Catalina Crossing on a Hobie Tandem Island
For a long time, I had dreamt of doing adventures in our tandem kayak. After a somewhat frightening final crossing during our Channel Islands Crossing voyage, we decided to scale back kayaking the open...
Category: Routes
This category includes anything that is related to routing.
Bikepacking the Collegiate Peaks
Janet and I decided to squeeze in a quick Colorado bikepacking trip that we designed based on a combination of the “Sage and Saddles” route as well as the “Vapor Trail” route – both...
Bikepacking Western Africa
I spent 100 days riding from Morocco to Ghana on a full suspension Mountain Bike during the fall of 2023. It was a fantastic trip with a lot of “ups” and just a couple...
Bikepacking the Iberian Peninsula
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Our Own Tour Aotearoa
Suggested 3wk Itinerary | List of all NZ GREAT RIDES | Our Photos | NZ Likes/Dislikes I had been toying with the idea of bikepacking New Zealand for many years; ever since I heard...
Tablelands Traverse
A perfect Sierra weather report suddenly materialized in early October 2022. I dropped everything I was doing and set to finalize a route that I had been sketching through the Tablelands East of the...
Backpacking Cottonwood Lakes, Crabtree Pass, Siberia, and Funston
I’ve been meaning to start a trip from the Horseshoe Meadows / Cottonwood Lakes Trail head – which I’d never done before. With the exception of the trip to Funston Lake, this route follows...
Bikepacking the Pacific Northwest Rail Trails
In the summer of 2022, our friend Mark Glenesk invited Janet and me to ride a combination of rail trails in the Pacific Northwest. Below is a light account of our journey. Starting with...
