Photos, Quickies, Travel

PhotoGlimmer: Strangers in Hawaii

1 Comment 05 April 2013

Hawaii was almost sullen. Bodies beached and burning. Languid. Languishing? We dove in, full-on tourist style except for a few excursions to secret beaches revealed to us by friends with local knowledge. At the Royal Kona Resort octogenarians in bright red lipstick and head kerchiefs owned the late afternoon bar scene. We stayed in a lovely [...]

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Photoglimmer: Those Red Shoes

3 Comments 28 March 2013

Standing in what politicians call Spain, looking north into what politicians call France. Truth is, we were neither place. On top of this watchtower on our way to a mountain bike ride that would remain one of my all time favorites for years to come, we were squarely in the middle of Basque Country. Just [...]

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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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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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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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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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