Being in the water after the Covid restrictions lifted felt like a dream. It had been so long since we were allowed to be in the water, that my body yearned for the refreshing contrast to the heat and humidity. Our first swim was a snorkel in the reef outside of the marina, followed by…
Sailing Galapagos to Tahiti
With news of the Corona Virus spreading and becoming a more serious threat all over the world, shutdowns and quarantines reached Galapagos just as we were preparing to leave. Shopping for food provisions and planning for the big Pacific crossing to French Polynesia felt a bit like planning for the end of the world. Only…
Sailing Panama to Galapagos
Wow, it’s been a while since our last post! Our apologies for the delay, the past few months had been quite a transition. We made it back to the states just in time for the holidays and had a great month catching up with family and friends. It was great to be able to see…
Voyage Plan
Dear Friends and Family, After spending two weeks in Panama City provisioning and getting the boat ready, we set off for our first shakedown trip to Las Perlas Islands, where we’ve been enjoying fishing, snorkeling, and getting accustomed to life together on the boat. We really get along well with the family and are excited…
Hitch Hiking and Backpacking Chile and Peru
We landed in Santiago, Chile in the late evening and jumped on a bus to downtown. We had been following news of the previous weeks protests and reports said they were diminishing, but we quickly were brought up to speed on the situation when the bus was forced to stop due to fire and protests…
Backpacking and Cycling Austria, Poland, Italy & Spain
We made our way back into Western Europe from Romania with the chilly fall weather nipping at our heels. After finishing Tiff’s second dentist appointment in Budapest, we decided to sell the bikes and make some moves around Europe before winter set in. Our first leg was a short trip across the Danube valley to…
Traveling through Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova & Ukraine
After a sad farewell to Juno and all our friends in Macedonia, we headed across the border to Bulgaria. Our friend Bojan told us about a hot spring just across the border which we stopped at to camp for the night. We followed suit with the locals covering our bodies in the sulfur-rich mud, the…
Bikepacking Albania, Kosovo & Macedonia
We left Podgorica, Montenegro and crossed the border into Albania excited for the beautiful mountains looming ahead. After splitting paths with our Brazilian friend Larissa who we had cycled with the past week, we turned east into the mountains towards Theth. While the climb up into the mountains was long and steep, we welcomed the…
Bikepacking Croatia, Bosnia & Montenegro
After crossing the Slovenian border into Trieste, Italy, we turned south into Croatia and rode the beautiful Parenzana rail trail to Motovun, where we spent three days enjoying international and regional films at the Motovun Film Festival before a big weather system approached. We made a snap decision to make a break for Plomin Luka,…
Bikepacking Slovenia
After five days exploring the breathtaking city of Budapest and allowing Tiff to heal from the first stage of teeth implant surgery, we jumped on a train to Ljubljana, Slovenia to begin a 4 month cycle tour through the Balkans. As we entered eastern Slovenia, stone walled homesteads with flourishing farms started to appear, set…
Wheeling Free 