A Tiny Range for A Tiny House: Our Origo 6000

If you’ve been following our blog, you’ll know that in an effort to distance ourselves from non-renewable sources of energy, we have undertaken all kinds of lifestyle modifications, many of which have been detailed in earlier posts.

For instance, we purchase about 60% or more of our food from local producers, most of it organic.  This year especially, I’ve really cut back – and in fact almost completely eliminated – buying fruit from California and [Read More...]

Cycling Shorts: Q & A with Emma Philpott & Justin Hewitt

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Over the years, as we’ve prepared for our tour, we’ve followed a number of cyclists who were already out there experiencing the world from the seat of a bicycle.  Anxiously following their adventures online, their blogs provided inspirational fodder for our dreams.  Although we hadn’t met a single one of these cyclists personally, we felt intricately connected to them somehow, and were moved by their online reflections, their struggles, and their [Read More...]

Cycling Shorts: Q & A with Tom Allen

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Over the years, as we’ve prepared for our tour, we’ve followed a number of cyclists who were already out there experiencing the world from the seat of a bicycle.  Anxiously following their adventures online, their blogs provided inspirational fodder for our dreams.  Although we hadn’t met a single one of these cyclists personally, we felt intricately connected to them somehow, and were moved by their online reflections, their struggles, and their triumphs. [Read More...]

Wanderlite Daypack : An Exceptional Alternative to the Norm

Wanderlite Daypack

Including rest days while on a long distance bike tour are an important part of extended travel.  So, out on the road, when we’re not on our bikes but still somewhere we want to explore on foot, both of us will require a bag of some sort to carry our essential belongings around with us.

Although we’ve considered the simple option of slinging a shoulder-strapped front pannier over each of [Read More...]

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