Winter Pacific Northwest Tour
In the winter of 1998, A bike tour through Northern California, Oregon, and Washington to visit friends. Didn’t take many pictures back in those days! This is the map for the entire route discussed...
Category: Bike Packing
Traveling on a bicycle with panniers, trailer or modern bikepacking gear. More often than not, on dirt roads or trails.
Bike Touring Colombia – Bogota to Cocuy National Park
Thwack!..Thwack!………Thwack! The handful of rocks I had just thrown scatter-gun style had just hit their squishy target. Satisfaction surged through my body – like that feeling you get when you pop that annoying pimple...
Bike Touring Colombia – Medellin to Nevado Del Ruiz
Traffic is suddenly coming to a stop. A man is walking across two lanes of traffic, lifting up the midriff of his blue shirt, revealing his chiseled six pack. Although cars don’t usually stop...
Bike Touring Colombia – Santa Rosa de Cabal to Ibague
Climbing. The grade is steep, but the road is paved. The air is warm and humid, and I ride with my shirt off. The opaque sheen of heavy rain looms in the Cocora valley...
Bike Touring Colombia – Ibague to Neiva via the Tatacoa Desert
To make up some time, Janet and I had planned to ride a bus through the “boring” (as we perceived it) low, flatlands. Our perspective on the lower regions is that they are hot,...
Bike Touring Colombia – Neiva to Popayan via Tierradentro
If you like to travel, perhaps you’ve noticed something about the character of popular destinations. When you arrive at a popular destination, you’ll often notice that many services have popped up: restaurants, hotels, gas...
Bike Touring Colombia – Popayan to Mocoa via Purace
This route takes you from Popayan (“the white city”) across the spine of the Andes… Twice! If you’ve ever heard of the term “FOMO,” you’ll know that I have it bad. “FOMO” stands for...
Bike Touring Colombia – Mocoa to Pasto via Trampolin del Muerte
The route from Mocoa to Pasto was one of my most anticipated routes. Unlike some of our other adventure routes, we knew a lot more about this connection because other people had motorcycled, driven,...
