Category: USA

  • Skaneateles, NY to Cortland, NY

    Skaneateles, NY to Cortland, NY

    After a month living with Ken in his small house (with just one night away when we went camping), he was beginning to feel the need for some space, suggesting another getaway for us. But then when he learned that we were hitting the road for good sooner than he was expecting, he rallied for…

  • Skaneateles, NY

    Skaneateles, NY

    Weeks 3-4 Our previous visit to Skaneateles was for only 8 days, so we had decided that it wouldn’t be worth lugging the bikes back and forth with us from Chicago on Amtrak (though we somewhat regretted that choice). On our two visits before that, we had just completed an intensive phase of bike riding,…

  • Skaneateles, NY

    Skaneateles, NY

    Weeks 1-2 Last year’s visit to Rett’s Dad’s house was in the fall, so it was nice to switch it back to a summertime visit, and be able to partake in some of the classic bounty of the garden, including broccoli, potatoes, and new this year: blueberries! Unfortunately an asshole raccoon began raiding the corn…

  • Park Ridge, IL to Skaneateles, NY

    Park Ridge, IL to Skaneateles, NY

    When we left the mainland for New Zealand eight months ago, we had no idea what our next destination would be. Australia? Southeast Asia? Japan? We figured we’d just let the winds of chance point us. A few months ago,when we got news that a reunion of my mom’s side of the family on the…

  • Hilo, HI to Park Ridge, IL

    Hilo, HI to Park Ridge, IL

    We had two more days and nights to leverage Bob & Paloma’s wonderful hospitality. I spent much of the time repacking the bikes in the boxes we had left at their house (along with a decent amount of our gear), and then we both had to rearrange the rest of our possessions into “flight mode”.…