We made it to Stow! 34 miles and we feel great! We had a late start to the day, we didn’t leave until 1:30. Problem was Carol forgot a key piece of personal gear. My sister Christina came to the … Continue reading →

Getting our gear staged… Quik edit: OMG- I just set up our “new” tent in the living room. It’s very nice, but it’s way too big for bike camping! Guess we’re back to using our $14 Walmart childrens’ tent that … Continue reading →

We just made our master list of things needed to do, to get, to find, to get out the door and on the trail. Everything Is looking good. Bikes feel great, bags and racks are all installed and tested ok. … Continue reading →

Our Jandd front racks came UPS today, While installing mine on my 520 , I discovered that my front forks were not quite aligned 8-0 Mike was already closed and is off tomorrow, so we ran up to Century. Turns … Continue reading →

Last night we ordered a bunch of gear: -Carol found some really cool headlights from a company called Cree. They appear to be extremely bright and were only about $20. We’ll see (i hope!) -Bell and mirror for Carol -Saddle … Continue reading →

Here’s the low-down: We bought new bikes for this tour. Carol got an NOS Jamis Aurora and I bought a 2005 Trek 520. Today we are going out to start to procure some gear, like a new tent (to replace … Continue reading →