Yellow Tent Adventures

For the last two years I’ve been writing posts for the Adventure Cycling Association‘s blog. My column is called “Sights and Sounds” and I’ve been given the freedom to dig through photos (slides and digital) and recordings (cassette, mini-disc, and and digital) from my (our) travels by bicycle throughout the globe. Some I’ve re-posted on [...]

One of my favorite moments of any bike trip comes when I’m not on my bike. It is that time after a long day’s ride. The tent is set up. The sun is getting low in the sky. There is nothing to do but observe the beauty around me and listen to the world as [...]

Thirty years ago I left Seaside, Oregon with my buddy Thomas to cycle across America. July 2, 1981. Almost 11,000 days have passed since we dipped our rear tires in the Pacific Ocean. Hard to believe. In some ways it really does feel like it was yesterday. In this photo we are wearing gym shorts, [...]

We passed the sign above on our trip in Portugal. It was the entrance to a big highway … not a road we wanted to travel on anyway. I particularly enjoy the way the wheel on the wagon makes the sign look like a cartoon figure sticking its tongue out at you. But signs are [...]

Here is a salute to a frugal cyclist’s favorite budget lodging option … the tent. Click on any of the photos below to read a post about my favorite camping sites and adventures around the world.

That’s me. On my bike. On Earth. The artist is Zak and he attends a primary school in Washington state where I presented an assembly entitled “The World’s Greatest SUV”. It introduces kids to the magic and wonders of bicycle travel. If you haven’t ever talked to young students about your bicycle travels … you [...]