STATS Easy day today. Or so I thought. 60 or so miles to the next city park in white bird Idaho. 60 miles nearly entirely downhill. It was going to be easy money. Waking up in a mountain time, w hadn’t quite adjusted to it yet. That was okay though because we decided or take…
Day Seven – Woodhead Campground to New Meadows, ID
STATS When I crossed into Idaho, I crossed into mountain time. When traveling by car, seemingly not a big deal when it’s just one hour. Turns out, when on bicycle and your seven hour cycling day turns to eight and you don’t get to camp until 830, set up by 9, cook dinner until 930…
Day Six – Baker City, OR to Woodhead Camp – New State
STATS Knowing I had a long day ahead of me, I woke up just before 6am. I began packing up everything I had taken out since two days ago. I haven’t been able to figure out my packing system just yet but I know that that will come and mostly this week. James and I…
Day Five – Baker City Rest Day
STATS After Nancy kindly allowed James and I to stay another day in her home, we took full advantage. It was a lovely slow star to the day where we had coffee on the porch and good conversation with Nancy, who is a school psychologist at the school in town. I headed to town shortly…
Day Four – Bates State Park to Baker City, OR
STATS It got cold last night. I was sleeping in my tent for the first night and the temperature dipped into the 40s. I was in pants and my down jacket while mummified in my sleeping bag. I didn’t have on socks though I had them in my tent with me. I was too warm…
Day Three – Dayville to Bates State Park
STATS I didn’t sleep well at the altar. I thought I’d sleep great but was unable to for some reason. I popped up early at 5:45 and knocked out some NCLEX Prep questions before having to wake up my church bunk mate, James, as I snuck not so quietly to the bathroom. It’s an old…
Day Two – Mitchell, OR to Dayville, OR
STATS Day two began after a 10.5 hour nights rest at the Spoke’n Hostel. I woke up just before 7am and I knew I was going to make it a lazy morning. I spoke to Pat, who ran the shop, last night and he was sure that I’d be able to make it to John…
Day One – Tumalo State Park to Mitchell, OR
STATS So I’m an emotional person now it seems. It began at my rehearsal dinner where I lost it. Happened again my wedding night. Happened most recently at a nursing graduation party. And for good reason it happened this morning as Megan left our campsite to drive back to Portland before flying back to OKC….
Pre-ride Vacay
STATS With the bicycle loaded into a cardboard box, checked into Southwest Airlines, Megan and I were off to Portland, Oregon. The flight was a bit bumpy into Las Vegas where we had about an hour before PDX. The Vegas airport, which we think each time we’re there, is.something.else. Once we arrived into rainy Portland,…
Ready. Set. Nerves.
STATS In August 2014, I set off from Vancouver, BC on my first multi-day bikepacking trip. I had never done anything like it. I wanted to quit after day 3. I’m glad I didn’t. I finished in San Francisco later that month after 1,247 miles along the Pacific Coast. Pacific Coast Route | 2014 It’s…