Through Yosemite
Not to be cliché. but the saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” is really the most appropriate thing I can think of to sum up our time in Yosemite! So here are some photos, and the captions (longer than normal) should tell the story of our journey through one of the most spectacular national...
West Coast Adventures
We set out from Portland in early June and made our way directly to the coast. The U.S. Pacific Coast Highway—from Washington to Southern California—is the most bicycled route in the country. And why not? It’s full of beautiful coastal scenery from top to bottom. Rugged coastline and the occasional walkable beach makes it a...
Mount Hood Loop
Before we even left on our trip almost two years ago, we began a campaign to have people meet us along the way. We’ve always hoped that friends and family from home would be a part of our journey by sharing in the experience of it with us. We’ve had lots of family come and...
Garth Cycle Touring Dictionary
After being on the road more than a year and a half, we began to notice something: we seem to have developed our own “language” in regards to our life on the bikes. OK, so it’s not really a language… it’s all in English, but along the way, we’ve coined terms for different objects or...
America the Beautiful
We’re back. No, we’re not home. We’re not done traveling. We still have some 4,500+ miles to go. But we’re in the USA. And it feels good. We’ve really been talking about it for months. Our return to the homeland has been long-anticipated. We didn’t exactly want to rush our arrival to the US, because...
Singapore: Asia’s Finish Line
When you’re on a bike tour, people ask you almost every day: “Where are you going?” Sometimes we give the short answer, and say the name of the next town or next major city. But if they seem genuinely interested in our trip, we give the final destination for whatever leg of the journey we’re...
