Posts Tagged ‘hospitality’

by Sara Dykman
It feels almost religious as I crawl along the shoulder of the road. I am bent over the handlebars, like a follower praying to the wind and the road.  I tuck into my bike, trying to make myself more invisible to the wind, and it feels like I am on a pilgrimage to some [...]

by Sara Dykman
Tonight is our last night in Arkansas.  We have been in our 39th state for just under two weeks now.  I figured by the 39th state that they might begin to bleed together, but I can’t say they have.  Sure the southeastern states have had a lot in common, but I have found [...]

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 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 us and this picnic area [...]

by Sara Dykman
With four months until the official bike49 kick off in May, Tommy, Aaron, and I were “killing time”. Sure there was planning to be done, but one can only plan so much. We were tired of talking about bike touring, and just needed to go bike touring. As soon as [...]