Stage 4

Wayback Machine AUG AUG SEP Previous capture 28 Next capture 2007 2008 2009 13 captures 13 Jul 04 – 28 Aug 08 sparklines Close Help Related Photos The Whitehorse, YT to Watson Lake, YT Stage (via the Alaskan Highway) Back   June 7, 2004 We got a later start today as we were updating the …

Stage 3

Wayback Machine AUG AUG SEP Previous capture 28 Next capture 2007 2008 2009 17 captures 15 Jun 04 – 28 Aug 08 sparklines Close Help Related Photos The Beaver Creek, YT to Whitehorse, YT Stage (via the Alaskan Highway) Back   June 2, 2004 It was cool (low 40’s F) when we started biking. We …

Stage 1

Wayback Machine AUG AUG SEP Previous capture 28 Next capture 2007 2008 2009 15 captures 13 Jun 04 – 28 Aug 08 sparklines Close Help Related Photos The Arctic Circle to Fairbanks, AK Stage (via the Dalton and Elliott highways) Back May 20, 2004 The five hour drive to the Arctic Circle started at 6:30 …

TeamAngell

We met Barb & Randall Angell on ETC rides and I was taken by their story about driving from BC to Claremont, CA to get their bike fixed.  In 2014 we booked a tour to the Yukon and I realized that we would be riding a little segment of their route, so I went to …

RV Park gap closure

News Tribune County pays $1 million for land to close gap in Foothills Trail BY STEVE MAYNARD Tacoma News TribuneNovember 22, 2013   Pierce County has purchased a crucial, missing link for connecting the popular Foothills Trail from South Prairie to Buckley. The price tag: $1.05 million. That’s what the county is paying for a …

Recent Rides 2014

(OTHER YEARS)     12/31 –  83rd/80th to Golden Gardens.  Burke Gilman to Lake Forest Park connector.  Interurban trail back to 83rd.  Home via 1st NW.   Here’s the map.  33 miles on my Rodriguez.  (2014 total: 10,483 with 4,797 on tandems and now 84 uninterrupted months with mileage.) 12/30 – Interurban trail to Aurora Village transit center. here’s the map. 16 miles on the Rincon 12/30 – Interurban trail to 100th to Meridian. …

Ibis Tandem

I’d been watching the greater Seattle Craigslist for a while thinking that I’d like to get a tandem frame and build it up with high quality components.  The outcome of the Rincon project made me pretty certain that I could put something together that I’d be happy with (as opposed to my experience with Will’s …

Rincon

  In August 2013, as I was figuring out what I was going to do when I grew up, I was able to do quite a bit of riding in the neighborhood on weekdays.  I noticed a bike frame laying on some garbage bags next to the Interurban trail and after three or four days …

The new touring bike

I’ve been thinking that it would be nice to get a new bike. My main ride is a 2000 Fuji Touring and it isn’t going to be long before I have to replace significant parts (the bottom bracket has some play, the headset shifts, etc.) I thought about getting a carbon “go fast” bike but …

Recent Rides 2013

(OTHER YEARS) 12/31 – Interurban trail to Aurora Village transit center. here’s the map. 16 miles on my Fuji  (2013 total = 8.045 with 2,903 tandem and 72 months straight with bicycling mileage.) 12/30 – North Seattle Loop (#2 in Thorness – Puget Sound). here’s the map – 16 miles on my Fuji 12/29 – Interurban trail to Aurora Village transit center. here’s the map. …