Our flights into Costa Rica were without event, and in fact, so mostly empty that we had space to stretch out as we traveled. The Hertz guy was waiting to pick us up as planned, and after a pretty good hour of trying to provide proof of our CDW coverage with our credit card, we […]
To celebrate the shortest day of the year and mostly to welcome in the now growing daylight hours, my family all humored us by coming over for a backyard bonfire. It too me a half hour just to shovel a walkway through the pile of snow out to our fireplace and another hour to get […]
I don’t know how we forgot to post about it, but way back in September, a huge group of my close and extended family gathered in Garland, Utah for a lakeside family reunion. The place is set on a private ski lake, complete with a waterski course, ski boat, and a plethora of kayaks and […]
Clear back in Slovakia, sometime in July, we bought a Christmas ornament and promised to give it away to one of our visitors when we got home. True to form, life on the home front has been a whirlwind, but all the while, the ornament has been tucked away waiting for a new owner. So […]
Upon coming home Bree and I have both realized that Norway has given us some serious power in our regular cycling life. With the season winding down, there aren’t many big rides for us to do, but the Rocky Mountain Crit series had one final race that I decided to try. The last time I […]
We returned to the store first thing this morning so that I could browse the selection of Finnish shoes we’d seen yesterday. Design in Finland is a big deal and everything looks like it came straight from Pinterest. I was having a hard time justifying two new pairs, but Ben reminded me that I almost […]
Ben: One of my must-do's in Norway was to hike to a nice overlook over one of the fjords. Gudvangen has supposed easy to access to one such hike – Bakkanosi Peak. The hike was a little more than Bree was comfortable completing on her aching hip so she sent me to the peak solo, […]
When the day finally cooled off, we headed out to see the rest of Sibiu, this time by night. The characteristic windows of the area make all the buildings here look like they have eyes, especially so as the evening dimmed a bit. Without much of an agenda, we set to meandering through the streets […]
We had a great debate yesterday: to ride all the way to Sibiu in one day, or to take it slow and ride it in two days? We were eager to get to “somewhere” for a rest day rather than hanging out in a town along the way, but 72 miles (I counted wrong, it […]
In this odd hot springs campground of ours, a big growling German shepherd guards the what was possibly the grossest bathroom I’ve ever used.. We packed up camp quickly this morning, but I stalled a long while, trying to delay getting my face bitten off just for the chance to use the icky facilities. In […]
Before we’ve been gone too long, I just wanted to put out a widespread “thank you” to our friends and family at home who helped us get out on the road. With a lead time of three weeks, we were admittedly pressed for time as we pulled our trip together. Beyond that, injury and the general unknowns […]
Butterflies. As we packed up our bikes and pointed them north, the knowledge that we needed to ride out of the metropolis of Athens was making me really nervous. The city boasts some intense traffic and the roads aren’t great either. Also, did I mention that neither of us have attempted a real ride on […]