Day 11 – Highway 1 to Samuel P Taylor State Park

Jul 2nd 2011 — Biking,California,Portland to San Francisco — 8:55 pm

Map Photo Busy Bend Cliffs Curvy Road Rocky Bay Sand Bar Church Sky About to Overtake In Lead Bay Winery

Aroostook County, Maine

Jun 30th 2011 — Maine — 1:07 pm

Aroostook County, Maine. Sight of the first successful transatlantic balloon launch. The Maine School of Science and Mathematics is my home until July 26th.

Day 10: California State Parks: Van Damme Beach to Salt Point

Jun 23rd 2011 — Biking,California,Portland to San Francisco — 7:47 am

Day 10. Another amazing day of riding on the Pacific Coast. Strong tailwinds all day. If you ever want to bike the Pacific Coast, I can’t stress the importance of biking north to south enough. I cringed every time we saw people heading north.

Van Damme State Park Van Damme State Park 2 Bridge Bay Bay 2 Bay 3 Nice Town Cliff Bikes Point Arena 1 Point Arena 2 Point Arena 3 Sonoma County Birds Michael Biking Seeds Evening Biking More Evening

Inside Job

Jun 13th 2011 — News — 11:37 pm

“The film is about the systemic corruption of the United States by the financial services industry” – Charles Ferguson, director

Winner of 2011 Oscar for Best Documentary

Day 9: To Highway 1

Jun 13th 2011 — Biking,California,Portland to San Francisco — 10:08 am

From Richardson Grove State Park to Van Damme Beach State Park.

Campsite Redwoods Highway 1 Homies Highway 1 Road Michael Shortcut Evening

Day 8: Humboldt Redwoods State Park

Jun 9th 2011 — Biking,California,Portland to San Francisco — 3:53 pm

One of my favorite days. The road went inland so it was warmer, and much of it was spent biking on the Avenue of the Giants. 30 miles of almost zero traffic through monstrously large redwoods. We also came across a free barbecue that a local business was putting on, complete with hippy sodas and a dj who was surprisingly good given the circumstances.

Campsite River Redwoods More Redwoods Redwoods More Redwoods barbeque Bridge Sign

Day 7: Redwoods

Jun 8th 2011 — Biking,California,Portland to San Francisco — 12:03 pm

This was a big day of biking, around 80 miles or so. I remember being quite tired by the end of it. We ended up staying at a commercial campground, there was a brewery nearby we had been told about. By the time we got there, we were too exhausted to check it out though.

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Day 6: To Elk Prairie Campground

Jun 8th 2011 — Biking,Portland to San Francisco — 11:03 am

Highway 101 is now the Redwoods Highway.

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Day 5: to Harris Beach State Park

Jun 7th 2011 — Biking,Portland to San Francisco — 6:38 pm

With two amazing Jalapeno Burrito’s in tow, we had a much more reasonable day of biking. The woman at Harris Beach State Park said we were the first hiker-bikers she had seen of the season. This was our last night in Oregon.

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Day 4: Reedsport to Bandon

Jun 3rd 2011 — Biking,Portland to San Francisco — 11:39 am

My favorite aspect to bike touring is the simplicity it brings to your life. While you are on tour your life consists of biking, eating, and sleeping. The only choices you have to make are directly related to accomplishing those things. Jeff and I went without the internet for over 2 weeks. It was glorious.

Flowers Coos County Sign Bridge Rocks Burrito Jeff with Burrito Day Use Beach beach 2

Day 3: Lincoln City to Reedsport

Jun 2nd 2011 — Biking,Portland to San Francisco — 10:37 am

Day 3 was our biggest day of riding, 87 miles, including a big uphill starting at mile 80. The ride was basically beside the ocean the entire time. The weather had much improved.

Morning Maintenance Beach Bikes Only Cliffs Cape Foulweather Cape Foulweather Gift Shop Cape Foulweather View Beach Bridge Bridge 2 Bridge 3 Green Bike Co-Op View Busy View Water

Biking Portland to San Francisco: Reach the Beach

Jun 1st 2011 — Biking,Portland to San Francisco — 2:40 pm

The first two days. PDX to Lincoln City and the Pacific Ocean.

Putting Together Winery Busy and Butch Starting in Rain Brooks Winery Finally starting to get away from the city of Portland. Field A house. SignBiking in the Rain Ocean Ocean 2

Friday

May 13th 2011 — Music — 11:15 pm

Missoula Weather

Apr 29th 2011 — Missoula,Montana — 12:07 am

Thursday is ping-pong night. I was working at school and it was time to bike the mile to the Union Club. A few minutes before departure I observed it was snowing outside, hard. After a bit of mandatory complaining I figured the snow wasn’t letting up and ping-pong was awaiting. Besides, snow was bound to be more pleasant than the 7:30 am soaking I received biking to school in the rain earlier in the day.

After a few blocks biking in the squall I was off campus and crossing the Madison Ave pedestrian bridge. It was still snowing hard, but sunlight had started to stream all around me. Looking west out over the river the sky was bright blue, while to the east it was still completely grey. I spent the next 5 minutes standing there observing the blizzard get sucked into Hellgate Canyon. White was quickly replaced with blue.

I have a tendency to whine about the weather in Montana come April, as I can count on one hand the number of days the high has been above 60 degrees so far in 2011. However, the variability of the weather in Missoula is exciting. Not knowing whether to expect sun or snow 10 minutes in the future forces you to be vigilant.

Moonlight Basin, 4/24/11

Apr 25th 2011 — Bozeman,Snowboarding — 11:46 pm

Shreddin’ on the last day of the season 2011.

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