Should’ve been 69 miles. Our GPS sent us all over the place. New map, new attitude, same voice. I think this one was hungover. Thanks to those of you expressing concern over our road safety. Today was our worst road conditions yet – and unfortunately I got hit – by a baby turkey fleeing our […]
Day 8 – Clarkston WA to Kamiah ID – 72 miles Read More »
They say if your marriage survives the “7 year itch” there’s a good chance you’ll make it for another 7, 14, 21 or even 49 years. The same must be true for long distance cycling but on a different scale – days instead of years. Today was day 7 and we survived. We’re both a
Day 7 – Walla Walla to Clarkston, WA – 86 miles Read More »
More wind. And a lot of it coming from the side. We watched the weather channel yesterday and saw that the winds are going to be pretty brutal in this part of the country for a few days. They were right. But, we’re pretty lucky because today’s hottest temperature was only 72 degrees and we
DAY 6 – Umatilla OR to somewhere east of Walla Walla WA – 66 miles Read More »
WIND! MORE WIND !! THEN IT JUST GOT RIDICULOUS…. Today, we’re going to write about wind. Not the “I ate too many beans” wind, but rather, the atmospheric kind. We’re talking crosswinds and tailwinds. We started out in very windy conditions, which felt like a tailwind from the west. This propelled us at a far
Day 5 – Maryhill, WA to Umatilla, OR – 89 miles Read More »
Don’t you just love how we ended up at a winery? Yeah, we planned it that way. Good thing too cuz it was HOT HOT HOT out there. 95 degrees. Maryhill winery has a fun 7-wine flight tasting and great food – perfect spot to end the day overlooking the Columbia River Gorge. Today was
Day 4 – Hood River, OR to Maryhill Winery, WA – 48 miles Read More »
Beautiful scenery of Columbia River Gorgeous 🤣 and waterfalls. Carbo loading midday with 5 oz beer shots at Thunder Island Brewery (superb 104 IPA). Frightening riding 6 miles of Interstate 84. Trucks were very kind and most pulled into left lane, and at least the shoulder was 10 feet wide. Drivers have been good for
Day 3 – Portland to Hood River 61 Miles, 3900 foot elevation gain Read More »
We started out from Clatskanie OR in the rain. And cold. But the beautiful waterfalls and countryside were great diversions. Then we got onto State Road 30 – mostly 2 lanes of traffic whizzing by at 65 mph, for 55 miles into Portland, but at least with wide shoulders. We had our first tube puncture
Day 2 – Clatskanie to Portland , 82.5 miles Read More »
Beautiful vistas, a pickup truck driver who escorted us through a tunnel driving slowly behind us, the scary but dramatic narrow bike-laned Astoria Bridge over the mouth of the Columbia, peaceful backroads and the Astoria River Walk, and a happy dog in a VW bus.
Day 1 – 61 miles from the Pacific Coast up the Columbia River. Read More »
Thelma has arrived! If the purpose of this trip was to be going outside our comfort zone, we could stop right now. We’ve never pulled anything behind our car, much less a 6’ x 12’ U-Haul trailer. Affectionately known as Thelma, she’ll be our workhorse and nerve Center for the next 67 days. We spent
The eve of our departure Read More »
