Trip pivot to Denali Hwy.
Day 22 7/12/26. Mosquito count: slight breeze slightly so very few mosquitos at camp tonight. A few to slap in the van. We had a nice sleep last night. Even though we were just in a pull off of the highway there isn’t really much traffic. Especially between 6pm and 9am. This mornings view were…
Chicken Alaska
Day 21 7/11/26 Mosquito count: saw a couple. We had a breeze and used our thermacell when we sat outside in the evening Dawson City YT to A view of the Alaska Range AK taking the Top of the World Highway Tour of Dawson. Today we are spending about half the day in Dawson before…
Tombstone Mountain Hike
Day 20 Tombstone Mountain to Dawson City 7/10/26 Mosquito count: few…yet again We started our day with a 5 mile round trip hike up to a viewpoint of the Ogilvie Mountains including Tombstone Mountain. In the beginning, for the first half, the trail was riddled with tree roots. Like veins on an old persons hands.…
Tombstone YT
Day 19 7/9/26 Mosquito count: few and far between Woke up this morning to some sunshine and only partly cloudy. The wind seems to be minimal today. Yesterday was a bit breezy with a cold wind. On the advice of my brother Paul, Holly & Guy (who we met in Jasper) and Lenore last evening…
Mountain bike Whitehorse
Day 18 7/8/26 Wednesday Mosquito count: very low to none First things first. I found a bread bakery a few miles outside of Whitehorse. It was closed Monday and Tuesday but open this morning. I’d been saving a bread purchase for this place. Landmark Bakehouse. It was just a nondescript warehouse building. Enter through the…
Explore Whitehorse YT
Day 17 7/7/26 Tuesday Mosquito count: low No special plans today. Expecting it to rain this morning so we slept in. Our van has great blackout window coverings. They magnet to the inside metal on the windows. It’s very, very dark inside. Like a cocoon. It was the spam phone calls that were our alarm…
Carcross to Whitehorse, Yukon
Day 16 7/6/26 Monday Mosquito count: campsite in am: high Whitehorse: low Since we are back traveling north and headed to Whitehorse, Yukon we had another opportunity to visit the Carcross/Tagish First Nation cultural center. It was pretty busy with cruise ship busses last time we were here. This time it’s only 9am and the…
Haines Alaska
Day 15 7/5/26 Sunday Mosquito Count: low (cool & breezy) Ferry to Haines AK. Taking our first ferry of 2026. It’s an express ferry to Haines AK. Takes about 50 minutes. We are taking our bicycles with us to take a ride and for transportation to explore Haines. Traveling a 90 mile fiord and as…
Skagway AK USA
Day 14 7/4/26. Saturday 4th of July!! Calm beautiful morning in Atlin when we woke up. The lake was like glass and it was sunny. We had hopes of going to Kershaw’s Coffee Cafe that is so cute but it doesn’t open until 10am. It’s 8am and we’re ready for breakfast so we made our…
Atlin BC
Day 13 7/3/26 It rained all night and we woke up this morning to a dusting of snow on the surrounding peaks of the lake. It’s still really cold outside 43’F with a slight breeze. Doesn’t look like a warm 4th of July. We drove south to the town of Atlin. In the distance to…
Atlin Lake
Day 12 8/2/26 Thursday It’s cold out today. On our drive at 11am it’s only 44’. Good news… fewer mosquitos (maybe). Rain showers were on/off during our drive. Little snippets of sun on occasion. We are taking a tangent today off the Alaskan Highway and headed south back into BC to Atlin Lake. Continental Divide.…
Yukon Territory
Day 11 7/1/26. Wednesday Woke up to a cool, wet morning. Our destination is Watson Lake, Yukon Territory Canada Day! Doesn’t appear to be as big of a celebrated day in the province of BC. As I was talking to a BC woman the other day and mentioned it was almost Canada Day she was…
Liard Again!
