We are erecting a sign post with lots of destinations—all reachable by bike. From Florence, OR to New York, NY and from Hope, AK to Missoula, MT. As cross-country bike riders, Monica and I are stoked about being able to establish such a monument to bike travel and human power! Continue Reading

On Father’s Day 2009 we rode out of the house around 10am. We rode on two bikes – the Bike Friday Triple with Burley Piccolo attached to the back and the Seven Xtracycle with Burley D’Lite attached for kid back-up options. We ended up taking the trailer/stroller all the way to the top of Spencer Butte. We had a TV crew stop us on the climb and interview us about what we were doing for DAD. They got some good video of us climbing up the mountain. http://www.kval.com/news/local/48734472.html

We had a great ride and the whole day was perfect. I couldn’t have hoped for anything better that this!

Here is a fun one pager in the new issue of Momentum magazine. It is about our family and it even has a half page picture of us – one that was taken the morning we had 3 young touring bikers (warmshowers) stay at our place – just after waffles – the kids are still in their pajamas. Take a look at Momentum Magazine. I think this is the best magazine going right now for bike culture.

http://issuu.com/momentumplanet/docs/issue-39/27

We are slow to write, but things are going well for us. We have been very busy with things like the Chicken Pox, BMX racing, potty training, birthday dinner, Valentines festivities, the Eugene Bike Summit, lots of freelance work, pizza dinners with company, painting inside, fence rework, tree trimming, work and school. Paul has been doing a lot of GEARs volunteer work and Monica has had a few school policy meetings a couple of focus groups relating to children w/ disabilities.

The weather the last two months has really been easy to bike in too. We are already planning our garden for this Spring – we’ve ordered the seeds from Territorial Seed Co. through Rainy’s school fund raiser.

Our Chickens are back to laying full time, five eggs a day, and the bees have been flying a couple of the warmer days.

We are looking forward to this summer already. We are closing in on a full year of being car free. Check out some of our recent photos at the Gallery. I think I may be reworking this blog over to WorkPress in the next few months.