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Thursday, 1 Jan 2009 | Views [156]
During Christmas holidays we flew to San Francisco for a two week holiday with Caroline, alias Coenie, Anna’s best friend from the Netherlands.
Our week started off with a sightseeing tour of the city on the Hyde and Powell tram, an exhilarating ... Read more >
Wednesday, 17 Dec 2008 | Views [1170] | Comments [7]
Our entry into Las Vegas is great. Google maps instructs us the shortest route to our host, of which four miles are on 'the Strip', the epicenter of casino's. Along the way we see marriages in small wedding chapels and a red leather booted Elvis gives ... Read more >
Tuesday, 2 Dec 2008 | Views [693] | Comments [3]
As we pushed on into the wind for the last 15 miles uphill to Bryce Canyon, Anna spots another cyclist riding up behind us. 'Could it be Wayne?', we spot the beard, the cap and the dark bags, 'it is!'. He had been pushing hard to catch us on the hill, ... Read more >
Monday, 10 Nov 2008 | Views [551] | Comments [2]
It wouldn't be a stay in Moab without hitting the world famous trails and slickrock. We were lucky enough to have some local mtb guides in Nancy and Rachel who took us on an epic ride from the slickrock trail, up the hill nine miles to the Porcupine ... Read more >
Sunday, 26 Oct 2008 | Views [575] | Comments [4]
After the snowstorm passed, we left Jackson WY on a sunny but cold afternoon. We pushed untill after sunset, and found ourselves on a high plateau, the Green River Basin, the sagebrush covered in a thick blanket of snow. The temperature overnight dropped ... Read more >
Saturday, 11 Oct 2008 | Views [917] | Comments [6]
With fresh inspiration for the journey ahead we followed the Trans-America trail south along the Bitteroot valley before crossing over a range to the east at Lost Trail Pass and into the Big Hole Valley. This was the same route the Adventure Cycling ... Read more >
Tags: usa, cycling, national parks, wildlife, bison, pronghorn, cycling friends, thermal features, big sky country, yellowstone
Thursday, 25 Sep 2008 | Views [724]
After a chilly week tent bound with the flu in Banff, and spending time with friends, it was time for us to hit the road again with winter nipping at our heels and a lot of mountains between us and the desert country. As soon as we left Banff along ... Read more >
Tags: canada, usa, cycling, national parks, cycling friends, wildlife, hiking, montana, adventure cycling association
Thursday, 14 Aug 2008 | Views [578] | Comments [4]
After the gas leak in Prince Rupert we were eventually moved to 'emergency' accomodation at midnight which meant a not so long sleep before an early morning ferry on our way to Vancouver Island. Tired heads we slept pretty well then i woke at 7am...aahhh! ... Read more >
Tuesday, 22 Jul 2008 | Views [487] | Comments [2]
The Alaska Marine Highway ferry has a special on this summer, the 'see Alaska pass', which enables us to hop on and off at different ports along the Inside Passage. The Inside Passage is a waterway secluded from the Pacific by Islands, and therefore ... Read more >
Saturday, 12 Jul 2008 | Views [566] | Comments [1]
It was a bit hard to leave Fairbanks. We had been welcomed so warmly and had a wonderful time under the wings of Dan and Lisa in their logcabin. During the summer solstice weekend we enjoyed a 2-day hike on the Pinnell Mountain trail together with ... Read more >
Tags: usa, alaska, cycling, cycling friends, bears, wildlife, mountains, lakes
Friday, 20 Jun 2008 | Views [975] | Comments [6]
‘The Dalton Highway, you can’t ride your bike on the Dalton…you’re crazy, you’ll be eaten by Grizzlies, smashed to pieces by flying rocks the size of golf balls, driven off the road, you’ll freeze to death…and you’ll need at least five spare tyres ... Read more >
Tags: usa, cycling, dalton highway, wildlife, dirt roads, cycling friends, wilderness
Thursday, 5 Jun 2008 | Views [816] | Comments [12]
On May the 22nd we left Anchorage with bikes loaded and Ali back to full strength after a nasty flu. We cycled along the Parks Highway, a 363 mile road connecting Anchorage in the South with Fairbanks in the Interior. The first week of riding took ... Read more >
Tags: usa, alaska, wildlife, bears, mountains, national parks
Sunday, 11 May 2008 | Views [1430] | Comments [20]
Hi there from Alaska, It's been three days since we've arrived in Anchorage, so time for some tales. The flight here was breathtaking, over snowcapped mountains as far as the eyes can see. Our first impressions: big mountains, big cars, big roads, ... Read more >
Tags: alaska
Tuesday, 1 Jan 2008 | Views [365]
Las Vegas to San Diego - by bicycle This is a description of our route from Las Vegas to San Diego. We started from Las Vegas on the 4th of december 2008, and arrived in San Diego on the 12th of december 2008. It would be possible to ride ... Read more >
