), and the Northern Tier route … More Draft map of transam route
Itinerant Philosopher 