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Pfeiffer Beach and Pt Lobos are two of my favoritest places on earth. I really enjoy the ride to Pfeiffer Beach from Big Sur state park on my bike. And that's Pt Lobos in the background of my avatar pic. :)
I'll second that! I used to go to Copenhagen a lot for work (Hørsholm, to be exact) and I visited Dyrehaven a few times on foot. I intended to rent a bike at some point but, alas, the subsidiary in DK closed before I managed to do so.Quote:
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I have rarely felt nature's power as much as at Pfeiffer during a winter storm. One of my favorite places too.Quote:
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Well that explains the deer photos :)Quote:
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Rebecca, your shots are beautiful. I am supremely jealous of both your talent and the places you get to ride.
Seattle to Portland ride today with friends. Besides our singing Sara Bareilles's Many the Miles when we crossed into Oregon (we practiced last night :) ) one of.the many other highlights is right now at Papa Haydn's with great friends, a great days ride behind us and GOOD chocolate
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Your photos of Big Sur to Carmel were exactly as I remembered it. One of the more beautiful places on our planet that I've been to. Thanks for the memories!
From this weekend at the Mount Washington Hotel: Yes, the last one is not cycling related... it's Mojito related.
Mary Anne, I used my phone to do my last post and didn't see your post with the nice comments...Thanks! This thread is great for showing some of our varied riding areas. I have some more places I'd love to ride because of the sharing!!
Bike Writer, Big Sur is a beautiful area!!! I really like the Huron River ride that's on your blog. Those Metroparks look like they have some very peaceful riding areas as well as good outdoor family activity areas!!
Crankin, oh I love covered bridges! Nice one
rebeccaC, thanks for looking!
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photos are from a jump bike course off a trail I ride with a niece and nephew enjoying it, Michigan State Capital building at the League of Michigan Bicyclists Advocacy Day, the foundation from Meads Mill in Edward Hines Park, a ride over Argo Dam and a morning silhouette from an early morning bike ride that was the Kickoff for the Tour de Livingston held at the Howell Balloon Fest.
More photos from the TdL Kickoff Ride at Balloon Fest
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Two shots of the Blue Trail at Island State Park. It's the only real mountain bike trail that I've ever been on and a shot of the trail at Willow Metropark
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I think I'd be spending more time doing photography than riding in those Metroparks you're riding in :).....Love the 'morning silhouette' sunrise is one of my favorite times to be outside.Quote:
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Crankin...+2 on covered bridges!!!
Here are some shots from the North West Tour in June. We camped in Empire, MI, and rode 1. Traverse City-Old Mission Peninsula, 2. Empire-Glen Arbor-Leeland-Lake Lelanau-Cedar-Maple-Empire, 3. Empire-Honor-Franfort-Elberta-Arcadia-Empire.
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Attachment 16499 Some cycling "scenery" actually by a bike path. More photos in cyclewrite below.
It's been slowly discovering what routes/roads are open after our major flood that displaced 100,000 people. I don't cycle as far but then again, my motivation is needs abit of a kick.
We just returned from two weeks in New Mexico and did some great cycling while there (in addition to excellent hikes). We took our Jamis mountain bikes rather than roadies as we figured our rides would be more urban and/or on unpaved trails in this part of the country. I've included links to some of our photos from the trip below. In all cases, the guest password is TeamEstrogen. Please let me know if it doesn't work.
We spent a week in Albuquerque where we were very impressed with the cycling infrastructure -- bike lanes and paths just about everywhere. Being a big city, there is a lot of traffic, but we only rarely had to ride on a road without a bike lane, and we used the Albuquerque bike map to determine our best (and worst) routes. The biggest downside of the riding here was goatheads -- oh my! We'd never experienced such a thing, having done most of our riding east of the Mississippi, but we quickly got an education when I got my first flat after one day of riding (on pavement -- did not expect that). I got more flats than DH, and after the first one, we went and bought tire liners and additional tubes. Still got a couple of flats even with the liners. And DH picked numerous goatheads out of our tires nightly before they could cause us to flat. He got very good at changing tires quickly.
