The Victour

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 So far it’s been long days heading up the coast and of course the headwinds. Weather has been perfect and we’re now in the cute town of Cambria about to hit Big Sur and some of the nicest coastline anywhere. More to come, stay tuned!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 One of the reasons of going inland away from the coast, instead of hoping to avoid the unrelenting Western headwind along the coast, was to ride the wine valley and Foxen Canyon Road, an unforgettable riding route. It was easy to navigate out of Solvang. It was even easier to see […]

Monday, May 12, 2008 On Monday we are riding up to Solvang, a hamlet in the California plains: at once a seemingly touristy but actually authentic Danish settlement, a hub for the surrounding Santa Ynez wine valley, and a biking mecca. They continually host a stage (recently a time trial) in the Tour of California. […]

Sunday, May 11, 2008 After Jeremiah’s phenomenal wedding over the weekend and some daytime activities with the old college roommates on Sunday, Steph and I hit the road by 3pm, leaving the glitz of West Hollywood for our northbound cycling expedition. We cruised the familar path to the ocean, as Jesse and I had done […]

Coming up: three days riding with Elzinga in LA then up to San Francisco over five or so days with Steph. Stay tuned. Updates will be right here at thevictour.

Sorry we haven't been posting. Phone is broken and no internet along the way. We'll add stories and photos after our arrival tomorrow in San Francisco.

Friday 7am – We've woken up this morning to our throttling 17 hog-riding buddies and don't know where we are. Or at least can't explain it. South Bend, Washington is the home of the fine Chen's motel/diner, Chesters burger joint, and a third restaurant that got shut down when the cook ended up sick. Wednesday, […]

So its 174km from vancouver to victoria. Vancouver was nice and i wish we could have spent more time there. But i often feel that way on these trips:we race through lovely cities. We stayed with steph's friends who very kindly put us up: thanks sarah and phil! We were woken by seagulls and i […]

Wednesday morning, leaving Victoria — Riding ferries makes for great mandatory time to relax and write. We're just pulling out of Victoria, BC now, heading by ferry to Port Angeles in Washington State. At that point we ride across the Olympic Peninsula to the coast and start on trek along Route 101 to California. Our […]

Tuesday 8:30am: We are riding the ferry from West Vancouver / Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo after a 25km hop from Sarah and Phil's (big thanks for your hospitality) in English Bay. And so the trip begins. Again it's me and Jesse and newcomer, cycling superstar Steph from the great capitol region of Ottawa. The three […]