Day 10 6/30/26. Tuesday Today we chose to not move forward so it’s going to be an easy slow day. Not much to tell. We started the morning looking for open campsites that were available on the first come-first serve basis. After 3 laps around we settled on our site. It was situated away from the…
Northern Rockies scenic drive
Day 9 6/29/26 Monday Buckle your seat belts… today was a doozy! Beautiful beautiful beautiful Mosquitos Galore Nice camp spot last night. It rained all night. We seldom stepped foot outside at this camp because the mosquitos were thick. I did a video this morning from my window… yikes! Many times when you are “in…
AlCan Highway start
Day 8 6/28/26. Sunday It will be another rainy, cool and cloudy day. Good day to travel and get some miles under our belt. We are planning to camp at Liard Provincial Park Hot Springs tomorrow (Monday night) about 500 miles up the road. So the closer we can get the better… more time to…
North 40 Route
Scenic Route to Alaska Day 7 6/27/26 Saturday Hinton AB to Grand Prairie AB We are continuing north now toward the start of the ALCAN Highway. I have only one objective today and that is to take care of some laundry. It’s been a week and we have some clothes to wash! We’re going to…
Miette Hot Springs
Day 6 June 26,26 Friday Drive Maligne Canyon in Jasper NP to Maligne Lake Tried to take a short hike along the Maligne River in the “bridges” section. It was the only trail open after the fire. That hike didn’t last long… needed our muck boots. The river is high and every little side stream…
Explore Jasper area
Day 5 6/25/26 Thursday Looks like another beautiful windless day. Expecting some rain later in the day. We shall see. Leisurely morning since we are staying put for the day. We have another night in this campground and we intend to bicycle around some trails along the Athabasca River and to Pyramid Lake this morning.…
The color of the lakes and rivers!
Day 4 6/24/26 Wednesday Banff to Jasper BC Another beautiful day. Sunny and pleasant temp. Hoodoos above Bow River Bow River Falls We headed north to Jasper National Park today. There were many places we did not stop because it was far too crowded with visitors and cars. You could wait a long time to…
Banff/Bow Valley Parkway
Day 3 June 23, 2026 Tuesday Free Parking in Banff is a premium. Even though it’s only Tuesday we left camp at 8am to park in the free parking area near the Train Station. Once there we had some breakfast and got the bikes ready to ride our 30 mile out & back on the…
We keep returning to Canada
Day 2 June 22, 2026 Monday Choteau MT to Banff AB Canada Entering Canada on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The Port of Piegan/Carway near Babb MT. It enters Alberta west of Lethbridge and directly south of Calgary Driving north of Choteau on the Ivan Doig Memorial Highway. Ivan Doig is a famous Montana writer. Some…
Western Montana headed to Alberta…again😊
Day 1 June 21, 2026 Sunday Grasshopper Creek Inn Polaris MT to Choteau MT. We are starting our trip after joining our Spa to Spa friends on their annual bicycle ride around the Pioneers. (See Spa to Spa bike ride in 2025 posts). We left Grasshopper Creek travelling the Pioneer Wild & Scenic road to…
Let’s go to Alaska in a van!
Summer 2026 June 19 – September 4 We are embarking on the longest and biggest trip of our lives. 10+ weeks in the van. Driving from Billings MT to Alaska (Kenai Peninsula) and everywhere in between and then south to San Gregorio CA for a family wedding before heading back to Montana. At this point…
The Loop is Closed
DAY 20 4/7-8/2026 Tuesday/Wednesday AdVANture finish Summing it Up. Essentially we spent 3 weeks circumnavigating Utah and a dab into Wyoming, western Colorado and Idaho in a clockwise direction. From the Colorado western border, south to the Arizona border then southwestern Utah not far from the Nevada border, north through the Salt Lake City madness…
Last Best Hike
DAY 19 4/6/26 Monday Hiking Stats: 5.3 mi. Elev: 1141’ We knew we needed an early start to get a “close to the entrance” parking spot in Zion. After arriving at 10am a couple of days ago and parking 4 miles down, we knew we’d need to start earlier. We were up and out of…
Ride around a Volcano
DAY 18 4/5/26. Easter Sunday Stats: 37 miles AIS: 3:49. Speed: 9.7 mph. Elev: 2312’ A local’s route. Our longest mileage of this trip. Not quite the most climbing we’ve had but definitely some steep climbing moments and switchbacks. Today’s ride felt like a normal bike ride. Most of it was out in the countryside of…
Riding in Snow Canyon
St George Art Festival. Snow Canyon State Park
Brrr… it’s cold to start
Kolob Canyon Zion NP St George UT
Zion! e-bike park
Zion National Park
April Foolishly Cold + Windy
DAY 14 4/1/26 Wednesday Rained some last night. No snow at camp this morning when we woke up. It rained a bit more in the morning. We were in no rush to get going as it was really cold outside… in the 30’s. We were glad we chose that campsite when we saw some of the…
Flabbergasted by Bryce NP
Kodachrome Basin State Park Powell’s Point Bryce Canton National Park
Wow! Just wow! Roads and Canyons
Anasazi State Park. Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
Hiking in Capitol Reef
Capitol Reef national Park. Torrey UT
Cooler… but Windy
Natural bridges monument, Hite Marina, Swingarm City
Fear of heights?? Good driving skills needed!
