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USA : CO : Catamount Camp → Glenwood Springs : Apr 2016
Another chilly night. Come morning, I was plumb out of water save a half cup frozen in the bottle. Ceecee had said the Colorado River should be good for filtering and drinking, but Bill warned of Beaver Fever and recommended treatment. They both agreed to steer clear of water that drains from cattle pasture, and
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USA : CO : Stagecoach → Colorado River Road SP : Apr 2016
It was a frosty night for sure. I kept reasonably warm in my cheapish synthetic sleeping bag rated for, what, 40°?… definitely for not-that-cold. I bike maybe an hour to first town, which has nothing but a Post Office, but the Post Office has Ceecee, who happily gives me some much appreciated water and snickers
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USA : CO : Steamboat → Stagecoach : Apr 2016
After a nice hotel morning, spreading everything out and doing first on-road total organization, getting in some good stretches, I geared up, checked out, and met a woman I’d met online the evening before. I use Tinder to meet local people while I travel, and it works really well…and no, not for cheap hookups, obvs
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USA : CO : Walden → Steamboat Springs : Apr 2016
My sister Julie, and her husband Steve did me the huge favor of helping me cheat the snow due in the mountains, and drove me about 2.5 hours into the mountain town of Walden in North Park Colorado. We enjoyed a lunch at a small diner, and some friendly conversation with a local who does
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USA : CO : Tour Start : Apr 2016
I’m writing this from my sister, Julia’s, place in Loveland, CO. I got here about a week ago, and probably would have set out on my open-ended bike tour to and through Central America sooner had a snowstorm not rolled in 3 days ago. It’s come and gone, and tomorrow she’ll drive me West somewhere
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Finland → Sweden → Poland → Lithuania → Latvia → Estonia : July 2015
This is part of going back and adding some entries for my first international tour (before I created this blog). Tour was Summer of 2015. I’m writing this in Winter 2022. Started and ended in Helsinki, going counter-clockwise Wild camping on my third or fourth night. Look how brand new it all looks.
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