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Spending the Day with Chuck When we asked our friend Chuck to come up with a ride suggestion for while we were in the area visiting, not only did he plan our ride, but he filled our day. He started by treating us to an airboat ride before hitting the gravel trail on the […]
Everglades National Park Shark Valley The day prior to our ride while making our way across Florida on Alligator Alley, we’d stopped by Shark Valley in the Everglades, but hadn’t taken in much of the park. We knew we’d regret not riding around the 15-mile loop after hearing how many alligator sighting opportunities we’d […]
Cycling Around Bonita Springs and Pelican Bay Having driven from a frigid and snowy Virginia south through an unusual cold snap, we left the last of the snow behind in southern Georgia and arrived in Naples, Florida on their first warm day in nearly a week. With gravel bikes in tow, we were eager […]
How Vermont Rare Came to Be When Jack and Marybeth Bailey’s son Shane was born in 2010 things just weren’t right from the very beginning and didn’t improve. In 2014 after many doctors appointments and tests, Shane still wasn’t improving and was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous Syndrome. His rare disease and […]
A Brief History of the Greenbrier River Trail Paralleling the Greenbrier River, the 78-mile Greenbrier River Trail runs from Caldwell to Cass Scenic Railroad State Park in eastern West Virginia. Easily accessible from many locations, it is a favorite playground for cyclists, runners, hikers, and horseback riders. The trail became West Virginia’s first rail […]
Eckert’s Orchard A trip across the country wouldn’t be complete without stopping in Belleville, Illinois to visit family. While planning our road trip, my husband routed us through Belleville so we could see my my aunt (my mom’s sister) and cousins, who we hadn’t seen since the summer before Covid. About a week before […]
Gravel Grinding Mecca of the USA Our summer road trip took us through Emporia, Kansas, the gravel grinding mecca of the USA and home of UNBOUND. As they say, “When in Rome do as the Romans do,” so we pulled up the 2024 25-mile UNBOUND course, drove from our hotel to downtown Emporia, mounted […]
Theodore Roosevelt National Park “I do not believe that any man can adequately appreciate the world of to-day unless he has some knowledge of…[and] some feeling for… the history of the world of the past.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt National Park was established in April 1947 to honor avid outdoorsman Teddy Roosevelt, our […]
Waterfalls of a Different Sort It was a quick ride from our hotel parking lot to the Sioux Falls Greenway Trail, accomplished by maneuvering over the very short gravel segment connecting the two. Once on the paved trail, my husband and I made our way to Falls Park, the highlight of our ride. The […]
Let’s Go See a Waterfall Our summer road trip took us to Minnesota to not only check another state off of list, but to visit friends who have a summer home in the Minneapolis suburbs. Occasionally, my friend Betsy and I ride together at home when she’s in town, so it just seemed natural […]
History of the High Trestle Trail When I let my friend Kim know that my husband and I would be traveling through Iowa and would love to stop by for a visit, she and I both understood that a visit would indeed have to include a bike ride together. I let Kim do the […]
Bike Race Number 2: GRUSK (Gravel Ride Up Spruce Knob) With the blink of an eye, our much anticipated second bike race of the season was upon us. This adventure-cycling event is called GRUSK which is an acronym for Gravel Ride Up Spruce Knob, West Virginia’s highest point. What once was a race is […]
A Trip of a Lifetime In 1993 my husband received the Circle of Excellence award for his company which included a week-long trip to Maui, Hawaii for the two of us. With the help of my in-laws, we were able to spend our first vacation without children since becoming parents while knowing our little boys […]
100-Mile Gravel Grinder Nationals: About the Event This was our second time participating in a US Endurance Gravel Grinder Nationals or Mini G event. Two years ago my husband I endured a 48° day with heavy rain and high winds while participating in the 39-mile Mini G on our beloved gravel roads. Loudoun County’s gravel […]
Bike Tour of the Savannah Historic District As we made our way home from our Florida Coast to Coast tour, we spent two nights in Savannah, Georgia, a charming southern city neither my husband nor I had previously visited. Traveling with our bikes, it only made sense to tour the quaint historic city by bike, […]
Virginia Capital Trail AKA Cap to Cap Trail The Virginia Capital Trail, also known as the Cap to Cap Trail (C2C Trail), runs from Jamestown, Virginia’s first capital to Richmond, Virginia’s current capital. The scenic trail runs 51 miles (102 mile loop) past many historical sites, large open farmland, and small communities. In addition to […]
Florida Coast to Coast Bike Tour The following is a detailed Florida coast to coast bike tour broken down into the six days it took our group to complete the ride. Touring Florida from the Atlantic Ocean to Tampa Bay Within minutes of finishing our 2022 epic bike ride from North Key Largo to […]
Disclaimer: This Summiting Prospect Mountain on Bikes recap contains affiliate links… Discovering a Mountain and Planning a Route Even though we were on a gravel grinding expedition in New England and the ride to the summit of Prospect Mountain was all paved, I knew that I wouldn’t be happy unless I attempted this ride. […]
Disclaimer: This Touring Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom recap contains affiliate links… The Spinney My husband and I enjoy watching YouTube videos of cycling adventures, particularly on gravel. One channel we regularly watch is produced by the guys at Green Mountain Gravel who ride Vermont’s country roads. Wanting to tour Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, we found a […]
Disclaimer: This Lake Minnewaska State Park Preserve Bike Tour recap contains affiliate links… A Last Minute Detour A travel day, we were showered and dressed in casual clothes prepared for a several-hour drive from New Paltz to Troy, NY, but because we’d not been able to ride through the Minnewaska Preserve the previous day, […]
