Days 31-42: Around the San Juan Islands (& Victoria)
Days 31-33 were spent on Orcas Island, with our extremely generous hosts, Carl & Beth. We take over their pop-up trailer in the yard, listen to the sounds of horses on the other side of…
Finding a Happy Middle
One of the things that I’ve been thinking about a lot these past few days, as it begins to truly and deeply settle in that we’re now living a very different lifestyle, is how disconnected…
Truly vagabonding now… and we get some real weather
When we conceived of this trip, we wanted it to be spontaneous, open to change, and very much unplanned. But, the first couple weeks, we wanted to see friends and family, go to a wedding,…
Days 22-31 : Twanoh S.P. to Orcas Island
Today marks one month since we left Long Beach. I can’t decide if it feels like we’ve been on the road for much much longer, or if time has just zipped past. I do know,…
Murphy’s Law of Bike Touring
You will always be passed by an automobile when you are: a) going uphill b) at a blind corner
On Learning to Slow Down…
We’re now about three and a half weeks into our trip. We’ve spent several consecutive days on the road and we’ve hung out in some great cities. We’ve camped and crashed in guest rooms and…
Days 19, 20, 21: Seaquest S.P. to Potlatch S.P.
From Seaquest State Park, we headed East on Highway 504 (Mount St. Helens Hwy). The morning was cool, the road was quiet, and the scenery was amazing. We passed Silver Lake, with a floating fishing…
Days 13, 14, 15: Corvallis back to Portland
We’re going to start tracking our trip by the number of days on the road, starting with Day 1, leaving Long Beach on Amtrak. It’ll help with narrating the experience… So, flash forward to Days…
Meet Laura’s Bike…
Drumroll, please… I finally found some space and time to update the Gear page with info about my bike and the gear that I’m carrying! You can read the checklist there and more details below……
Laura’s Portable Studio
Meet the studio that’s coming with me on the road… It’s riding up front, in one of my fancy new Swift front panniers. It’s balanced on the other side by the kitchen. It’s pretty fun…
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