The last few weeks were a bit of a whirlwind. I spent 2 weeks in Hawaii, first for a conference (work) and then for vacation. The conference went well and I made some valuable connections. The vacation part was excellent and I really got to feel normal for a little bit. Being in a place […]
Category: Vacation and Travel
Posts related to vacation and / or travel.
Vacation – Hawai’i
On Saturday I started the vacation phase of the trip. Technically it started on Friday, but I changed rooms on Saturday, which had the disadvantage of taking far too long, and the advantage of an improved view. I had to check out of my old room by 10AM, but could not get into the new […]
Swimming with the fishes
This morning before breakfast I spent some quality time swimming with some sea turtles. For context, I am in Hawaii for a conference and vacation. Yesterday I spent about 90 minutes snorkeling in a lagoon on the resort property, and saw many species of fish, eels, and other sundry aquatic life, but the turtles eluded […]
Day 5 – Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes Part 2 (Kellog to Mullan)
This is going to be a short post since it was not a particularly eventful ride. To earn my completionist badge, I was determined to ride the last part of the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes heading east. This part of the trail ends in the town of Mullan Idaho after an 15 mile 1000ft […]
Day 4 – Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes (Plummer to Medimont)
Today I finally hit the Trail of the Coeur d’Alene’s. This trail is a paved route that runs from the town of Plummer ID on the western edge, to the town of Mullan on the East. The Trail is 73 miles long if ridden from Plummer to Mullan. After riding 3 days straight, and without […]
Day 3 – Route of the Hiawatha Trail
Today I rode the famous Route of the Hiawatha trail. This trail has been written about in Bicycling magazine and is listed as one of the top 20 trails to ride. It is far from a technical ride. It is actually treated more as a tour, with the only actually physically challenging part being the […]
Tour of the Couer d’Alene’s Day 2
The Ride After the 55 mile west bound trek on Day 1, I planned for a shorter recovery ride on Day 2 before hitting the Hiawatha Trail on Day 3. Day 2 would pick up the Northern Idaho Centennial trail at the trail head where I exited the previous day, and head east until the […]
Tour of the Coeur d’Alene’s Day 1
The Ride Today I rode my 2008 Trek Madone Road bike 55 miles from Coeur d’Alene ID to about 8 miles into Washington. The ride was along the Northern Idaho Centenial Trail on the Idaho side, and onto the Spokane River Centenial Trail in WA. The ride from the trail entry to Post Falls ID […]