8/3 to 8/19/2022 – Another year, another tandem tour! For 2022 we were torn on a variety of places and but ended up choosing Croatia. Then, in the final week before the trip we perused the forecasted weather… and it looked like a prolonged scorcher… so we pivoted within the same flights to the higher […]
Read more "Dober Dan!"9/20 to 10/7/2021 – It’s Possible. A simple statement that became the mantra of our bicycle tour along the Montañas Vacias route in Spain. These words seemed to embody the Spanish lifestyle with their casual optimism. These words were exactly what we needed after a couple of years of intense focus in graduate school and […]
Read more "“Its Possible”"10/5 to 10/7/2018 – October is the perfect time to get outside. Burket, Brett and I were craving some of that time outside, so we tossed together a quick 3-day/2-night bikepacking trip around the Yaak. Winding through old growth stands of larch and cedar, the empty stretches of dirt logging roads brought peace to our […]
Read more "Yaaktastic!"9/2 to 9/4/2018 – I’ve been itching to put this trip together since moving to the Flathead Valley a few years ago and riding my first lap on the classic Napa-to-Wire section of trail. Alpine Trail 7 is a glorious 70 mile strip of dirt woven along the crest of the Swan Mountains. It runs […]
Read more "The Swan Crest with Mr. LaRiche"July 27th to July 29th, 2018 – When Pete invites you on a bikepacking trip you can expect two things: It’s going to rain. The route will be a gem. So when Pete, Erin, Grete and I planned a long weekend adventure up into Canada we had an idea of what we were getting into… […]
Read more "Top of the World!"9/30 to 10/16/2017 – Words by Grete When you book your tickets to Mexico two weeks prior to your trip, your parents will worry that you haven’t done enough planning. And you haven’t. You don’t know where you will go. But you found a really good deal on a flight to San Diego, and you […]
Read more "Product of Mexico"9/21 to 9/24/2017 – It is a real bummer not seeing one of your best buddies for 2 whole years. So when that friend proposes meeting up to give a whirl at a quick bikepacking trip at classic mountain biking venue… you show up. Dave planted the seed to meet up and ride the Maah […]
Read more "Mud Daah Hey"11/10 to 12/6/2016 – Uncle Mike is an adventurous force to be reckoned with. He has an endless collection of wild stories from his wanderlust filled life. And now, at 70-years young, this fellow spends a majority of his time cycling through foreign countries immersing himself in local culture and customs. Early in the summer of 2016, Grete […]
Read more "A Chévere Month in Ecuador"4/1 to 5/9/2016 – When you get a call from your best buddies proposing that they might come stay with you for a month, take them up on it. Then they’ll stay longer. And keep coming back. And that’s the best part. That was the case when Jonny and Leslie came back to town last […]
Read more "Some Family Outings"9/22 to 10/8/2016 – The Idaho Batholith is a large granitic intrusion that forms the mountains at the heart of the Idaho Hot Springs route. The igneous intrusion that formed the Sawtooths, the Salmon River Mountains and most of the rest of central Idaho’s high country also fuel the hot springs that are so prevalent throughout […]
Read more "Idaho Hot Springs… Round 2"
Zachary Stephen Miller 