http://www.bike49.org bike touring 49 states Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:05:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Matt Schiff I wouldn’t expect someone to shoot, especially without giving fair warning, and considering the hour, the heat of the day had yet to add to the rage one might feel when coming across some trespassers. We’ve definitely been spotted as I watch a pickup stop, back up, and ... http://www.bike49.org/2010/08/you%e2%80%99d-think-they%e2%80%99d-put-up-a-sign/ by Matt Schiff This is a love story about high plains, barbed wire fence, getting away from it all, and the sagebrush that blankets this land. Travelling southeast from Leadore, Idaho on highway 20, the valley widens and fills with sagebrush. The mountains move into the background while the sagebrush rangeland becomes ... http://www.bike49.org/2010/08/the-idaho-sage/ By Bike49 Introduction by Matt Schiff It’s been a while since we’ve given a good update, but you can’t blame us, we’ve been outdoors having fun (the story of our golden year – 2010). We spent the last two weeks passing through three National Parks and countless provincial parks in Canada but ... http://www.bike49.org/2010/08/highlights-from-canada/ By Alyssum Cohen So far this trip every day has been a celebration. We’re seeing many new places, meeting new people and finding surprises around each new corner. We joke and entertain ourselves with games like waving in unison to trucks and RV’s that pass us along the ... http://www.bike49.org/2010/07/cassiar-highway-bc/ by Tommy  Viducich On the road, we meet a lot of people and they usually have a lot of questions. One of the most common questions we are asked is “how are you going to afford this trip?” It is a good question; a year spent travelling seems ... http://www.bike49.org/2010/07/the-cheap-costs-of-high-livin/ by Aaron Viducich It was something that Sara said to me a while ago that got me thinking.  She commented, “it’s interesting how you always remember a place that you have been by remembering a bird that you saw there”. I didn’t pay much thought to the remark, but later ... http://www.bike49.org/2010/07/biking-birder-blog/ by Matt Schiff Somewhere between Haines and Teslin we experienced the longest day of the  year - the summer solstice. Here are the happenings of that day. 12 am, the “War on Terror,” world domination game ends (surprisingly with world peace) and a new day begins. For some it’s bedtime but not ... http://www.bike49.org/2010/06/summer-solstice-a-day-in-our-life/ by Sara Dykman I’ll start this story on a climb.  This climb was somewhere between Haines, AK and here.  A 290 mile (467 Kilometers for the Canadians) stretch of road.  Here, by the way, is a picnic area in the Yukon.  We didn’t make it far today as the rain halted ... http://www.bike49.org/2010/06/biking-more-biking-and-a-bit-of-fishing/ Hello viewers, fans, family, and friends. We’ve finished what we’ve been calling the first leg of our trip, Arcata, CA to Bellingham, WA. This distance took us four weeks. Some say that’s quick and others say we must have been poking around and taking our time. It’s about right for a ... http://www.bike49.org/2010/06/the-first-leg-arcata-to-bellingham/ By Matt Schiff We’ve been on the road for 25 days but as time passes we’re feeling more and more disconnected from the outdoors. We hear fewer frogs in the evenings, birds in the morning, and rarely gaze at the stars. We are insulated from the outdoors – more so than ... http://www.bike49.org/2010/06/even-greater-hospitality/