This morning we had it all figured out. But as we’ve learned so often on this trip, when you’ve got it all figured out the world usually has other plans! This was our plan: quiet morning to recover from the energy spent in Andrew’s bike emergency yesterday, followed by food shopping at the amazing co-op […] Read More »
There’s nothing you want to hear less than a loud crack, followed by the sound of metal shearing off your back rim when you’re going down a steep hill but sure enough, that’s what Andrew heard when we were cruising into Colfax yesterday. “Now what?” we asked ourselves? We’d certainly gotten our money’s worth out […] Read More »
605km Davis to Lakeview It’s a hot, hot day when we set out from Davis. It doesn’t matter that we rise at 5:30am and start out an hour later. Already we can feel the strength of the sun rising to the east and our water bottles, which we froze in Dave and September’s freezer the […] Read More »
241km San Francisco to Davis When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day’s sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay’s call, ice melting and so on. This helps me transcend the traffic, ignore the clamorings of work, leave all the mind theaters behind and focus on nature instead. I still […] Read More »
So often people see us and their first reaction is ‘oh, I could never do that’. They heap praise on us for being exceptionally courageous or fit, while we become increasingly uncomfortable and wish we could get through to them that we are, in fact, very ordinary indeed. We try to provide our own inspiration […] Read More »
