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Easy day!  I mean… It was still hard but it’s easy because it’s 5:45 pm and I’m laying in my tent already with two dinners and two beers...

The morning started out as a fashion show.  Titled: bikepacking in all your clothes.  Again. 6am start again, but made coffee which was...

Holy cold morning.  My Garmin read 30 degrees when we all emerged from our tents at 6am wearing every single layer we all owned.  When...

Short write up for today. First half of the day was chill except for the Lava Mtn alternative that my gps guided me along, leaving Brent...

I only got up to pee once last night.  The Milky Way and stars were amazing. Rising at 6 am and loading the bike was easy wit not having...

The fire went late last night and the streetlight was brighter than the stars of the past few evenings, which all together made sleep...

Almost Perfect Day The rain stopped sometime in the night.  I rose at 6, and began the slow process of packing all the wet things.  One...

Day 2: 6/20: 36 miles Rain. It started sometime in the early morning and it hasn’t let up since.  My efforts last night to stage packing...

The train was right on time last night and I was much more efficient in getting my bike and self ready to roll from the station in...

Great Divide Mountain Bike Route Forty is one of those birthdays that makes you start thinking about time differently.  For myself, it...

A different kind of adventure. A day in the life of a teacher, because I don’t think people know. The first alarm stirs me.  The second...

5 Days, 865 miles: TMWR 2021 34 racers from all over the U.S. rolled out at 7am on Sunday June 20th.   Today is Sunday the 27th and my...

Trans Mni Sota Wheel Race : 7am Sunday June 21st 2021 The weather coming looks decent. Some rain on day 1.  The bike is somewhat...

#2021 #TMWR

4 Weeks To Go The Trans Mni Sota Wheel Race starts in 1 month, on June 20th.  Six months ago I described myself as a “39 year old...

Deep into the school year and the never ending COVID-19 pandemic, the glow of future summer days or maybe the hopeful end of the virus’...

Adventure is synonymous with the West in my mind.  West is where it happens.  West is where you go to find it and experience it.  Not the...

Day 13: Darby to Missoula: 65 mi : 1400’ Last night Rob and Hallie, who I had ridden with over the pass from the Selway River and eaten...

Day 11: McGruder to Darby : 51 mi : 3200’ An easy day of riding and thankful for it.  A cool and humid morning leaving everything wet,...

Day 6:  N. Fork to Trout Creek CG: 7 miles into Segment 2 of WWR Dang- today was a lot harder than I anticipated.  Looking at the topo it...