Posts under ‘Headed South/the south’

by Sara Dykman
We have been in New Orleans for two days now, and it occurred to me when I was on the trolley tonight headed home from Rue Bourbon that I had not answered any bike49 questions in two days.  We are staying with Aaron and Tommy’s, mom’s, friend’s, brother’s, daughter’s place, and our bikes [...]

by Sara Dykman
Biking from one side of the country to the other has led us through many different ecosystems and thus we have seen a wide variety of habitats: mountains, plains, developed towns, coastal lands, and swamps.  With each habitat is a diversity of animals.  This diversity  has been one of my favorite parts of [...]

by Sara Dykman
It has been a few weeks since we typed up a blog or uploaded photos.  We called it our “winter break” and blamed it on our lack of a computer.  Finally after 9,000 miles of bumps and temperature extremes our hard drive gave up. It is a bit of shame [...]

by Matt Schiff
 
The last week on the road has been anything but typical. Actually, there hasn’t been a typical week of bike touring, and even though we’ve said it enough to sound cliché, the saying, “you never know what to expect [when bike touring]” holds true on this trip. Yeah, there’s similarity and routine in [...]

By Aaron Viducich
Our two lanes of traffic feed into Dupont circle, once we enter the controlled chaos of cars, roads shoot off in every direction. We find the street we need and continue south, the buildings get taller, the traffic gets thicker, and the energy becomes more intense. “Look over there” Sara shouts, I turn [...]