Goosenecks State Park, Valley of the Gods, Bears Ears National Monument
Wandering through ruins
Exploring Needles Overlook and Hovenweep National Monument
Utah here we come…
Have van will travel The next adventure… proposal and reality. When I last wrote we were on a winter of ski adventure. As you all know the western US has had a historically dismal ski year. Aside from an epic storm or two the overall temperatures in the Rockies, Utah and California have been abnormally…
Ski Canada
WEEK THREE Following a Bicycle Route we rode Day 16 Thursday January 22 2026 Travel Day. Revelstoke BC to Red Mountain Ski Resort BC We really enjoyed the drive from Revelstoke to Red Mountain. Quite a bit of it was a trip down memory lane from our Selkirk Bicycle trip a couple of years ago…
Ski Canada
WEEK TWO Great Views Great Snow! Day 8 Ski Day #5 Banff Sunshine Resort, Banff Alberta Temp 28’F IKON Pass Window Price: $125 /senior rate Thursday January 15 2026 Woke up at my usual early hour..6am-ish. The wind was clipping on this end of Banff. We are about a mile from downtown but up the…
Ski Canada: Powder Highway BC & Alberta
Traveling in our adventure van north to Alberta and British Columbia Canada for about 3 weeks skiing resorts on the Ikon Pass and camping in our van. WEEK ONE Here we go again… Day 1 Thursday January 8 2026 Billings MT to Fernie BC. 8:45 hour drive Campground: Fernie RV Resort. 1/2 mile on the…
Great Lakes/Michigan…finished!
August 25 – September 23, 2025 Suamico to Suamico, Wisconsin via Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula Michigan Final Stats: Total Days of Trip: 30 Total Days riding: 27 Total Layover/Rest days: 3 Total Miles: 1202 Avg miles/day: 44.5 Shortest day: 23 miles (2x) Longest day: 65 miles Total AIS (Ass in Saddle): 110:12 (hrs:min) Avg.…
Day 30. Closing the Loop
9/23/2024. Tuesday Denmark to Suamico WI Stats: Miles: 36 AIS: 3:16 Speed: 11mph Elev. 390 ft Today was great! The weather was just right… the roads were kind… the scenery was Wisconsin iconic…the trails in to Green Bay were smooth and paved. My whiny day yesterday turned right around and we finished with big smiles…
Day 29. Ferry across Lake Michigan
9/22/2025 Monday Ludington MI to Denmark Wi…via the SS Badger Ferry Stats: Miles: 23 AIS: 2:23 Speed:9.7 mph Elev. 800 ft Packed the bikes and arrived about 8:15 at the ferry landing. It was a short ride from the motel. We walked our bikes onto the ferry and they had a “spot” with a rack…
Day 28. The longest ride!
9/21/2025 Sunday Muskegon to Ludington MI Stats: Miles: 65 AIS: 5:45 Speed: 11.2mph Elev. 1249 ft It was 6am when I proposed to Jim that instead of riding to Hart (40 mi) we should bust it out and ride all the way to Ludington…. finishing a day earlier than we planned. I have a great…
Day 27. Everybody was outside today!
