Home Is…Germany
Home is…a kind family, a home-cooked meal and a spare bedroom in Icking, Germany.
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Humanity in Icking, Germany
“I can’t travel the world anymore because I have kids, so now I have the world travel to me.” *Joerg & Sabine, thank you for opening up your home to us on the first day of our bike tour.
Germany: Munich to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Our final week in the U.S. was a stressful one that involved preparing our house for rent (how had we acquired so much stuff in four and a half years?!), selling our car (read: cleaning it for the first time possibly ever), hosting dear friends from out of state (we miss you already!), fine-tuning our …
The Journey
A day before I left the United States, my mom (ever so conscious of my lightweight packing requirements) gifted me a palm-sized journal. On the first page, she wrote a quote from Hemingway: “It is good to have an end to a journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.” On …
Off Road Bike Touring: 101
* * * A growing movement in the world of mountain biking, bikepacking combines backpacking and bike touring for an exhilarating escape from everyday life. Learn what items to bring, how to transport your gear, what type of bike to ride and what route to take in this article.
Bicycle Times Issue #23 Cover Story
* * * You don’t need an expensive tour company to schlep you around the stages of the Tour de France. If you’re willing to “rough it” a little bit, you can have a good time on your own watching the greatest spectacle in all of cycling. The 100th Tour de France cover story in …
8 Reasons Mountain Biking Is Good For Your Health
* * * Everyone from pre-schoolers to former presidents and school-aged children to cycling legends have fallen in love with riding their bike off-road. Here’s why.
Touring Wheels
My touring bike—a 2014 Raleigh Sojourn—made its way into my possession over the weekend. First impressions: This is really happening.
In Pursuit of Passion
* * * After pitching the idea to write about foreign bike travel, I’m overjoyed to share that I’ll be contributing regularly to Bicycle Times magazine. In Pursuit of Passion, my first column, was published in the July issue and reveals why I decided to leave “scripted life” behind in pursuit of a more passionate one. My hope is that this column inspires my …
‘L-I-V-I-N’
“Let me tell you this, the older you do get the more rules they’re gonna try to get you to follow,” Wooderson informs his high-school friends on the 50-yard line in Dazed and Confused. Though we might not act it, my husband and I are much older than the Dazed crew (Wooderson included) and the rules have indeed multiplied. We work …