Sequim, Washington lies within the rain shadow of the mighty Olympic Mountains and on average, receives less than 16 inches of rain a year. It’s nickname is sunny Sequim and it is the lavender capital of North America. It’s...
Olympic Discovery Trail Spruce Railroad
As I said in a previous post, the Olympic Discovery Trail is long. We plan to break it into sections and explore them all since we have time. The other day we drove out to Lake Crescent and rode...
Olympic Discovery Trail to Elwha River
The Olympic Discovery Trail is a nice gem on the Olympic Peninsula. The trail starts at water’s edge in historic Port Townsend and ends at the Pacific Ocean. We started in Deer Park which is east of Port Angeles...
Fort Stevens Park Ride
Fort Stevens State Park has a really nice network of paved paths with a short section of trail. We camped in the park and took one morning to ride around and explore. This was more of a meandering ride...
Tour of the Gila Criterium
Tour of the Gila is 5 stage iconic American bicycle race that is now known nationally and internationally based out of Silver City, New Mexico. The Saturday Criterium is a crowd pleaser and we headed downtown to check it...
Horseshoe Meadows Ride
The internet claims Horseshoe Meadows is the second hardest climb in all of California so we gave it a shot. We’re camped very close by so it was easy to access. We rode our gravel bikes 22 miles and...
Captain Jack’s Stronghold Ride
Captain Jack’s Stronghold was a great turnaround point for our road ride at Lava Beds National Monument. Our ride was 28 miles with 1,586′ of climbing. We started our ride from the Visitor Center and headed North on the...
Prospect, Oregon Ride
Maps are cool. After studying and tracing routes we finally came up with a plan. Start in the small town of Prospect, OR, and ride up into the mountains past the Rogue River and out to the Middle Fork...
Pinnacles Crater Lake
Before the road opened to cars, Derek and I took advantage of the solitude and rode our bikes out East Rim to the Pinnacles. Our ride was 28.4 miles with 3438’ of climbing. You can park at Steel Visitor...
Phantom Ship Ride
Wow. I mean, how am I not desensitized to nature and beauty? We’ve seen SO MANY things over the years! Crater Lake is amazing. I rode from camp up to the Steel Visitor Center and then out the section...