http://www.portlandtoportland.com tips for planning a transcontinental bicycle tour by following along with us via blog and podcast Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:57:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, it looks like the old theme doesn't support the newer versions of Wordpress, so we are using a new theme. Please bear with us as we tweak the new design. http://www.portlandtoportland.com/updating-this-site/ Watch for clips from the Portland to Portland bicycle tour. Coming soon. http://www.portlandtoportland.com/transcontinental-video/ It's funny how many of the details of the trip I have already forgotten. Re-organizing the journal into an easy to read format has brought back many memories and has me thinking of doing another bicycle tour. I don't think that I can do something as long as a transcontinental, but ... http://www.portlandtoportland.com/first-three-weeks/ Blogs are great if you follow along on a regular basis, but if you stumble upon one and want to read all of the entries, it is a bit of a pain. I promised long ago that I would arrange the trip on a page so that it would be ... http://www.portlandtoportland.com/organizing-the-journal/ I have been featured in the February 2009 issue of Ladies Home Journal because of my cross country cycling adventure. Go to the last page to read the story. http://www.portlandtoportland.com/featured-in-ladies-home-journal/ Well, due to some family events, my re-living the x-country trip has taken a back seat for the past few weeks. How shocking to see that we arrived by ferry from Milwaukee to Muskegon on this date. It surely felt like home territory as we frequently vacationed in Michigan when ... http://www.portlandtoportland.com/june-19-memories/ We didn't want to deal with that horrid bridge that we crossed yesterday and were thrilled to find that there was a bike path not too far from our hotel. We opted for a longer route because we were worried about having to make a left exit off the interstate. ... http://www.portlandtoportland.com/to-custer-and-forsyth/ Poor weather would plague us for the next few days. The forecast out of Deer Lodge was for thunderstorms in the morning, so the original plan was to leave later in the day. Not hearing early morning rain, we turned on the TV for a weather report, which was revised ... http://www.portlandtoportland.com/a-long-stretch/ This was such a strange weather day. We didn't leave too early because we wanted to miss the rain predicted in the morning. Well, that never really materialized until we got on the road. That and some nice and strong winds out of the west. What great tailwinds those would ... http://www.portlandtoportland.com/day-18may-19-on-to-deer-lodge/ This day was full of adventures. We reluctantly left Lolo Hot Springs and headed to Lolo and took a tour of two fascinating attractions right across the street from each other. The Holt Heritage Museum focuses on cowboys, the rodeo and native history. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and could ... http://www.portlandtoportland.com/day-17may-18-beyond-missoula/