Keep the Wheels Turning

Tag: bikepacking

  • Bike Trip Day 35: Lusk, WY to Crawford, NE

    Biking: 54 miles This was one of the warmest days so far. It started out in Lusk, WY, with bright skies after a torrential downpour overnight. One thing I don’t write about enough is Brian’s journey. He spends a lot of time during the day breaking down camp and setting up at the next campground,…

  • Bike Trip Day 25: Ashton to the Grand Tetons

    Biking: 64 miles What a day! We climbed a lot. So many gravel climbs, but the road wasn’t as bad as I feared. I forgot to mention yesterday, that the road we’re taking today isn’t safe for the RV, so Brian stayed in Yellowstone last night, and Anita, Mark, and I stayed in an AirBNB…

  • Bike Trip Day 14: St. Regis to Missoula

    Biking: 78 miles (Denise)/ 81 miles (Anita and Mark) Long day in the saddle. We were able to reroute and skip some gravel roads today, shortening our route by about six miles, but that meant riding up on I-90 twice. Each time was only one exit and less than 2 miles. Otherwise, we were on…

  • Bike Trip Day 9: Ritzville to Cheney

    Biking: 50 miles Smoky, so smoky. Our destination today, Cheney, WA, is just south of Spokane, where the wildfires are still not under control. As a result, the air quality here is in the red. We could definitely tell the difference between Ritzville, where air quality was in the orange, and here. We finished the…

  • Bike Trip Day 3: Port Ludlow to Issaquah

    Biking: 45 miles Today was a day of rerouting, and generally getting by on our wits. We found out last night that the fast ferry from Kingston to Seattle wasn’t running today, and it looked like our only option was to add another 30+ miles to our route. That didn’t sit well with us. When…

  • Bike Trip Day 2: Port Angeles to Port Ludlow

    Biking: 75 miles Day two is in the books. We continued on the Olympic Discovery Trail to its end, and then rode about 20 miles more to reach Port Ludlow. It was another good day for riding, low 60s with some sunshine. The trail weaved along the coast and back through the woods, across bridges…

  • Choosing our bikes

    Choosing our bikes

    We’ve been planning this trip since 2023, and one of the choices we had to make was the bike – which bike can get us across the country comfortably? We always knew we would ride on paved roads and rails-to-trails. And, we love gravel riding, so adding that to our route was an option as…