Written by Dave Day 3–Sept 27 - 59 Miles, 1,927 feet climbing Nancy got her pancakes for brekkie! A day of two halves. The first half was quiet roads and very little traffic. And even better, 15 miles on our own private bicycle lane, the Yelm, Rainier, Tenino rail-trail. It really was a lovely Saturday … Continue reading Centralia to Tacoma
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Kalama to Centralia
Written by Dave Day 2–Sept 26 – 60 Miles, 2,245 feet climbing We woke to surprising fresh feeling legs this morning. Both of us thought yesterday’s super steep Green Mountain Road would have been lingering. We are definitely under-trained for this ride. Maybe the reviving Hammerhead IPA we had yesterday did some good. Further research … Continue reading Kalama to Centralia
Portland to Kalama
Written by Dave Day 1 –Sept 25 - 49 Miles, 3,545 feet climbing We made it to Kalama just as planned. A good day all round. All smiles at the start Highlights of the day included a nice ride on forested Terwiliger Boulevard, some funky, fun Portland vibes, some safer than expected North Portland rolling, … Continue reading Portland to Kalama
2025 McMenamins Pub Crawl Micro Tour
Back in 1984 I got my first job out of college working at the Hawthorne Farms, Hillsboro location for Intel Corporation. We had internal conference rooms for meetings but many of the one-on-one meetings I had with my manager took place at what we called the McMenamins conference room. McMenamins is an iconic Pacific Northwest … Continue reading 2025 McMenamins Pub Crawl Micro Tour
Ending Chris Crossing America with a boom!
Written by Chris Day 79 – August 15 – 57 Miles, 2,960 feet climbing (Fryeburg, ME to Portland, ME) First off, happy 90th to Dave's Mom! August 15th is the 68th day Dave, Nancy and I have ridden since we started our journey on May 29th. Cindi, my wife asked during week two if I … Continue reading Ending Chris Crossing America with a boom!
Maine, lucky state 13
Written by Dave Day 78 – August 14 – 46 Miles, 2,640 feet climbing (North Woodstock, NH to Fryeburg, ME) We stayed last night in North Woodstock. It’s a cute little town with a quaint main street. This morning we had brekkie on the main street at Riverside Coffee. We didn’t think that there was … Continue reading Maine, lucky state 13
New Hampshire
Written by Dave Day 77 – August 13 – 71 Miles, 5,246 feet climbing (Royalton, VT to North Woodstock, NH) I’ve had yesterday and today mentally circled on our spreadsheet for quite some time. They were back-to-back hard climbing days coming at the end of long stretch of riding days and right near the end … Continue reading New Hampshire
Vermont, state 9 or 10
Written by Dave Day 76 – August 12– 65 Miles, 4,080 feet climbing (Whitehall, NY to Royalton, VT) First a report on dinner last night... For a small, extremely well hidden restaurant, they had pretty good crowd at 6:30 for dinner. We snagged one of the last spots and had pretty good food, not the … Continue reading Vermont, state 9 or 10
To the edge of New York
Written by Dave Day 75 – August 11 – 69 Miles, 2,400 feet climbing (Arrowhead RV Park, Glenville to Whitehall, NY) It was nice and quiet in the Arrowhead RV Park overnight. There is a lot of noise in the Mohawk River Valley during the day but the frequent trains and freeway traffic died down … Continue reading To the edge of New York
To path or not to path
Written by Dave Day 74 – August 10 – 61 Miles, 2,060 feet climbing (Herkimer to Arrowhead RV Park) First up – no rain and sun today. I suppose I could just end the post there. Faith has been restored in the fun factor of bicycle touring! Blue skies in Central New York - yeah … Continue reading To path or not to path
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