https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUGgOqEqOkc
took a 40 day vacation with bikes. I ride a Gus and my friend, Tim, a Susie. Check out the video above for a recap of events in sequential order. The original idea was a skate trip by bicycles but with mediocre at best planning. We would ride from Seattle to Oakland finding as much dirt and gravel as possible. We left Chicago by car on July 3rd with my wife, 2 dogs, 2 bikes and plenty of camping equipment. We dropped my bike off in Seattle to get the front hub replaced and drove up to Orcas Island for some camping and skating. After 10 days of driving my wife dropped Tim & I in Seattle to begin the biking portion. Yes, my wife dropped us in Seattle and drover herself and the 2 dogs back to Chicago by herself. She is the best and has already let me know she will not be doing that again anytime soon. Free Range Cycles in Seattle was the starting point for the biking portion because that is where my bike was. We had a late start and ended up skating under the bridge, Marginal Way, until dark with the Grindline crew. A guy named Isaac gave us a place to crash on the flat bottom of there indoor vert ramp. He also gave us a great route to hit skateparks along the way towards Yakima. We zigzagged through Washington hitting skateparks along the way. If you didn't know already the Seattle area has the most skateparks per capita. The route was not straight forward but the trip was not meant to be. We rode towards Yakima and hung for a day before making our way towards Bingen, WA. After skating Bingen Park for a full day we hitchhiked across the Columbia River to get into Hood River, Oregon. From Hood River we rode to Portland and instead of staying in Portland for 3 days we stayed for 14. After about 8 days our friend finally asked how long we would be sleeping on his floor. We originally thought we would ride the Oregon Outback but due to heavy fires thought best to just stay and skate Burnside everyday and do some s24o in the Portland area. (We plan on going back and doing the Outback in the early spring time). We both were not interested in biking the 1 and used a Hertz bailout to rent a van and drive the 1 with our bikes to Oakland. Saving our legs for lots of day rides and skating through the Oakland area. We stayed in Oakland for about 10 days and skated every single day expect one when we decided to take BART to walnut creek and ride Mt. Diablo. After sleeping outside on the Mountain we checked out Riv and took BART back to our friends place in Oakland. After a good time in Oakland we took the Amtrak back to Chicago on August 12th. The big take away... Bring your bike to each town you visit so you can go where you want when you want. Sometimes, listen to locals. Lastly, carrying a skateboard while touring adds a lot of extra weight but totally worth it if you are still a 30+ year old skate rat. -Joseph -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/65eee5bc-10d4-43a6-b80f-8e3af13db35en%40googlegroups.com.
