Our Epic Journey

40
Days on the Road
12500
Kilometers Travelled


What to bring on a bike-packing trip? In this short video, Rick explains what he will bring and why.

Well we're off on our epic journey! Our first leg was from London to Pere Marquette River KOA, Michigan and we were happy with our…

Long day today as we drove 600 km. But we are now at Eau Galle Recreation area and after a nice hot shower, a tasty…

Woke up at 5:20am and looked at the weather radar and realized that in a few minutes we would be deluged with rain so Jon…

Day four, beautiful morning in Cottonwood Campground. Our campsite was perfectly situated to catch the awesome sunrise across Lake Yankton. Our site (B9) was a…

Day five. Woke up to a bit of a rainy, cold day and decided to head in to Custer and see what was happening with…

Day Six, moving on through Wyoming and then up into Montana to the rather bleak and inelegant Tongue River Reservoir campground. On arrival we found…

Day seven. Tongue River to Waterton Lakes, Alberta, a long day of driving! We started early in the morning and headed out. Not much of…

Day eight. Waterton Lakes, Alta. to Fernie, B.C., an easier day of driving than the last 2 days! Woke up to a cold and drizzly…

Day nine. Fernie to Kettle River, B.C., another easy day of driving The BC fires are really awful this year and the entire province is…

Day ten. Kettle River to Vancouver, a long day of driving as Richard makes the push on to Vancouver and Jon starts his bike ride…

Day sixteen. Vancouver to Kelowna, back on the road again! After a nice, party-filled time in Vancouver, I am on the road again to meet…

Day seventeen, Kelowna to Alta Lake State Park. Jon is excited to get going after his sojourn in Kelowna so we headed for the US…

Day eighteen, Alta Lake State Park to Priest Rapids Recreation Area. Well, we are still in Washington on our way to the Zone of Totality…

Day Nineteen, Priest Rapids Recreation Area to Plymouth Park Campground. We hurried through Washington on our way to the Zone of Totality to view the…

Day Twenty, Plymouth Park Campground, WA to The Zone of Totality (near Long Creek, Oregon). Jon mapped us out a stealth way to get into…

Day Twenty One, Zone of Totality (near Long Creek, Oregon) to Lake Harriet, Mount Hood National Forest. Well it finally arrived, the total eclipse of…

Day Twenty Two, Lake Harriet in Mount Hood National Forest. We decided to spend a day in the Mount Hood National Forest camping at Lake…

Day Twenty Two, Lake Harriet in Mount Hood National Forest. We decided to spend a day in the Mount Hood National Forest camping at Lake…

Day Twenty Four, rest day in Nehelam State Park. Got up and had breakfast and noticed we had a flat tire, so we went into…

Day Twenty Five, Nehalem Bay State Park to Portland, Oregon. On our way to our Airbnb for a couple of nights in Portland but we…

Day Twenty Six, Portland, Oregon. Spent the day checking out the sights in Portland and what a great city it is! Lots to see and…

Day Twenty Seven, Portland, Oregon to Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, California. Well we have finally hit California! After a long drive we had…

Day Twenty Eight, Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park to Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area. After an extremely long day of driving, including a detour…

Day Twenty Nine, Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area to Davis to Solano River, California. Got up early and drove into Davis and parked the car…

Day Thirty, Solano River to Napa, California. Got up real early so we could start at 6:30 and try to beat the heat. Rode to…

Day Thirty One - Napa to Samuel Taylor State Park , California. Another long day in the saddle as we transit 82 km to Samuel…

Day Thirty Two - Samuel Taylor State Park to Marin headlands Hostel. We leave our new friends and head out for the Marin Headlands overlooking…

Day Thirty Two - Marin Highlands to Half Moon Bay State Beach We got up early as it was kind of brutal sleeping in a…