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Tag: cycling

  • Bike Trip Day 5: Lake Easton to Ellensburg

    Biking: 40 miles An easy day on the bike. The route was mostly flat from Lake Easton to Ellensburg, but the gravel was thick and the dirt was loose. There were sections that were easily rideable and sections that were difficult. I forgot to mention that on Day 4 as we descended from the Snoqualmie…

  • Bike Trip Day 4: Issaquah to Lake Easton by way of Palouse to Cascades Trail

    Biking: 64 miles (but longer for Anita and Mark) The headline for today is the Palouse to Cascades Trail is a must-ride for any gravel cyclist. Wow. The views, the gravel, the bridges, the tunnel, it’s amazing and totally worth the trip. The subtitle for today is Choose-Your-Own-Adventure. It has advantages and disadvantages, and today…

  • 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…

  • Bike Trip Day 1: La Push to Port Angeles, WA

    Riding: 64 miles It’s finally here! The first day of the cross-country bike trip. We started the ride from La Push, WA, right on the Pacific Coast. It was a beautiful morning, low 60s and sunny. Good biking weather. We hit the road, heading toward the Olympic Discovery Trail. Along the way, Ride With GPS…

  • RV Trip Day 16: Ennis to Dillon, MT

    Countdown to cross-country biking: 9 days Mileage today: 73 miles This was day two of the five-day ride from Yellowstone to Missoula. Another beautiful day, with incredible views of the mountains. Brian was my hero today, stopping four times on the route so I could restock with cold water or anything else that I needed…

  • RV Trip Day 15: Yellowstone to Ennis, MT

    Countdown to cross-country biking: 10 days Mileage: 42 miles Over the next five days, I’ll be riding a section of the cross-country route. Why? Because Brian and I will be flying back to PA in mid-August to help Brynn get set up in her new apartment. During that time, Anita and Mark will continue on…

  • 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…