Touring - Summer Photos

So I finally got a map of my whole route from this summer made after doing some manipulation with Photoshop. To commemorate, I thought I would upload a few of the better pictures to share. I am quite proud of them, considering that I'm no photographer and they were shot on some tiny Pentax consumer digital camera.

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North America duh

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Fraser Valley, BC

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Twin Falls, Smithers, BC

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Campbell River, BC

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Victoria, BC

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Ruby Beach, Washington

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Ruby Beach, Washington

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Lincoln City, Oregon

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Near Devil's Elbow State Park, Oregon

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Cape Blanco, Oregon

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Southern Coast of Oregon

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California Redwoods

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Eureka, California

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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

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San Francisco, California, the city where my bike got nicked

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Southern Coast of California somewhere

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Near Big Sur, California

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Fruit Stand in California ($2 watermelon)

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either Del Mar or La Jolla, California

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near Ramona, California

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Way to Glamis, California (115 degrees, $2.50 for a water at the only store in 40 mi)

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Red Rock, Arizona

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North of Flagstaff, Arizona (nice dog and cold milk was $0.70 for a pint)

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Near Kayenta, Arizona

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Just past 4 Corners, in a culvert in Colorado

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South Fork, Colorado

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South East Colorado (I ran out of water and was so thirsty I couldn't sleep. Biked 10 miles
at night looking for a well or tap or thrown-out water bottles by roadside or even puddles,
but didn't find any. Biked back, and woke up with a bad headache)

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Kansas somewhere

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also Kansas

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Lake Berlin, Ohio (went skinny dipping on full moon)

Absolutely awesome photos!

Great photos. Do you have a journal as well? I only ask because I would like to know where some of the photos were taken.

How many days? You covered some ground if it was just this summer. I just took a road trip w/ the fam and we did the same cali route. Started at the bottom and headed north. We turned off at san fran though. Did you do the PCH?

Your trip looks awesome and I deem you a photographer. It dosnt matter what kind of camera you have, its all about the compisition.

I am quite proud of them, considering that I'm no photographer and they were shot on some tiny Pentax consumer digital camera.


Looks like you're very wrong there. Nice work.

I am so freaking jealous!

You came thru Kansas and didn't get a picture of THE tree????

Nice shots- I especially liked the clouds/shadows at sunset, the melon, and the partner in the pipe.

Wow, nice!

Awesome photos... Maybe I should just skip work for a year.

Wow, super photos!
Great trip.
Where was the photo of the sand dunes taken??

Thanks. Great pics, they made me homesick for the road.

Incredible. really nicely done.
each photograph seemed to bring me right there.
would be nice if you could recount some more of this journey. I'd be interested to hear more.

How many days? You covered some ground if it was just this summer. I just took a road trip w/ the fam and we did the same cali route. Started at the bottom and headed north. We turned off at san fran though. Did you do the PCH?

Your trip looks awesome and I deem you a photographer. It dosnt matter what kind of camera you have, its all about the compisition.

I figure that I spent somewhere near 75 days actually bicycling. The entire thing was between June 1 and September 19 though, with some longer stops here and there.

Wow You did alot.

Very nice, great photos.

Great photography, Dan. The west coast is quite inviting.

San Francisco, California, the city where my bike got nicked


Your bike got jacked? What did you do?

Your bike got jacked? What did you do?

I'm interested in hearing more too. Those pictures are very good.

man the pacific coast landscape is absolutely refreshing..... btw what happened to the ruby beach? is that a usual scenery there? are those illegal logging results?

Dan I really like your photos.
I have a question for you.
I am going on my first long tour from Los Angeles to Southern Nebraska. And your route you have pictured above is something I am looking at growing. I was wondering if you had it routed out in detail so that I might be able to take a look at it and maybe even get some suggestions from you of some highways that you would have taken if you knew before hand of.
Thanks for you post,
Ben

Superb stuff, Dan. Do you have a journal to go with the photos?

man the pacific coast landscape is absolutely refreshing..... btw what happened to the ruby beach? is that a usual scenery there? are those illegal logging results?

I think some of the pacific NW just looks like that. Just a natural thing... I could be wrong though.

oh so its a usual scenery though hehe... dan maybe you can have your own travelogue blog.. i think this will be a huge success. people may know those places and what were your experiences on those places

I am so freaking jealous!

me2

Your bike got jacked? What did you do?


Dan I really like your photos.
I have a question for you.
I am going on my first long tour from Los Angeles to Southern Nebraska. And your route you have pictured above is something I am looking at growing. I was wondering if you had it routed out in detail so that I might be able to take a look at it and maybe even get some suggestions from you of some highways that you would have taken if you knew before hand of.
Thanks for you post,
Ben

Well the big thing for me in the Southwest was the desert heat. It got up to 115 in Southern California. It would be similar going through Nevada I imagine depending on the time of year. You might want to go by the Grand Canyon, it is roughly on your route. I missed it by about 30 miles just because the roads there didn't go where I want. I can't remember any of the specific roads though, though I know that some were bad and some were good. 4 lane divided highways are always great for having wide shoulders. I only remember that the 93 in Kansas had virtually no traffic, but people said it gets very busy with oversized trucks come harvest time. I guess you wouldn't be going through there anyways.

Also Wolf Creek Pass over the Great Divide is ridiculously steep and slow to get up. I think I must have taken 2 hours to go 8 km gaining about 3 to 4 thousand feet of elevation. And then I took about 15 minutes to do the same distance down the other side.

impressive route. I especially like the color in that eureka photo, that place is a sad city.

AH What happened with your bike?

evidently, a lot of people want to know what happened when your bike got stolen. do tell all

terrific photographs! thanks for posting them!

Oops, I put the quote in there to reply to, and then I forgot to reply.

I filed a police report about my stolen bike, and never heard from it again. It is probably pulling a baby attachment filled with beer bottles and garbage bags right now. I kept my panniers with me, but lost the frame pump, water bottles, rack, hex keys, spare tubes, sunscreen, electrical tape, wrench, patch kit, lube, grease, pen, maps, and spare odds and ends.

I picked up a new Schwinn Letour from Performance Bicycle as a replacement. It ran me $550 plus tax and then another $100 or so for extra stuff I needed.

I was also unexpectedly stuck in San Francisco for an extra 3 nights because it happened on a weekend, and I couldn't do much shopping on Sunday. I spent one night in a hotel with some friends I met on the way. It was pretty tight though, what with seven individuals fit into a single room. There wouldn't have been space for my bicycle if I had had it, and I don't think I would have slept very well if I hadn't passed out drunk. I spent the next night camped out in some trees out of the way in some park on a hill top. Hills in Frisco are really steep which probably helped to keep the riffraff from hauling themselves up there. And then the next night I somewhat imposed myself on the generosity of another person I had met on my travels who happened to live in San Francisco.

The worst part of the whole thing was probably hauling my panniers around everywhere. Lucky I packed light.