I can't shake the impression that these mountains know what's coming and that they are preparing for it. The water in the Payette River between upper and lower Payette Lake is far below the high water marks, and the surface is smooth and unhurried. Waiting. The leaves on the trees and the "needles" on the Read More
Well, the weather finally cooperated this weekend and we were able to complete our Boise-Montour-Boise overnight bike trip. We were attempting to find a passage over the foothills without traveling on the main highways. That didn't exactly work out, but the adventure and the exploration were really the main point. And the timing couldn't have Read More
View Larger Map The forecast for this Memorial Day weekend features the possibility of snow! So the planned overnight excursion from Boise to Montour, ID will be postponed. We could do it but it's not designed as a test of endurance, it's supposed to be fun. At any rate this is the route. From Boise Read More
Lost Coast Trailer from Eric Parsons on Vimeo. In 2008 Dylan Kentch and Eric Parsons rode and carried and rafted with their singlespeed bicycles across 300 miles of wild Alaska coastline from Yakutat to Cordova. If one were to look at this on a map and/or Google Earth they might not think it possible. But Read More
Chris Johnson already coined the word "micro-tour". "Small tour" might describe our Saturday ride. Eleven miles to a little restaurant in a neighboring town, a cup of coffee, some fish tacos and some time to sit in the sun and read. Doesn't even really qualify as "cycling". It's just something we did and we happened Read More
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