Tag: touring

May 22, 2012

Thursday: Cycling Sojourner talks bike touring at Gregg’s Bellevue Cycle

Portland’s Ellee Thalheimer (yes, another biking and writing Elly/ee from Portland) is headed to town to promote her book: Cycling Sojourner: A Guide to the Best Multi-day Tours in Oregon. Thalheimer’s book has advice for people of all income levels interested in bike touring in Oregon, according to a preview in the Oregonian: Thalheimer covers…
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tagged: cycling sojourner, ellee thalheimer, events, gregg’s cycle, oregon, touring
August 30, 2011

Met at Bicycle Sunday: Chris Pountney on mile 14,476 of world bike tour

Chris Pountney rolled through Seattle Sunday on Day 486 (!) of a worldwide bicycle adventure that has so far taken him to three continents. As he was traveling through, he happened upon a Bike Works volunteer party held during Bicycle Sunday on Lake Washington Boulevard. Bike Works Volunteer Coordinator and super-friendly dude Davey Oil saw…
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tagged: chris pountney, mount rainier, people, touring
March 25, 2011

Pedal-powered weekend getaways

Last weekend, my partner Kelli and I took advantage of a temporary change in ferry schedules to bike to Whidbey Island for a getaway. Usually, the ferry to Clinton on Whidbey Island leaves from Mukilteo for a 15-minute jaunt. But due to dock work in Mukilteo, the ferry to Clinton is temporarily leaving from Edmonds,…
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tagged: edmonds, ferries, interurban north, shoreline, touring, vacations, whidbey island