9/20/2025. Saturday Holland to Muskegon MI Stats: Miles: 52 AIS: 4:39. Speed: 11.2 mph. Elev. 751ft We wanted to see a few more things around Holland before we headed north today. First stop was the Dutch Windmill. In the spring they have a tulip garden but today we viewed it from the marsh. It is…
Day 26. Short and sweet
9/19/2025 Friday Byron Center to Holland MI Stats: Miles: 23 AIS: 2:05. Speed: 11.1 mph. Elev. 413 ft Edit: Greater Grand Rapids has 1.1 million people! No wonder it was so challenging traffic-wise. And we were just in the south half. I’ve added a couple of maps so you can see all the big trails…
Day 25. Navigating a big city… tough one today!
9/18/2026 Thursday Lyons to Byron Center MI Stats: Miles: 52 AIS: 4:55 Speed: 10.5 mph. Elev. 846 ft So just as we hoped we woke up to a dry tent. The park was dark and quiet so we both slept really well. It was a treat to be on dry ground and all of our…
Day 24. The smallest, nicest towns
9/17/2025. Wednesday Chesaning to Lyons MI Stats: Miles: 55. AIS: 5:05 Speed: 10.8 mph. Elev. 439 ft All the usual morning routine. We are now accustomed to a wet fly and damp tent every morning. It’s usually taken care of by the afternoon sun when we arrive at the next camp. We have had endless…
Day 23. Seeking birth certificate… 1884
9/16/2025. Tuesday Frankenmuth to Chesaning MI via Saginaw MI Stats: Miles: 46 AIS: 4:22 Speed: 10.6 mph. Elev. 239 ft What a beautiful morning it was as we left Frankenmuth. The early morning sun low in the sky shining long shadows and making the yellowing leaves of the crops shine so brightly. Once again we…
Day 22. Our Eastern Edge
9/15/2025. Monday Bay City to Frankenmuth MI Stats; Miles: 46 AIS: 4:12 Speed: 11mph. Elev. 324 ft. Leaving Bay City this morning it was easy to get out of town and on the backroads… no drawbridges to cross. There was about 1/2 mile of bike trail but I haven’t changed my mind on Bay City…
Day 21. Layover Bay City
9/14/2025. Sunday All day in Bay City, Michigan Week 3 Total Stats: Miles: 270 AIS: 24:51 Avg Speed: 10.9 mph. Elev: 3670 ft 0 assholes 0 dogs 0 flats Leisurely “sleep in” means you still wake up at 6:30-7am but you don’t have to get up and start packing. You can lay around awhile…. feels…
Day 20. Bridges, Tridges and more bridges
9/13/2025. Saturday Sanford to Bay City MI Stats: Miles: 34. AIS: 3:09. Speed:,10.9mph. Elev. 255 ft O Assholes 0 dogs chasing bikes. 0 honks 0 waves. Well our stealth camp turned out to be a non-event. We slept great… no people or critters disturbed us. We were not in a big hurry today as we…
Day 19. First stealth camping
9/12/25. Friday Evart to Sanford MI Stats: Miles: 49 AIS: 4:14. Speed: 11.4 mph. Elev. 226 ft Wake up time was 6am this morning. I was determined to start riding at 8am. Sure enough we did start right on time. Woke up to fog all over the campground along the river. The chill didn’t last…
Day 18. Small town America
9/11/2025. Or just 9/11 Morley to Evart MI Stats: Miles: 44. AIS: 4:12. Speed: 10.4 mph. Elev. 472 ft. We noticed immediately leaving Morley the flag was half-staff. It took awhile to realize the date today. An Aha moment! Then there’s always the remembering that horrifying day… and the many days after. We are in…
Day 17. Perfect day, perfect evening
9/10/25. Wednesday Grand Rapids to Morley MI Stats: Miles: 41, AIS: 3:51. Speed: 10.6 mph Elev. 626 ft 0 assholes 0 dogs We had a comparatively short day today so no rush to get going early. We departed shortly before 9am and we were on our bike path within a couple of minutes. Navigating through…
