For Christmas this year, we took a short loop tour through southern California, beginning and ending in San Diego. Our loop took us east across the coast range to the Salton Sea, so we rode through a mix of climates – desert, mountains, the coast. In the middle of the tour we rented a car … Continue reading "Christmas in Joshua Tree"
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Our tour of the French Alps arose from years of idle daydreaming, followed by countless iterations of refining our planned itinerary. I never really expected to take this trip, thinking that if we were going to bike this challenging landscape we should have done so when our knees were about 15 years younger. Surprisingly though … Continue reading "The French Alps"
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This five day loop is the third of a series that included our loop tours to Walla Walla and Bickleton. This one begins and ends at Roosevelt, a tiny community on the Washington side of the Columbia. We based ourselves here even though it’s about the furthest point from home because there’s no lodging anywhere … Continue reading "The Roosevelt loop"
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This was a five day loop in southeast Washington, beginning and ending in Bickleton. The route includes overnights in Hermiston and Kennewick, so it overlaps the Walla Walla loop we took earlier this month. There’s not much to Bickleton, a hamlet straddling the ridge between Goldendale and the Yakima Valley. It’s big claim to fame is … Continue reading "The Bickleton Loop"
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This was a six day loop to Walla Walla, beginning and ending in Hermiston, about a four our drive east of Portland. We drove over the night before, stayed at a motel, and left the car there until we returned. Here’s the journal for this short tour, and an overview map:
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