I’m writing this from the Newport, WA public library. It is HOT here today, so we busted out about 67 miles between 6am and 1pm this afternoon, and now we’re holed up in the blissfully air conditioned library. Mostly what I’ve done with my library time is make a map …
Here we go!! This is James and my last half-day in Portland before we start three months of bike travel! Neither of us has ever bike-traveled for this long, and we’ve never traveled for this long together, and there are just so many unknowns about this all — which is …
I had an unexpected present on my way to work this morning: new bike infrastructure on my commute! There are many lovely parts to my commute up to the I-5 bridge and over the Columbia River, and there are some not as lovely parts. But today, one not-as-lovely part was …
I love my bike shoes, despite their quirks. Both buckles are broken. Two of the four velcro straps have lost their velcroability and I continually push them back down as I ride, only to have them open again. The cleats are fully fused in place and I couldn’t readjust them …
