I'll admit it... while pushing my bike up steep, rough gravel roads, there were times that I questioned our decision to spend our vacation bikepacking in Arizona. My thoughts went something like this: Why couldn't I be like most normal people and choose a tropical holiday where I sit on a comfortable lounge chair on a beach sipping margaritas? Am I drawn to suffer like that? The truth is that those thoughts were fleeting. While we did experience some discomfort, the majority…
Now that the operating season is over and the resort that we work at is closed, Rebecca and I have been enjoying a bit of — at least what I think is — well-deserved, downtime. We've settled into our new digs, a beautiful condo not far from the resort, and have been making plans for the colder months to come. Months that will happily include a little bit of traveling. Back to The Island Shortly after the resort locked its…
Last night I received a message from a friend which initiated a nice conversation. While speaking to him, he admitted to missing my regular posts on this blog and I have to admit that I could understand where he was coming from. I can think of two particular websites that I followed — one sailing/cruising related and the other about cycling — where the bloggers just suddenly stopped posting. I know that the authors are all still out there, doing…
Two and a half months. That's how long it's been since I last posted anything on this website. What's that all about? Well, as always, I post only when I am inspired to do so and lately, the spark just hasn't been there. You shouldn't read too much into that though. All is well with Rebecca and me. For those who are curious and don't follow our more frequent updates on social media, we've had a great season and are…
After over 5 months of cycling through Mexico, shortly before we were to depart the country for Central America, we were guests of a wonderful couple in San Cristobal, Martin and Carina. Only recently we were shocked and saddened to hear that Carina had passed away. Although we only spent a small amount of time with Carina — she was very busy in her career as a medical doctor — her smile and generosity will forever live on in our memories.…
In my last post, I promised you a story about an adventure. On this, the 1-year anniversary of the day that we began our own bike trip, I think it's an especially fitting time to share the details about a truly epic cycling journey. Unfortunately for us though, the adventure that you're about to read is one that we were only able to experience from the sidelines. It's the story of how our cycling friend Carlos did something that virtually…