Cycling through Death Valley, powered by REI
Death Valley has intrigued me ever since I got to California and has since been on my list of places to visit. I even went as far as buying a book on hiking Death Valley. REI, however, came up with the...
View ArticleCollege Town Century
The temperature had climbed up to 79 Fahrenheit when I rolled back into the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, conveniently located just about a block south of the headquarters of the Sierra Nevada Brewing...
View ArticleGreat Western Bicycle Festival
Rest stops at century cycling events bring together a whole bunch of different people. Almost like an airport. There is the dad with his two, thin-like-a-stick sons, all dressed alike in the same type...
View ArticleRoad trip with strangers
I turned thirty-four at the end of June and decided the best way to celebrate would be to go on a road trip. I was going at it alone, for seven days, covering over 2000 miles through California,...
View ArticleThe rolling hills of Marin County
It was Saturday morning in San Rafael and I was lost. I had left my motel room at the Marin Lodge at 6:30am on my bike, trying to make my way to the start area of the 2013 Marin Century at the...
View ArticleAir traveling with my bike (for the first time)
Air travel by itself has not been terribly fun these days. There is the tighter security with the occasional crotch-groping from a TSA agent. There is the reduced amount of leg room, because airlines...
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