Category: Bike Tour
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Satsop, WA to South Bend, WA
The morning continued on a totally empty country road, one that was unusually filled with a lot of “country”: those relatively rare areas in Washington where areas of trees are cleared around a river valley, opening it up to farming in a way that makes it feel more like the eastern half of the country. Read more…
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Belfair, WA to Satsop, WA
The continued requirement to compensate for our lack of preparation meant we stuck with the familiar, continuing our 2020 route along the Hood Canal, and even the gray skies mostly matched our memories. There would be only one “grocery store” along today’s route, but when we stopped at the Union City Market, it had more Read more…
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Redmond, WA to Belfair, WA
We’ve sure never started a bike tour like this before. But then, we’ve sure never done a bike tour like this before. This time, we have gone full-nomad, disposing of most of our possessions, putting the rest in storage, and strapping the remaining ~120 lbs. of them to our two bikes. With no deadlines, our Read more…
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Shelbyville, KY to Boonsborough, KY
I haven’t had anything close to a bad day yet (I’m sure they’ll come), but today was easily the best day of the trip so far. It started up normally, which means that my stealth campsite wasn’t discovered at night. Really the only difference in getting up in the morning was that I didn’t have Read more…
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Columbus, IN to Shelbyville, KY
As expected, mornings start a lot easier when I don’t have to pack up my gear, and when there’s a bathroom right down the hall. By 7:30, I was up and ready to go before my hosts were awake, so I let myself out. Today started out with Indiana State Route 7, which was finally Read more…