Day 16. Leaving Lake Michigan
9/9/2025. Tuesday Montague to Grand Rapids MI Stats: Miles: 57. AIS: 5:18. Speed: 10.7 mph Elev. 970 ft 0 assholes 1 dog. Came running but stopped well off the highway. Invisible fence maybe? Today’s ride was a long one. Longer than I prefer but sometimes you just have to go further because of logistics all…
Day 15. Start week 3… easy enough
9/8/2025 Monday Ludington to Montague MI Stats: Miles: 45. AIS: 4:21. Speed: 10.4 mph. Elev. 1121 ft. Another chilly morning start 44’ . Because we were warm in a hotel we had our earliest start yet… 8am. Had all the warm layers going but as usual after a few miles and the first climb or…
Day 14. Ludington layover
9/7/2025. Sunday Ludington MI layover day Weekly Stats: Miles: 276 AIS: 25:53. Avg Speed: 10.7 mph Total Elev: 7529 ft. 5 friendly honk 1 unfriendly blast 2 friendly waves 1 assholes. And 1 apology O dogs chasing 3 walk ( Suzy ) 1 walk. Jim Chores of the day: laundry…done. Groceries… done. Bicycle lube… done.…
Day 13. Let’s enjoy some towns!
9/6/2025 Saturday Arcadia to Ludington MI Stats: Miles: 47. AIS: 4:23. Speed: 10.7 Elev. 1335 ft. 1 asshole. Going really fast by us on a secondary road and didn’t move over at all!! Definitely made us jump a little! Great sleep at the Arcadia bungalow last night. Our usual wakeup about 7am with a pot…
Day 12. Surf’s Up!
9/5/2025 Friday Glen Arbor to Arcadia MI Stats: Miles: 47. AIS: 4:34. Speed: 10.3mph Elev. 1643 ft. 1 friendly honk 1 friendly wave out the sunroof 0 assholes 0 chasing dogs Walk the bike: 2 Suzy 1 Jim New top number for climbing on this trip… and I felt it! More about this later but…
Day 11. 43 years ago…this bicycle union began!
9/2/2025 Thursday Traverse City to Glen Arbor MI Stats: Miles: 50! AIS: 4:37, 10.8mph MElev: 1246 1 friendly honk 1 friendly motorcycle wave 1 angry honk 0 dogs chasing 1 hill walk (Suzy) Our host John made us an over the top deluxe breakfast this morning! We had coffee, fried eggs, Canadian bacon, English muffin…
Day 10. Wind and Rain
9/3/2025. Wednesday Stats: Miles: 26 AIS: 2:35 Speed: 9.9 mph Elev. 603 ft Kewadin to Traverse City MI Our gracious WarmShowers hosts Ann and Gary, had a nice granola, fruit and coffee breakfast for us before we departed. On the road at 8:30am trying to get as far as possible toward Traverse City before the…
Day 9. Extra Miles
9/2/2025 Tuesday Petoskey MI to Kewadin MI Stats: Miles: 55 AIS: 5:03. Speed: 10.9mph Elev . 1115 ft Let’s start with yesterdays videos We all slept well last night, up as usual for today’s long ride to Kewadin where we will stay with our WarmShower hosts Ann and Gary. We decided to push some extra…
Day 8. Mackinac Island and the Tunnel of Trees
9/1/2025. Labor Day Monday St. Ignace to Petoskey State Park Stats: Miles: 51, AIS: 4:41 Speed: 10.9 mph. Elev, 1587 Ft. Rise and Shine was early today. Jim and I were headed to Mackinac Island and thought we were going to catch the 7am ferry… but it was 7:30. So we watched the sunrise at…
Day 7. Layover St. Ignace
8/31/2025. Sunday Weekly Stats (6 days): Total miles: 258. AIS: 22:45 Speed avg: 11.3 mph. Total Elev: 2618 ft. 4 friendly honks … defined by a quick toot-toot. 0 Asshole drivers: This is actually not surprising because we had such great shoulders on the roads all week. I call them “everybody’s happy” shoulders. To be…
Day 6. A Great Day!
