Wandering the West Bikepack trip
In the fall of 2020, Janet and I attempted to ride the Colorado Trail. Thwarted by deep snow, we plotted a wandering route that utilized portions of existing routes such as the Pony Express...
Category: Routes
Crossing the USA by bike (aborted)
On February 1, 2020, Janet and I set out to ride our Kalapuya Tandem Bike across the United States. I had spent a couple of months designing the route and we had the bike...
Bikepacking Spain
In the late Summer/early Fall of 2019, Janet and I decided to link together several bike packing routes from bikepacking.com. We didn’t do any route in its entirety – but we planned to do...
Bikepacking So-Cal Roadie Style
Janet and I wanted to ride our bikes to her nephew’s wedding in Phoenix, AZ, so I spent some time studying the maps to find a creative, quiet, and almost entirely paved route into...
Bikepacking Cuchumatanes, Guatemala, and the Riviera Maya
In Winter 2018/2019, Janet and I designed a route that started in Southern Mexico, traversed Guatemala and Belize, and ended in the tourist resort city of Cancun. A short, but significant part of our...
Aborted JMT attempt with Steve
My friend Steve wanted to do a “fastpack” of the John Muir Trail. He aimed to do the trip in about 6 days. He wanted some company, and this sounded exciting to me, so...
The Oregon Timber Trail
The Oregon Timber Trail is a fantastic bike packing route that traverses the state of Oregon from North to South. The recommended riding direction is South to North (and I agree). Like many...
Beef Basin Bikepack Route
This route was designed by Janet – and it is possible to do the full 83 mile route in very long day. It took us two days bike packing style. After we rode the...
