Author: Patricia & Dustin

As we expected, our route has deviated from the original plan and taken us to Reno, Nevada. The original route took California Highway 89 which, outside of Truckee, is not advised for bicycling and the re-route put us into an active fire. So we headed a bit more east and have landed in Reno. Now…

After taking two weeks off the bicycles to spend time with family and drop Katy off for the remainder of the trip, we departed Tacoma, Washington and made our way over the Cascade mountains several times as we headed east and then south toward Crater Lake.  August 21 – September 10, 2024 The Sanders hosted us…

For two weeks we made our way around the Olympic Peninsula. Having never visited here before we were excited to explore our new surroundings. We’ve been fortunate to be hosted by several generous people along this segment of the journey. We left our bicycles with one of these marvelous hosts near Seattle and flew to…

For the past two weeks we’ve made our way down the east coast of Vancouver Island. The northern part of the island was more remote/industrial with logging and shipping while the more populous southern section of the island had more coastal towns and access to services. July 10 – July 22, 2024 To get to…

We start off this segment (still) making our way down the remote Stewart-Cassier Highway with rich history in resource extraction – mining & timber – actually that’s the reason the highway exists. We deviated from the direct route by taking a side trip to the neighboring towns of Stewart, BC and Hyder, Alaska – one…

We start off this segment riding the Klondike Highway out of Skagway with rich mining history and spectacular vistas before rejoining the Alaska Highway making our way through the Yukon’s Southern Lakes region to Watson Lake where we resupplied before heading down the Stewart-Cassier Highway. June 10 – 25, 2024 We took a short 45…

After and extended layover to wait out the rain, we left Tok (on our 20th wedding anniversary!) and headed toward the Canadian border and through a remote 300 mile stretch that included the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge. Tetlin NWR, one of only two National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska, encompasses 700,000 acres of snowcapped mountains, glacier…

After a wonderful send off BBQ we departed Fairbanks, Alaska on the morning of May 20th. Several friends met us along the way making the first day of cycling even more memorable. For the first several days of our trip we made our way along the Tanana River Valley to Tok, Alaska and are beginning…

Well we’ve sold/donated/gave away the majority of our belongings, including selling both of our vehicles, and we’ve done a two night gear shakedown and we feel we’re ready…but will we ever be completely ready? Since we currently live in a dry cabin about 5 miles outside of town on the last night we had our…

Only 83 days until we take off! Trying to figure out how posts work 😉