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Pacific Coast Bike Tour Day 7: Fort Stevens to Rockaway Beach

Don’t miss: Pacific Coast Bike Tour Day 6: Astoria to Fort Stevens Our first night in the tent was far from pleasant although we learned a lot from our mistakes. The first mistake was not preparing ourselves when it came to creating a makeshift pillow...

Pacific Coast Bike Tour Day 6: Astoria to Fort Stevens

Our first rest day of the tour was in Astoria, OR. I spent most of the day nursing my knees so that we could get back on the road and make our way down to Rockaway Beach over the course of the next few days. Day 6 was a really short day for us and a great...

Pacific Coast Bike Tour Day 5: Astoria, OR

As you probably read in my last post, my knees were killing me by the time we reached Astoria. A combination of the long hills, the weight I was carrying and sheer exhaustion really did a number on my knees. Oh, and the fact that we pumped out four straight...

Pacific Coast Bike Tour Day 4: Longview to Astoria

Surprisingly enough, we woke up all warm and cozy even though we had slept outside overnight here at our hosts house in Longview, WA. The temperatures dropped into the low 40′s overnight but our sleeping bags stayed true to their word and helped us...

Pacific Coast Bike Tour Day 3: Centralia to Longview

The night we spent at the Motel 6 in Centralia was one of our best decisions to date. The following morning we woke up more refreshed than ever. We headed over to McDonalds and scarfed down the breakfast of champions before starting our long day of...

Pacific Coast Bike Tour Day 2 – Shelton to Centralia

At 7:15AM we woke to the smell of Alan’s famous pancakes and fresh fruit smoothies. We spent an hour or so chatting over breakfast before Alan had to hit the road. We managed to squeeze in one last photo with Alan before we took off. Before he left he...

Pacific Coast Bike Tour Day 1: Bremerton to Shelton, WA

Well today was our first official day on the bikes out here in good ol’ Washington State. It was a first of many things actually… First ever bicycle tour First day of riding First crash First host using WarmShowers First 50 mile day Saying our...

Medieval Weapons Training with a Few Good Knights

Good morrow ladies and gentlemen! We spent day and night mastering our weapons training during our recent visit to Castle Staudinger. Follow along with us as we learn to arch, throw spears and perfect the art of throwing hatchets at our enemies. Credits:...