As we hunker down in Portland winter, why not let your thoughts wander to the chances of you and your bike on the open street? There’s merely nothing like touring our world on two wheels and there’s an occasion tomorrow (Tuesday, February 4th) that can assist deliver you nearer to that undisputed fact. Ted Buehler, a longtime good friend of mine by his tireless advocacy for biking, is internet hosting the primary in a sequence of motorbike touring slideshows.
“I’ve been bike touring since I used to be 18, and have met numerous fellow Portlanders who’ve additionally gone to far off elements of the world on their bicycles,” Ted says. “So I’m organizing this slideshow sequence to offer us all a possibility to study from one another, and supply motivation and instruction for individuals who wish to start touring the world by bicycle.”
Be part of Ted and three different particular company for an evening of storytelling and suggestions that will help you take that journey you’ve at all times dreamed about. The occasion will happen at Migration Brewing on North Williams Ave (similar place as Bike Glad Hour). Under are the oldsters who can be presenting on the kickoff occasion tomorrow:
6:30: Ted Buehler — Bike touring in Rural Ukraine I rode by the Carpathian Mountains, visited the cities of Lviv, Odesa and Kyiv. Rode trains from place to position. Loved the chilliness pleasantness that was Ukrainian Tradition pre-2022. Photographs, maps, tales on my Fb web page.
7:00: Maren Souders — Touring Across the USA by Amtrak, with a Brompton and TrailerMaren took about 15 months in 2021 and 2022 to go to dozens of Intentional Communities and botanical gardens, from Portland to San Diego, to Florida, to Quebec, to British Columbia. Many adventures alongside the best way, on the backroads and highways getting from Amtrak stations to outlying locations. See Maren’s weblog for extra.
7:30: Emily Wilson (and perhaps Ben Foote) — Vashon Island by Bicycle, Prepare and FerryIt’s a simple starter bike tour — Amtrak to Tacoma, experience to the ferry, experience the size of Vashon Island (Seattle’s greenest suburb in some ways), then ferry to Seattle and Amtrak again to Portland.
8:00: Colleen Barclay — Olympic Peninsula by BicycleColleen is new to Portland, and bicycled Whidbey Island and the Olympic Discovery path in 2023, self-supported. However she is just not new to the Pacific Northwest — in 1978 she and a good friend did a for much longer bike tenting journey up Vancouver Island, then to Prince Rupert by ferry, and throughout British Columbia and thru the Canadian Rockies to Banff.
That is the primary occasion in a three-part sequence at Migration’s again patio o North Williams Ave. Free and casual. Come and go as you’d like. Take pleasure in Nicaraguan meals from Papas Frita Chef Rene. And the beer and different drinks are good too! See the Shift Calendar itemizing for extra particulars.
