Touring

Bicycle touring is my passion and I try and get out for multi-day or multi-week tours each year. I love to be going somewhere when I ride, exploring new roads and trails, seeing new places and meeting new people. While most of my tours have been in the northwest: Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, I also did a three week tour in Florida in 2016 and a six week tour in New Zealand in 2017. I also do a ten day tour with the Mid-Valley Bicycle Club each summer we call Loop Tour.
Follow along with my tour logs below.

Mini-Loop Tour 2017

Start Date
Number of Days
4
Total miles

Four days and three nights with the kids.

New Zealand 2017

Start Date
Number of Days
48
Total miles

Starting on Coromandel and then down to South Island

Washington 2016

Start Date
Number of Days
21
Total miles

Starting in Hermiston, OR and going through Goldendale, Yakima, the Iron Horse rail-to-trail, Seattle and Mount Vernon.

Florida 2016

Start Date
Number of Days
23
Total miles

This tour was in three stages. Stage 1 was Fort Lauderdale to Key West. Stage 2 was the ferry from Key West to Fort Myers Beach, on the gulf coast, and the ride to St. Augustine with a stop over in Tampa to visit a friend. Stage 3 was St. Augustine back .

Coast Loop 2015

Start Date
Number of Days
3
Total miles

3 days and 2 nights. Over to Newport taking a lot of gravel roads, down to Beachside SP south of Waldport, and back up the Yachats River valley with more gravel to Five Rivers, Lobster Valley, and Alsea.