8/30/2025 Saturday. Labor Day weekend Naubinway MI to St Ignace (ig-niss) MI Stats: 46 mi. AIS: 3:42 Speed: 12.5 mph, Elev 619 ft Our tents were so wet this morning… you’d have thought it rained all night. The condensation and dew collided during the night. Our rain fly was soaking wet inside and out! It…
Day 5. Paul joins us
8/29/2025 Fish Fry Friday Manistique to Naubinway MI Stats: 46 mi. AIS: 3:49 Speed: 12.0 mph. Elev. 610 ft Could be a possible speed record today. It did feel like we were moving pretty good today. Far less wind than the last couple of days! We woke up to 41’F. Chilly chilly. I noticed that…
Day 4. Highway 2 all day
8/28/2025. Thursday Gladstone MI to Manistique MI Stats: 46 miles AIS: 4:14. 10.9 mph Elev 583 ft It rained for several hours last night but we slept like babies and our tent stayed dry. We expected it to but it’s always a relief when you haven’t camped for a year and it does in fact…
Day 3. Tailwind… rain to finish the day
8/27/2025. Wednesday Fox Park MI to Gladstone MI Stats: 39 miles AIS: 3:23. Speed: 11.4 mph. Elev. 282 ft. It was chilly again last night. I put off putting my socks on all night and my feet were cold. Finally about 5am I dug out my wool socks and slept great until 7am. We weren’t…
Day 2. Da U P
8/26/2025 Tuesday Peshtigo WI to Fox Park MI (north of Cedar River MI) Stats: 43 miles, AIS: 3:58 speed: 10.9mph. Elev. 288 ft. Started our ride about 9:15am. It takes us about 2 hours from waking up to departing camp. It was chilly last night… the low was 48’ F. But we have all the…
Day 1. Fresh Start
Monday August 25, 2025 Saumico WI to Peshtigo WI Stats: 38 miles. AIS: 3:39 m, 10.5 mph, Elev: 236 ft. Have a nice relaxed breakfast at Erin & Ryan’s this morning. It was back to work Monday for them. Erin left really early so we said goodbye last night and Ryan was up and out…
Arrival Day. Green Bay Packer Gameday
Saturday August 23, 2025 Long drive from Billings, MT to Green Bay, WI. Not including stops it’s a 15 hour drive. We left Billings at 10pm Thursday with goal of driving about 200 miles. It was 12:45pm when we parked at a Fish & Wildlife fishing access site on the Yellowstone River outside of Fallon…
Michigan and a couple of Great Lakes
Jim started planning this route for us last spring 2025. We like to travel the end of August and September. The crowds are gone (except Labor Day) so campsites are easier, traffic is lighter… all good for our mode of travel! We decided to start in Wisconsin near Green Bay where our former Billings friends…
Slainte
Slainte… the Gaelic word for “health” or wishing a person good health when sharing a beverage. Similar to “cheers”. The four of us had several slainte moments in the last 12 days. It certainly is a good thing to have the health (and wealth) to travel abroad or anywhere in the USA and explore by…
A ferry then Glasgow
Day 11 July 24, 2025 Stats: 19 miles, AIS: 1:37, Elev. 531 ft, Speed: 11.6 mph A 6:30 am start out of the hostel in Port Charlotte, Isle of Islay to the ferry terminal in Port Ellen. Our fastest 19 miles of the trip. The guys finally had a good nights sleep in their full…
Pedals and Whisky
Day 10 July 23, 2025 Stats: 29 mi, AIS: 2:48 Elev. 1023 ft, Speed: 10.5 mph This is our last day to take our time… pedal and stop for pictures. Go wherever we want and not be in a hurry. Are we ever in a hurry? The first stop today was a tour of a…
We saw the North Atlantic Ocean
Day 9 July 22, 2025 Stats: 19 miles, AIS: 2:05, Elev. 1092 ft, Speed: 8.8 mph Port Charlotte to Portnahaven to Port Charlotte loop. The hostel has a “wee” breakfast (continental) so we had that for breakfast. Then Jim and I had to move out of our nice single room to join the bunkhouses…men’s and…
