Quickies

A Guest Post for Bicycling Magazine: Chocolate Cake and Bourbon

1 Comment 07 April 2011

Last week, Bicycling Magazine invited me to write a guest post for Bill Strickland’s blog, “The Selection”. The resulting piece draws on some of my experiences touring in the Anza-Borrego Desert and ruminates on the way that food goes from being just “fuel” to taking on a much more important meaning when camping and pedaling [...]

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Cycling, Full Width, Photos, Quickies

Southern California Solo Desert Tour: Just the Photos

13 Comments 07 March 2011

Hot, dry, desolate, vibrant, bad, good, creepy, calming, inspiring, crazy, and everything in between; this was definitely one of the strangest trips I’ve taken in a while. From camping in the Yuha Desert near a state prison to tackling the majestic Montezuma Grade in Anza-Borrego State Park, there was a little bit of everything. Highs [...]

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Quickies, Travel

Historical Field Notes: Complications and F*cked Up Boys from the 90′s

6 Comments 19 February 2011

Digging through notes of last summer’s tour in preparation for next week’s adventure down the Pacific Coast from Aptos to ?? (wherever I end up?) On August 21, 2010, I rode north through Victoria, BC toward Sidney, where I intended to nab a ferry. I took the Galloping Goose Trail, which brought me, at some [...]

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Quickies

Introducing Quickies

3 Comments 21 December 2010

Just a little note to introduce the latest change we’ve made to the blog – Quickies!! Sure, everyone loves a long drawn out slow-jam blog entry love session (god knows I do), but sometimes you just have to have it right now. There’s no shame in it. Sometimes I just don’t have the time to [...]

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