We left the city of Page and cycled over the Glen Canyon Dam. The weather continued to be nice and warm and our rain gear sank deeper and deeper into our bags. Our next stop: Buckskin Gulch, a beautiful slot canyon with red walls. In contrary to the Antilope Canyon, which is bigger and more popular, but at the same time very expensive, this one was open to anyone for just a few dollars. We…
Cycling out of Salt Lake City was way better than our last big-city-experience in Calgary. The first 40 km were almost entirely on cycling paths! We left quite late and it was dark, when we finally made it to the spot, where we had planned to camp – a fairly big park with camp site amenities. Unfortunately though…
Sometimes it’s hard to find the inspiration to write something and I have been struggling a lot with this post. Maybe because it’s already so long ago? Time to catch up I guess! From Butte in Montana we cycled a few days through Wyoming and eventually arrived in the state we’ve been looking forward to the most: Utah! Before getting there, we had some 1000 kilometers of riding before us.
After nearly a week at the Airbnb, it felt kind of strange to wake up early to the sound of an alarm. Despite there being a lot of cycling paths, leaving the city on bikes was fairly stressful and it felt like an eternity until we made it far enough away from the city centre. The landscape south of Calgary is funny – long straight roads as far as the eye can see. We found…
The wildfire situation did not improve much during our stay in Fairbanks. At least it rained one evening, which lowered the temperature noticeably. The morning we left Fairbanks, the AQI (Air Quality Index) in the city was at 150, which was not the worst they have ever had, but most likely the worst we both have ever experienced. Thick smoke was in the city…
It felt like a small miracle when we successfully managed to pack the food and our gear on our bikes in Coldfoot. Every water bottle and water bladder filled, we left the small town with heavy bikes and were back on the Dalton Highway. The distance from here to Fairbanks would only be 20 km longer than from Deadhorse to Coldfoot, but a lot more elevation gain was ahead of us. …
Before flying up to Deadhorse for the start of our trip, we spent a nice couple of days in Anchorage. Our Warmshowers host has been amazing and even provided us with two bikes we could use for getting around, while ours were still in bike boxes for the second flight. …
It was in September last year when Sebi and I decided to start our next big cycling trip this year in June, and this week the time has finally come. We were both super busy until right before departure, I with work and Sebi additionally with military duties. This lead to what felt like squeezing…