Here are photos from our favorite place to ride in Albuquerque, the Paseo del Bosque trail: Paseo del Bosque trail ride photos
One day we took the bike-friendly Rail Runner train up to Santa Fe and rode the wonderful Santa Fe Rail-Trail there. What a lovely trail. Once you get south of town, it goes from pavement to an unpaved surface but is not technical, which was perfect for us, since we really haven't done much technical MTBing at all. Since we're road cyclists primarily, we prefer swoopy, fast riding to tight turns, roots, and rocks.
Links to these photos: Santa Fe Rail Trail Ride
Next, we headed to Taos for six days. We didn't care for the West Rim Trail at the Rio Grande Gorge as it was much rockier than expected, so we turned around after the first couple of miles. We later tried and much preferred the Rift Valley Trail at the Taos Valley Overlook area. It was an easy to moderate single-track trail. Had to walk a few times for short distances, but for the most part, it was doable for beginners like ourselves, and we got a good workout. Scenery was gorgeous too.
Photos here: Taos Valley Overlook Mountain Bike Ride
The urban cycling infrastructure wasn't too good in Taos and traffic was heavy, so we didn't ride on the roads there. Loved a lot of things about Taos, but Albuquerque was better for in-town riding.
Great pictures, Emily.
The one of the cholla made me a little wistful for my former home.
After doing a long organized ride the previous Sat. (with lots of other riders) I needed to get back to riding on the quiet roads of the Santa Ynez valley that I’ve come to enjoy exploring and training on this year. This route has long climbs and incredible views. When I stopped at the ranger station for some water a ranger said there can be incredibly beautiful fields of poppies and lupines in the spring. Next year!!
Figueroa Mountain and Happy Canyon roads, starting and finishing in Los Olivos Ca.
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Absolutely stunning photos, Rebecca! I can't wait to visit California. Never imagined it could be that gorgeous.
Thanks, Crankin -- glad you enjoyed the photos. We really like the southwest. The humidity back here in Kansas is painful!
Thanks Emily!! When I clicked on your links they took me to a password protected photobucket page :(
Shootingstar, those murals are so excellent!!!!
mzone, that looks like a great tour especially with the wonderful water views!!!
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I put this in the original post, but you must have missed it.
Emily, so glad you enjoyed your trip. I need to remember to look at your pictures on my home computer. Photobucket is an off-limits site at work.
Rebecca, again, your photos are outstanding!
@mzone, tell me more about the Northwest Tour. I've looked at the TCBA site, but there's not a ton of info available on the routes? It sounds like the rides are hilly? How hilly would you say? How was the support and the camping? Are most of the riders members of TCBA or are there some outsiders as well?
Before getting married, I did a couple of weeklong tours in Tennessee similar to the Northwest Tour and would really like to do something like that again if I can talk my husband into it. I love how little you have to actually worry about on a tour like that. It was surprisingly relaxing.
Thanks for any info you can provide.
Indy, the NW tour has some good climbs on each route. I don't consider myself a good climber by any means, but I was able to struggle up the big ones without getting off and walking (even if i was going 4mph at some points!). If I remember correctly, there were 3 route length options each day, so you could choose your experience.
The campground is nice - they have a pool and a small store and keep things clean. The food was fine. The TCBA folks were great. It's the same club which puts on the DALMAC, so they know what works. I'm not sure what the ratio was of their membership vs other riders, but me and and my friends are not members.
This was my first multi-day tour, and it was nice to have that experience without having to pack up gear each morning and set up camp each night. The ride was opened up to 300 riders this year, and it sold out in 2 days!
Thanks, mzone. I really like that there are multiple routes each day. We'll have to give it some serious thought!
