Blogs from Washington, United States, North America - page 205

Howdy all, As most of you know we are leaving the beautiful northwest shortly and will be traveling through France, Spain and Portugal for the month of July. We won't be making international phone calls home. Sorry moms and dads. In part this is because we've had enough of international calling trying to use our broken French and Spanish at 1 AM to book our lodging. Also, international phone calls are a bit more expensive than this free, modern version of post cards. So we we will be keeping in touch through this blog. Watch for photos and stories and feel free to leave comments/correspondence. Minette and I are traveling by ourselves from June 30 to July 19 in true honeymoon fashion. Later we'll pick up Ann and Zerian in Madrid and do some family ... read more

(For you guys who are not familiar with Washington State geography, Mt Vernon(city) is approximately 20 miles south of Bellingham.) Surprisingly, after almost 100 miles of riding and 10+ hrs of saddle time the day before, Rene and I woke up today with nothing more than sore butts, luckily! Our legs felt fresh and strong for what laid ahead, another 80 or so miles to Vancouver B.C. After Starbucks and a hearty breakfast at Denny’s, we left Mt. Vernon and headed north, to Bellingham. The roads to Bellingham were not easy, with our sore glutes, the last thing we needed was a rough road. After miles and miles of bone-jarring pedaling, the road pointed up, and up, and up, and then became curvy. To increase the stress, this 2-lane, narrow highway became “shoulder-less”, ay yay ... read more

Welcome to TEAM ZOIC TravelBlog... After a stressful morning of making sure we had everything we need for this bicycle tour, after a long drive from P-Town, and after experiencing Seattle rush-hour traffic, we're finally here! Seattle, the point my friend Rene and I both chose to start our accumulation of miles (kilometers in Canada, of course) travelling on our aluminum steeds, our bicycles, to experience multi-day touring, "roughing it" and sometimes, "hostelling" it :) Since 2000, Rene and I have ridden countless miles together including the yearly classic, Seattle to Portland ride. This year, instead of riding the "double century" STP, we have decided to at least double the "double century"(400miles instead of 200). We have decided to ride to Vancouver B.C., and depending on the amount of time we have, we might even ... read more

Well, I have my backpack packed and ready go to on my trip tomorrow! I'm quite excited though sad to say goodbye to my family (I'm always crying when I say goodbye to them, whether I want to or not, haha). I have a few more maintenance things and paperwork to deal with, but I think I'm pretty much ready to go. I thought my flight was at 1pm tomorrow, but I looked at my eticket last night and it's actually flying out at 7:45 am. And I'm not flying through Chigaco O'Hare, I'm flying through Washington DC. Great Myia, you're so prepared! Here's a link to a map that shows the route that I'll be taking: Myia's Route Well, that's that and my next post will be from Rome! Ciao, Myia... read more

I'm finally a college graduate. Now onto Cape Town to visit my sis Katie!... read more