Islay Island… big commute
Day 8 July 21, 2025 Stats: 16 miles, AIS:1:33, Elev. 485 ft. Speed: 10.1mph Today we had a big commute to Islay (eye-la) island on the west coast of Scotland. It is part of an area called the inner Hebrides. We needed to leave the hotel about 8am for a long drive (2.5 hrs) to…
Cycling the River Tweed
Last Day in the Borders Countryside Day 7 July 20, 2025 Stats: 20 miles, AIS: 1:41, Elev. 537 ft., Speed: 12mph The three of us took a nice simple easy-peasy ride this morning following the River Tweed along the Scotland/England border. Up one side of the river passing into England then crossing the bridge back…
Back in the Borders
Day 6 July 19, 2025 Stats: 27 miles, AIS:2:44, Elev. 1554 ft, Speed 9.8mph Today Jim, Curt and I were on our own as Sandy is busy with Civic Week and the Kelso Pipe Band. He’s piping the horse parade out of town as they ride horses to another village for celebrations and they will…
Timing the tide to ride
Day 5 July 18, 2025 Stats: 29 mi. AIS: 3:10, Elev. 790 ft. Speed: 9.1mph We were traveling in the van by 9am this morning to Berwick-Upon-Tweed, England. We needed to time our 15 mile ride from there to Holy Island to cross the causeway to the island when the tide was out. Today we…
Big Beautiful Borders…countryside ride
Day 4 July 17, 2025 Stats: 28 miles, AIS: 2:29 Elev. 1587 ft. Speed: 11.1mph We started our morning with breakfast at Sandy’s. He did some shopping early and came back with food for the week. My favorite was the Muesli (cereal)! The muesli cereal you can get in the states does not even compare…
From Isle of Aaran to Kelso
Day 3 July 15, 2025 Isle of Aaran, Lochranza, ferry, drive, Kelso (on the east side of Scotland) Stats: 14,miles, AIS: 1:27, Elev. 836 ft, Speed: 9.9 mph We needed a much earlier start today to arrive at the ferry by 10:30am. The hostel had a simple continental breakfast… toast, cereal, yogurt, juice, coffee and…
Scenic… and wet
Day 2 July 15. 2025 Isle of Aaran, Ayreshire Stats: 42 miles. AIS: 4:23 (Ass in saddle), Elev. 1814 ft. Avg speed: 9.4 mph The days are long in Scotland. Dawn is at 5am and sunset at 9:15pm. We woke up to sunshine but the forecast for today is some kind of rain all day…
Houston…. we have a problem
Day 1. July 14, 2025. About a 10 mile easy flat ride. It was a checkout ride to get our bike saddles the right height and make sure the shifting was working. The first order of business this morning was for Curt to reassemble his bicycle at the hotel. He just sat down (in his…
Headed to Glasgow….Scotland!
Day 0 Train from London to Glasgow July 13, 2025 We caught the 8:50am train from London and arrived in Glasgow about 3pm. Sandy and Curt picked us up at the train station. We immediately went to the bicycle shop to pickup our bicycles. They were all ready for us. They look pretty nice with…
A few days in England…3 cities
MANCHESTER. Day 1 We arrived safely and in time in Manchester from Reykjavik. Took an Uber to our hotel where we met Jim’s brother and sister (Tom, Annette). Tom was going to the ELO concert that evening so we had the afternoon with Annette checking out a canal tour in the city. Not recommended… pretty…
The trials and tribulations of air travel when things go wrong
Day 1. June 7, 2025 Billings-Seattle, Seattle-Reykjavík, Reykjavík-Manchester Depart Billings 2pm, Depart Seattle 3:45pm Depart Reykjavík 8am (June 8) I hadn’t intended to post on our travel to England for the blog but after the events of our first day of international travel I’ve decided to include this portion of our trip. Oh lord….Alaska air…
Pedals, Pipes and Pubs?
