As we looked at the map over coffee, we digested the reality of the time and distance demands of our travel plans. Taking energy management and tolerance for daily mileage into account, we shifted gears and decided to skip the San Juan Islands of Washington and make a b-line for Canada. We...
Crossing the Astoria-Megler bridge over the Columbia River delivered glimmers of the sensation that I'd been craving since we rode away -- that we were finally getting away from our own backyard and into the new and unknown. Up in the Olympic Peninsula, rather than pay the inflated prices for...
I expected riding away today to feel like a rush. Like the weight of the world would be instantly lifted from my shoulders and I would feel the sensation of sudden freedom pumping through my veins and my soul flying free. Instead, what I got was a slow - very slow - pressure...
"The first minute of action is worth more than a year of planning" - James Clear The last month before departure were some of the busiest weeks of our lives. We were juggling winding down our jobs in highly busy times for both of our companies, travel for my best friend's destination wedding,...
For years, saving became our lifestyle. We got good at saying no to easy entertainment and impulse spending, and settled into the monotony of a daily routine that rarely changed. It was Groundhog Day over and over and that was the point. We had hit our savings goal. There were no more responsible...
It started as a joke, actually. Several years ago, Donny asked me where we should ride for our next adventure. I sent a screenshot of a zoomed-out map of North and South America with a big red squiggly line all over it. Wouldn’t that be amazing, we joked. And then our first trip to Baja four...