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Category Archives: 2013 Summer Bike Tour
Day 22 ~ Dosewallips State Park, WA > Port Townsend, WA
Garmin Data can be found here. (Map, distance, elevation gain…) Considering how late we were up the night before (almost 11pm), we were on the road just after 7:30am. The day was grey and there was a mist in the … Continue reading
Posted in 2013 Summer Bike Tour, 4 Legs and ! Mandolin, Bicycle Touring
Tagged Bicycle, Bike, Box Dog Bikes, Dosewallips State Park, Fort Worden State Park, huge pig, Jefferson County Fairground, John, Kona Sutra, McGillivray, Pelican, Port Townsend, State, Tai, touring, Washington, wooden boat foundation
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Day 21 ~ Olympia, WA > Dosewallips State Park, WA
Garmin Data can be found here. (Map, Distance, Elevation, etc …) Dad/John As you can see from the picture above, we awoke to another grey morning. They had a complimentary breakfast at the hotel, so we took full advantage of … Continue reading
Day 20 ~ Elbe, WA > Olympia, WA
Garmin Data can be found here. (Map, distance, calories, etc…) Note: We had guests come visit us for a week and the blog got derailed amongst all the summer fun we were having. We will now continue with our regular … Continue reading
Posted in 2013 Summer Bike Tour, 4 Legs and ! Mandolin, Bicycle Touring, Uncategorized
Tagged Bicycle, Bike, Bike touring, Darby's Cafe, Elbe, fog, John, McGillivray, Old Town Bicycle, Olympia, State, Tai, touring, Washington
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Day 19 ~ Elk Pass, WA > Elbe, WA
Garmin Data can be found here. (Map, distance, elevation, etc) Dad/John Today was a special day ~ we actually got to go down a big hill right at the beginning instead of doing a big climb first thing in the … Continue reading
Posted in 2013 Summer Bike Tour, 4 Legs and ! Mandolin, Bicycle Touring
Tagged . Adams Cafe, Bicycle, Big breakfast, Bike, Cascade mountains, Elbe, gunshots, John, McGillivray, Morton, mt adams, Mt. Adams Cafe, Mt. Rainier, Randle, Tai, tour, touring, touring cyclist, WA
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Day 18 ~ Paradise Creek Campground, WA > Elk Pass, WA
Garmin Data can be found here. (Map, distance, Calories, etc….) I had a bunch of writing done, but somehow I lost it and am starting over again… We woke early enough but we had a problem. The night before we … Continue reading
Posted in 2013 Summer Bike Tour, 4 Legs and ! Mandolin, Bicycle Touring
Tagged Bicycle, Bike, John, McGillivray, mount st helens, mt st helens, Tai, touring, Washington State
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Day 17 ~ Ainsworth S.P., OR > Paradise Creek S.P. WA
Garmin Data can be found here. (Map, distance, Temp. Calories …) Dad/John Today we were up early and on the road by 7am. We only had a few more kms on the Historic Columbia River Highway before joining up with … Continue reading
Posted in 2013 Summer Bike Tour, 4 Legs and ! Mandolin, Bicycle Touring, Uncategorized
Tagged ainsworth state park, Bicycle, Bicylce Touring, Bike, Bike touring, Box Dog Bikes, Bridge of the Gods, Carson, Cascade Locks, columbia river highway, John, Kona Sutra, McGillivray, Oregon, Paradise Creek state park, Pelican, State, Tai, touring, Washington
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Day 16 ~ Portland, OR > Ainsworth State Park, OR (Historic Columbia River Highway)
Garmin Data can be found here. (Map, distance, graphs…) After a good sleep in a bed again, we were on the road early. I didn’t know how far we would get today, but the helpful staff at the hostel said … Continue reading
Day 15 ~ Portland, OR
Garmin Data can be found here for today (Map, distance etc…) Dad/John We woke just after 7am and met Rodney shortly afterwards in the kitchen. We cooked breakfast together and he told us about his motorcycle trip starting in NYC. … Continue reading
Posted in 2013 Summer Bike Tour, 4 Legs and ! Mandolin, Bicycle Touring
Tagged burning man festival, burnside bridge, Clever Cycles, Hawthorne Bridge, Hawthorne Hostel, John, Keep Portland Weird, McGillivray, motorcycle trip, Oregon, Portland, Rapha, REI, river city bicycles, Shower Pass, Tai, Universal Cycles, Voodoo Doughnuts
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Day 14 ~ Horning’s Hideout, OR > Portland, OR
Garmin Data can be found here. (Map, distance, graphs and other fun stuff) Since we only had a 50km ride into Portland from Horning’s, we took our time breaking camp and packing up. Tai went and said goodbye to Nathan … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Bicycle, bicycle touring, Bike, Box Dog Bikes, Cycle, dirty hippies, Hawthorne District, John, Kona Sutra, McGillivray, Northwest String Summit, NWSS, old hippie, Pelican, Portland, Portland Hostel, Tai, touring
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Day 13 ~ Last day of Northwest String Summit (Sunday)
Dad/John The first coffee of the morning when you are camping is always the best. Maybe it’s the act of making it outdoor and using a camp stove that pushes it into the next realm … it was quiet this … Continue reading