It’s a trip to Scotland… our first in Scotland, Great Britain, the UK! I had to learn the distinction between the country of Scotland, the “island” of Great Britain and the government (if you will) of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Secondly in Scotland the “pipes” refers to bagpipes not the…
Out & Back… Jackson
Day 3 June 21, 2025 30 miles After sharing another delicious breakfast…egg McMuffin sandwiches it was decided there would be no traveling caravan. Lunch would be back at camp. Anyone that wanted to ride was on an out & back arrangement. Go as far as you like toward Elkhorn and back. No support vehicles today.…
Summer Solstice June 19
Day 2 Summer Solstice Friday June 19 Lost Trail Hot Springs to Jackson MT 51 miles Breakfast this morning in the RV camp kitchens was breakfast burritos! Jeanne outdid herself with all the fixings and fresh salsa. Delicious of course! 6 riders rode up the big pass this morning. 3 e-bikes and 3 regular. From…
The beauty is endless
Day 1 Thursday June 18, 2025 Anaconda Sportsman’s Park to Lost Trail Hot Springs. Stats: 58 miles. Temp: 78. Blue Sky (no typical stats because neither of us rode the whole day) Breakfast was French toast, bacon, fresh raspberry yogurt and coffee. We were off and on the road about 9:45am. Hard to get a…
Spa to Spa Ride
June 18-21, 2025 The History In the early 1994 my family started this loop ride with my sisters, brothers, mother, in-laws and our young children. We enjoyed it so much it was worth bringing it to my Cinnicrew skiing friends. The Route… Big Hole River valley, Lost Trail hot springs and the Pioneer Scenic Byway.…
Beautiful… then wet!
Day 4 6/3/2025 Hill City to Custer to spur trail into Stockade Lake/Custer State Park then back to Hill City Stats: 38mi. AIS: 3:45 Elev: 1071 Mph: 10.1 The trail out of Hill City mostly paralled the highway with a big bridge over the road and then a tunnel under as we climbed…
Absolutely delightful day
Day 3 6/2/2025 Hill City to Mystic and back Stats: 30 mi. AIS: 3:13 Elev. 1528 Avg. Speed: 9.2 mph Short drive into Hill City this morning to the trailhead. We were the first to arrive at 8am but people rolled in shortly after. We had our earliest departure at about 8:30 but Jim did…
Let’s climb a railroad grade
Day 2 Sunday 6/1/25 Mystic to Dumont Stats: 36 mi. AIS: 3:47 elev gain: 1282. 9.6 mph You know it doesn’t seem to make us any quicker in the morning sleeping in the van! But it is a lot simpler and warmer and convenient making breakfast in the van and getting dressed standing up. I…
Welcome to the Black Hills! It’s not all a tourist trap.
Day 1 5/31/25 Dumont trailhead to Deadwood and back This the highest elevation of the trail. We reached 6236 ft. Stats: Distance: 33mi. AIS: 4.09 hrs*. Speed avg: 7.9mph Climbing elevation 1919 ft. *To any new followers AIS stands for Ass In Saddle. It doesn’t include stopping time. (It’s important to know that cell coverage is…
Riding the Mickelson Trail in the Black Hills
South Dakota Total length: 109 miles Deadwood SD to Edgemont SD Railroad abandoned in 1983 Trail established in 1991. Completed 1998 Destination 300 miles from home We will cross up and over several river drainages before we get to South Dakota Drive Billings to Hardin then to Hwy 212 Bighorn Battlefield turnoff. Crossing the Bighorn…
Tobacco Caye
January 15-16, 2025 It was about 1 hour on the shuttle boat to Tobacco Caye. This key is very small. We could circumnavigate walking it in about 5 minutes. On this caye were 3 different “resorts”. None of them fancy by any means. Our resort was called Paradise. Also on this caye were 2 bars…
Bocawina Rain Forest
Day 4 January 11, 2025 Today we had a 10am shuttle pickup to the Bocawina Rain Forest where we meeting up with our fellow kayakers and the Island Expeditions tour leaders. It was about an hour drive up toward the Mayan Mountains of Belize. The resort is a lovely campus with cabana rooms, restaurant and…
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