The highlight and main reason for undertaking the trip was seeing the places where Matthijs’ dad, Ben, did his PhD over 40 years ago at UC San Diego. It was about time as my mother had never been, and our cycle trip provided a great opportunity to visit us! In a time where this was […]
Let’s have a look at our FOODprint! By now everyone knows that eating (red) meat is more impactful for the environment than eating vegetables. But how much does it differ? We put this to the test during our ride through California. We were surprised by our lessons learned and provide foodprint reduction inspiration by 5 […]
Getting back on the road after a relaxing 2.5 weeks road trip is hard. Especially when it is raining cats and dogs, you have to take numerous detours and end up in rush hour traffic to the coast. Luckily this was over compensated by all the good things in SoCal. From famous sights to seeing […]
Slow travel, the name of the game when you cycle through the landscape and indulge all of your senses by the smell, sound and culture surrounding you! The eucalyptus tree is an all time favourite to cycle by and brings back lots of good memories of being on the road in northern California! Green giants […]
We met John at a State Park campsite in Newport, Oregon. These campsite have a hiker-biker section for usually around 5 dollars per night, for cyclists like us passing through. When we arrived we saw just one other tent, also with a bicycle next to it, but not with the usual bike packing setup. It […]
Crossing Washington by bike took surprisingly little days and we were excited to see what Oregon had to offer! After crossing the gruelling 6.5 km bridge with a steep ending we entered Astoria. A quaint little town that is the decor for many movies we have never seen. We did not know what to expect […]
Vancouver relaxation Waving Age & Evelien goodbye, we had a game to go to! For Matthijs’ birthday we were going to cheer the BC Lions football team on, and they won! It was great to see one of North America’s biggest sport live. We didn’t take our bicycles there, but we could have as they […]
When we had been riding our Whike for some two months it was time for a change. We exchanged our two battery powered tricycles and the electric bicycles of Age & Evelien for a 4 wheeled electric beast: the Tesla Model 3! All four of us do not own a car in the Netherlands which […]
Royal treatment at Prince Rupert The ferry from Prince Rupert was a real treat, like a cruise on the Mediterranean sea with clear blue skies and bright sunshine. Apparently, we were super lucky as most people we met only ever crossed this stretch of sea in the thick mist. Reading a book on the deck […]
Leaving Whitehorse also meant leaving most amenities behind and few services could be expected for the next 2,5 weeks. We were repeatedly told to stop at every cafe, lodge or gas station that we would come across to stuff our face as much as we could… OK, this advice was clearly taken aboard ;)! Entering […]