Empowering The Bicycle Traveler

bike camping

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

On the 28th of July we drove to Bellevue, WA to attend a relative's wedding. On the 4th we are going to Sky King's family reunion on Snoqualmie Pass. In the intervening days we are bike touring. Originally I was going to post a journal on crazyguyonabike, but that site has been down today while I'm Read More

Overnight To Montour Report

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

Tent Camping App

Today I found a link on the Bike Forums Touring site for an app for finding camping spots using the IPhone or Android.  It's called AllStays Camp and Tent. With it the bike tourist can find campgrounds near their current location and over 13,000 campgrounds in the US and Canada.   It shows maps, directions Read More

Overnight, Boise To Montour

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