Build a Better Bike

First of all – I’m not a writer so please don’t expect too much literary genius out of me. see, I told you.

From the beginning:

Nate and Ty are Students at the U of U and were enrolled in Summer School, Their Dad Gary is Retired and ready for Adventure, and I am always looking for ways to get on a bike tour. Two and a half weeks ago at a family party I convinced them to go on a bike trip from Canada to Mexico instead of school, and my wife allowed me to go with them for the first 2-3 weeks. fast forward to now.

The Vanvrankens did most of the planning, and I showed up. They planned to take the Amtrak, and I thought that sounded cool since I had never been through the Sierras via train. 2-3 days of train travel seems less intense than it really is, we are 1.5 days into it and would have flown if we had to do it again. Don’t get me wrong, we are having a blast and are loving it anyways. 3 days to get somewhere that could take 3 hours – don’t do it unless you want the experience. We packed most of our warm clothes in boxes that we have checked – and would have definitely dressed warmer for the train, it has been really cold.

We plan on starting our tour on Monday afternoon in Vancouver Canada, then riding down the San Juan islands. We will make it over to the coast, then just ride down until Tijuana. Should take about 6 weeks.

What would you like to hear about the trip?