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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]