Our first bike touring experience rocked our socks! (And made them very, very wet on a few days….). Bike travel for so many days felt unlike any vacation I’ve ever taken. We’ll be doing this again — a lot. Especially if we can find long, separated trail mileage for that get-away-from-it-all experience. (Hear that, small towns looking for economic development? Invest in trails.)

All the posts from the trip in one handy reference list:

• Prepping, Packing, Shopping: Time for a Big Bike Tour
• Bike Touring Lessons Learned So Far: Two Days and 84 Miles
• Bike Touring the Great Allegheny Passage: Days 3 and 4 on the GAP
• Swimming on Bikes: Day 5 on the Great Allegheny Passage
• Shaking It Up on the C&O: Days 6 and 7
• Fixes, Flora and Fauna Along the C&O: Days 8 and 9
• Now THAT Was a Vacation: Day 10 and Done
• Travel Takeaways: Physical Effects from a Long Bike Tour
• Travel Takeaways: Mental Musings from a Long Bike Tour
• Travel Takeaways: Policy Ponderings from a Long Bike Tour

Your Turn

• If you’ve taken a long bike tour, where did you ride and what did you like about that route?
• If you haven’t and these posts inspire you at all, drop a note to let me know.

A Much Shorter Trip

A while back Hubs and I took a much shorter four-day weekend getaway. Here’s the roundup of posts on that — a lot less mileage and rain.

• Bed, Breakfast & Biking: Getaway to Lake Stevens and More, Day One
• Getaway to Lake Stevens and Beyond, Day Two: Marysville
• Getaway to Lake Stevens and Beyond, Day Three: Arlington via Snohomish Centennial Trail
• Getaway to Lake Stevens and Beyond, Day Four: Back to Seattle