My husband and I finished up our fourth and last segment of the transamerica this summer. We started in Florence Oregon and ended in Yorktown Virginia. So many wonderful and beautiful experiences. The tough times are quickly dissipating and I'm looking forward to our next tour. We were unsupported so I depended on my dh when the going got rough. I'll try to load a few pics of our trip.Attachment 16561Attachment 16562Attachment 16563Attachment 16564Attachment 16565
First pic in Kansas
Victory Monument pics in Yorktown, Virginia
Bottom pictures: Missouri over the bridge into Kentucky after a small section of Illinois
Rolling Missouri hills
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My son and I had a great time on Ragbrai this year. Last year I did it by myself so it was fun to have DS along!
Weather was very nice -mostly in the 80's after last year's 100's.
The day before Des Moines stop it was estimated to have 35,000 bikers on the road.
Ragbrai is indeed a spectacle, to see and experience.
Milage was much lower than last year, so I enjoyed Iowa hills, corn, soybeans, food, bicyclists and Iowa folks more than ever.
Amazing how that many bicyclist can coexist on one road.
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Racks of bikes filled both sides of the street
3 blocks solid with bicyclist as they came into my favorite town -Pella
We took our pictures with the Dutch girls in Pella
Dutch windmill in Pella
Giant bike in Fairfield
thanks indy!! and thanks emily for the password (i should really learn to read the post instead of first going for the photos :o )
cosc....your transamerica must have been an incredible journey!! I'm so envious!! Did you by chance do a blog of the ride that you want to share?
and you and goldfinch are making me want to do ragbrai again!
We started a journal but I was unable to keep it updated. Finding time, energy and internet access just proved too much. We might finish it later. Of course we have many pics and a diary for each day. Some days are written, while other days we just voice recorded about our day.
The beginning of our journey is on Crazyguyonabike. The journal name is "Celebrate 40 tour." We rode 2 to 3 weeks for 4 summer segments to complete this tour.
My husband is a farmer so he would have to come home and combine wheat each summer.
The tour would of been easier and cheaper to accomplish in a solid block of time, but sometimes you have to do it the hard way.
Training was mostly done on the tour since SD winter and early spring is not outdoor training weather. I don't have a lot of time to train in the school year anyway.
Anyone can accomplish a cross-country tour if I can.
The next one I'm hoping we'll be able to finish in one block of time.
Your California pics were amazing, Rebecca.
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We are only able to do some day trips! So On Tuesday we went to Collingwood (about an hour and a half away) to ride an old rail trail.
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This little park is about halfway and it has public washrooms!
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Collingwood is also a ski town! The Georgian Trail is 34 km long and you can cross country ski on it in winter as well!
And today I checked out another rail trail not too far from home. I didn't have as much time today because of rain, so I only rode as far as the "Kissing Bridge" (about 15 km one way)! I knew some on on here liked covered bridges so I had to go and get the picture!:D
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Well... technically this wasn't a bike ride... but we wanted to get out of Dodge as it were, because yesterday there was a big parade that goes down one street away from us. The parade itself is not the issue, but they don't adequately divert traffic, so everyone that usually uses the 4 lane arterial tries to divert down our little essentially one lane residential street... Over the years we've seen lots of stupid stuff (like the person who drove down the sidewalk...) and had our car hit. As long as we were going to drive somewhere we decided to take a hike. We went to Mount Defiance, in the Alpine Lakes region (Snoqualamie Pass)
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So pretty, Eden. It reminds of our trip to Oregon. I loved the hiking there.
Cosc, your ‘Celebrate 40 tour’ journal ended tooooo soon!!!! I enjoyed reading it!!!
Eden, it must be wonderful to live close to the Cascades and such great hiking. Fir trees can make images so peaceful and your images are so that!!
Well, this is where I wanted to ride. It's my favorite bike path - it goes down the hill and follows along what's usually beside the river, and goes under the bridge and continues on --
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Should've brought a snorkel! That's the Arkansas River. Back in June, it was a parched channel with puddles. We'd been in a severe drought. Then July was our fourth wettest in history. And we're still getting more rain. Sure has been a crazy year!
Went cycling up on Whidbey Island today
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Gorgeous...if that's what I can expect on a trip to the San Juans I'll be happy!Quote:
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Deborajen, you just have to get inventive :)