The year 2018 is going to be the Year of the Gravel Bike. Really, it might be already.
The Ongoing Gravel Bike Mission
This year, … Read the rest
Travel – Cycling – Outdoors
Getting off the beaten path – do-it-yourself and organized adventures welcome!
The year 2018 is going to be the Year of the Gravel Bike. Really, it might be already.
This year, … Read the rest
Within a few miles of starting El Tour De Tucson 2017 a few weeks ago, a mantra came to me out of the blue. It … Read the rest
As a longtime cyclist, I can tell you that there is nothing dorkier than a recumbent bicycle. But stuff a recumbent bike into a metal-and-plastic … Read the rest
In the summer of 2016, the city of Phoenix caused an uproar by destroying an important mountain bike trail at Papago Park and turning most … Read the rest
The very same day I mountain biked in the Whakarewarewa Forest, I started to wonder where else in New Zealand I could ride. Our … Read the rest
My training plan for the 6 Hours in the Papago mountain bike race wasn’t a winner: A month before the race, I came down with … Read the rest
If you ask me whether I like something, I can give you a definite answer. Do I like black licorice” Oh, hell, no. Do I … Read the rest
The Whakarewarewa Forest in Rotorua is absolutely the worst place in the world to go mountain biking. If you ride here, you will go … Read the rest
I hate summer heat in Phoenix – and I’m sure I’d hate it in any other hot, desert city. But you know what” It’s not … Read the rest
As I was cleaning out a closet stuffed with books, I unearthed my old copy of Round Ireland With a Fridge, a true-but-silly travel … Read the rest
Despite 2015 being my first year as a parent, this has been a good year for travel. We got the Little Person on her first … Read the rest
I know a lot of people get freaked out in a graveyard – but to me, an airplane graveyard is even more unsettling. Few of … Read the rest
Today’s post is travel writer Nichole L. Reber’s review of the Kira Salak memoir, The Cruelest Journey. Nichole is full-on obsessed with the fraternal … Read the rest
When people found out I was going to Germany in October, the reactions were almost identical.
“Munich! Oktoberfest!”
Sure, that might’ve been happening … Read the rest
Travel guidebooks sometimes call Jeju “the Hawaii of South Korea.” Though it falls short of Hawaii’s scenery, I really liked it. It has everything from … Read the rest
After reading stories about a French family’s disastrous experience with the a desert hike in the American Southwest, I felt awful.
If you haven’t heard, … Read the rest
I just realized that’s in been months since I’ve done a Cool Stuff Roundup. I aim to correct that today with a few very interesting … Read the rest
On paper, I’m nothing you’d expect from an Arizonan. I have an instinctive grasp of hockey. I’m a member of the local curling club. Really, … Read the rest
Awhile back, “Ask The Pilot” writer Patrick Smith labeled the selfie stick the scourge of global travel. I get his point: hordes of people … Read the rest
You might remember my Camping Lantern Review of 2015 that I published last week – and the MPOWERD Luci light that took top honors. If … Read the rest