Why Won’t the Dutch Be Quiet? – and other cycling stories from France
Jul 24, 2018JamesBlog, Our Travels
The Dutch are truly lovely people, but they really need to learn to be quiet when other cyclists (like yours truly) are suffering badly up climbs… So, I’m back from France. I actually have been...
Why Do These Roads Only Go UP??!!??
Jul 07, 2018JamesBlog, Our Travels
Being from Utah, I’ve got a somewhat jaded perspective when it comes to cycling climbs. Many of the climbs that are accessible right from Salt Lake City top out at nine or ten thousand feet. In...
Complaining My Way Across France: Watch Me Suffer!
Jun 28, 2018JamesBlog, Our Travels
I’m convinced Lycra has some effect on brain chemistry. There’s something about putting on a cycling kit that makes people want to take a normally pleasurable activity, like riding a bike, and...
Park, Pedal, Play: Buellton, California
May 13, 2018JamesBlog, Our Travels
We’re trying something new here. Stef and I recently spent a week in southern California using the RV as a base camp for cycling (and for work, but nobody wants to hear about that). We liked...
Sea Otter Classic 2018 in the Bag: SIGH!!!
Apr 23, 2018StefanyBlog, Our Travels
Well, our first official hosting gig at Sea Otter Classic just wrapped up and I’m declaring it a success! We’ve camped with friends before at Sea Otter, but never as the official group...
It’s All Uphill From Here: Mallorca Ride Camp: Days 3-7
Mar 03, 2018JamesBlog, Our Travels
Well, not to spoil the ending, but we’re back home from our Trek Travel ride camp. The last few days of riding went by in a flash – just like my first 50 years. Sigh… ...
Mallorca Ride Camp: Days 1 and 2
Feb 19, 2018StefanyBlog, Our Travels
Well, as James told you in his last blog update, we’re in Mallorca! Yep, I pulled it off. I dodged a bullet with the whole Bollywood-extra obsession thing he had going on, and instead we’re doing...
Mallorca Prologue: Getting There
Feb 19, 2018JamesBlog, Our Travels
We’re on a Trek Travel trip right now – a bicycle training camp in Mallorca. And as much as we love our RV, Lance, he’s not amphibious, so we had to take a plane to get here. We had...
In Search of Level Campsites & Epic Rides: Volume 4
Feb 04, 2018StefanyBlog, Our Travels
Back when my two kids were little, I caught them having a philosophical conversation about Mother Nature. My daughter Mackenzie was sharing her theory. According to her, there’s not only Mother...
In Search of Level Campsites & Epic Rides: Volume 3
Jan 25, 2018StefanyBlog, Our Travels
Not that anyone’s paying attention, but it’s been well over 2 weeks since James or I put anything on the website. It has given me a whole new respect for full-timers who are pumping out frequent...
