Hang up the phone, it’s my final Coffeeneuring ride of the challenge! (Number 7, if you are counting.)

It’s the end of Coffeeneuring as we know it for 2013!After “phoning it in” on Ride 6 last week, I hoped to make the last ride something special. I was planning on making the Sunrise Coffee Club ride to Mount Tabor on Thursday morning (November 21st) my entry for Ride 7, especially since I was...

I’m on the Sprocket Podcast again!

Hello dear readers! Just letting you know that I'm featured on this week's Sprocket Podcast. Just like the last time I was on there in 2012, I talk about bicycle touring experiences in the Pacific Northwest. So this time I talk about my three big trips in 2013: Portland-Gorge-Spokane, Central Oregon Cascades, and the San Juans....

For Sale: My Surly Long Haul Trucker

Hello friends. Yes, I am selling my Long Haul Trucker. I'll get into details about that in a subsequent post this week. For now, here are the details: It's time to part with my beloved bicycle. After 5 1/2 years of service, I'm looking for a good home and a willing rider for my Surly...

Coffeeneuring Ride #6: Phoning it in?

With any “challenge” longer than a few weeks, it seems inevitable that enthusiasm will dwindle after those first few weeks. I came out of the gate all fired up, accomplishing four “Coffee Outside” adventures in a row. But now I have less time and more stuff on my plate. It’s getting harder and harder to...

A Quick Life Update

Hello friends and fiends. It was a busy and eventful October here at Urban Adventure League HQ, with its shares of ups and downs. And November promises to be even busier, and hopefully with more highs and lows. What's happening round these parts? I regained full-time status at "the hostel". Those of you who read...

Coffeeneuring Report, Week 5: A Three Speed Tweedneuring Ride

I have been dutifully completing one Coffeeneuring ride each week since this whole business started in October. And pursuant to Mary's rule, I've been completing each ride on my "weekend". Now I haven't done a ride on an actual weekend, but because I have a non-standard schedule (meaning not Monday through Friday), I can use...

Coffeeneuring Report, Week 4, 30 Oct 2013

Hello folks! It's yet another installment to my Coffeeneuring Challenge series! And yep, this one is another "coffee shop without walls". (But don't you worry, now that the weather is crap, I'll be going inside to drink coffee!) This one happened during my Stub Stewart camping trip, Oct 29-30. You can read the whole story...

The Last Bike Overnight of 2013? Stub Stewart, 29-30 Oct 2013

Three separate overnight camping trips even in the middle of summer is a bit much. It's a lot easier to go out on a tour of even short length and "get into the swing of it", rather than string together separate overnights. The getting ready, getting out, coming back, and unpacking for only one night...