Yellow Tent Adventures

What is the perfect gift? Ask a hundred people, and you’ll get a hundred different answers. But when you give one, or receive one — you know it. I received one of those gifts thirty years ago. I still carry it with me today. The summer of 1981 was magical for me. I’d pedaled across [...]

The cold November rains have come and my mind drifts off to warmer places on the planet. While we are slamming into winter here in the U.S., New Zealand is sliding into summer. If you have the pleasure of taking a bike trip in New Zealand, don’t miss the cathedral. While I know there are [...]

Last week I confessed my obsession of photographing house numbers during our bike journey in Portugal. I realize the short “video” might have had a certain entertainment value, but probably fell far short of convincing the viewer that they should hop on a bike and tour there. I now present “Countdown Redux”. Twenty-one images that [...]

Kat and I took a break from the heat and humidity under a tree in northern Thailand. We laid our bikes down by the side of the road and dug through our panniers looking for snacks. The tree was enormous and the base of its trunk was decorated with colorful ribbons of silk. A local [...]

I live in the insanely beautiful Pacific Northwest. Due to our cloudy skies and somewhat damp weather (even in July), the color pallet can be quite muted — dark greens, blues, and greys. So when I travel, I am drawn to the opposite. The rich and vibrant, almost electric colors that you will find on [...]

One of the few racing cyclists I met while I was in Cuba (1998) was a young man named Alexie. He came over to chat with me in a small town in the province of Pinar del Rio (west of Havana). I thought he was interested in my bike. It was a Rodriguez, which is [...]

We pedaled into a small Portuguese village late in the evening. There was the typical group of old men hanging out at the edge of town–all wearing jackets and caps, all sporting canes. We asked them if there was a campground. No campground or hotel we were assured. The sun was low in the sky. [...]

As Kat and I rush around trying to get ready for a bicycle trip in Spain and Portugal, I’m reminded of a column I wrote for Adventure Cyclist magazine as we were rushing around trying to get ready for a bicycle trip in Colombia. Time has passed, but not much has changed. The following is [...]

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 [...]