Into the British Columbian Wild. May 12 – 15, 2017.
This was it. My last stop for urbanity before I went into the British Columbian wild. I always dubbed this trip as an Alaskan adventure, but in actuality the largest portion of miles would be Canadian. Indeed, British Columbia alone proved to be expansive, rich in history, and absolutely packed...
The Ferry Fancy Life, Port Angeles and Vancouver, BC. May 9 – 11, 2017.
In case you haven’t picked up by now, I love taking ferries with my bike. I go out of my way for ferry rides, and found a route to Vancouver that involved very little actual riding. Sure, it would be almost $70 in ferry fees, but did you miss...
Pit Stop Seattle. May 4 – 8, 2017.
It’s a straightforward ride along I-5 from Portland to Seattle, but I’d find a way to dress it up. I hustled out the door early to give myself plenty of time to meander and catch the Bremerton ferry. The skies were clear and after so much cold and dampness,...
Friends and Food and Floating! Portland, OR. April 30 – May 3, 2017.
Time had come to part ways again. Pete had pushed his dog-sitters to the limit, and he would have to slab it all the way back to San Francisco in a single day (480 miles, blasting my day record out of the water on his first overland haul. Aw)....
Champagne Asphalt and Mudslides. San Francisco, CA to Gold Beach, OR. April 24 – 29, 2017.
It’s been a while, but if you’re wondering what happened to those missing dates between the last entry and this, I flew to Boston to see Fred and take care of some life back east. It seems my current style of nomadism is six of vagrancy and a half dozen homes?...
End of a Bay Era. April 8 – 10, 2017.
Often the best stories are forged in adversity, and by that measure this is not really a great story. It is, however, a story about good times. Pete had long wanted to gather a group of scooterists to camp out, and this would be his first… and possibly last...
Two Days of Obsolescence, the Wormholes of California. April 6 – 7, 2017.
Gina had three months to ride around the country, and for her first day I would be seeing her off. How novel, I get to be the sendoff party! As with so many journeys down the coast, we met at the morning standard, Devil’s Teeth Baking Company. We hashed out a...
Dialing in Alaska from Outer Sunset. Jan 10 – April 5, 2017.
Alaska was in my sights, but it wouldn’t be ridable for months yet. On Jan 10, 2017 I landed in San Francisco from Hong Kong, solo again after a whirlwind month traveling with Fred. The weariness of jetlag shared space with the ache of separation, while gale force wind...
Plan: Yukon Ho, I’m Going To Alaska!
The cat’s out of the bag, and my days of languishing in Fog City are numbered. When last I left off, the plan was to return from Boston to a bike that’s packed and ready to go…but to go where? I’m gunning for the motorcyclists dream: I’m riding Alaska. The plan thus far…...
Serenity Launches Again Tomorrow
Tomorrow is launch day. In light of my irrational panic, here’s a moment of reflection. The day I installed the Fehlings was quite slow, so once the pannier bars were installed I did something unheard of. I wiped my bike down with the attention I wiped down all the...