Thirty-eight years ago as we began our married life, we cycled out of Strafford, Vermont and began a year-long bicycling adventure traveling around the world. (The photo is from Nepal.) Then came another wonderful adventure -- children and careers. With children on their own and our careers behind us, we entered the next chapter, again with a bicycle adventure. That one was more modest, train trips across the country and five weeks on bikes from Los Angeles, CA to Portland, OR; but it greeted us with we good riding, great sights, and interesting people.

After two bicycle trips on the west coast, we tried something different. With an old dog along for the ride and a camper in the bed of the pickup, we set off for the desert southwest exploring national parks, enjoying daily cycling, and even playing a little golf.

In Spring, 2017, we decided on an international adventure. We landed in Lisbon, Portugal and rode a loop through Portugal and Spain and back to Lisbon. Once again, seeing the sights, meeting people, and pedaling 1600 miles were wonderful!

In March 2018 we left Maine after a big snow storm and headed to North Carolina for some warmth - we didn't find it. We went further south to SC - still didn't find it! But we did discover new places to cycle and explore!

It is now August 2023, kids are married with families of their own (five wonderful grandchildren) and we are off on another adventure! Our first stop will be Lily Bay State Park on August 13, then head north and west, across Canada and into Alaska driving and camping with bikes and a canoe. Here is the family, though missing Miles' wife, Baily.

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Utah Rocks...

Tired of red rocks and canyons yet?  It’s just what’s out here.  We are still finding it stunning.

In the last week we have been to Bryce Canyon National Park, Calf Creek Recreation Area in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and Capitol Reef National Park.  Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef had great bicycling.  Calf Creek offered a six mile round trip hike to a lovely waterfall -- Bogan, a black dog in a hot desert, loved the pool at the bottom of the falls.  The campsites have been lovely (by arriving early in the morning we have managed a place in each), and the people we meet continue to be interesting.

We are in Moab now and headed to a bar to watch the final college basketball game of the weekend.

Leaving Zion...

Bryce Canyon vistas - (up to 9110 feet, too cold for much biking)


 Someone back in the Grand Canyon showed me how to do the panoramic shots -- I love Dana so much I cloned him!





 And our morning coffee, leaving Bryce...
 to Calf Creek Recreation Area in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.






And on to Capitol Reef National Park.








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  1. MaryAnn ShupeMarch 31, 2015 at 1:02 PM

    Beautiful!

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  2. JeanJune 12, 2015 at 10:14 PM

    Wonderful pictures of this trip with rock and sites along the way. I haven't been to Colorado. Just to New Mexico and we enjoyed it!

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