The Alliance for Biking and Walking in Washington DC invites you to enter your best photos of biking and walking in the 2011 People Powered Movement Photo Contest--for a chance to win great prizes, have your images featured in Momentum magazine, and help build a free, online library of high-quality pictures for bike-ped advocates across Read More
Riding across the Agate Pass Bridge between Bainbridge Island and the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State on a fully loaded touring bike is one of the most frightening experiences I have had on a bike. The "shoulder" of the road way is divided by elevation, half is at road level and half is raised about Read More
August 3, 2011 Crack....Thump....Whoomp I'm flat on my back on the ground. "Are you OK?" "Yeah, I'm OK.......are you OK?" "Yeah" For all of the trees around here, most of them are massive cedars and they are too big to tie the hammock straps. Earlier, I had tied one end of each hammock to what Read More
August 2, 2011 Each decision we make when bike touring is meaningful and can have an impact that is more significant than it might be if we were traveling by automobile. I have developed a habit of stopping at produce stands, grocery stores and restaurants if they look decent whether or not I need to Read More
August 1, 2011 It's only about 46 miles from Fay Bainbridge State Park to Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend. By the time we were finished riding on the day we had covered 58 miles. After a few miles on the scenic pastoral backroads we were back to the treacherous 305. Crossing the Agate Read More
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