My wife and I made a few tours this year, some short.

First, we rode the Denali Highway (gravel wilds ride) and continued on paved Highways back home for a week long trip self supported trip. Lots of wildlife on this trip with rough roads and no flats.

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Next we took the ferry from Whittier, Alaska to Bellingham, Wa with touring bikes. We then rode to Seattle with one overnight. The 3 day ferry trip was spectacular with wildlife galore and over a hundered Laysan Albatross spotted. My pics are somewhere, but I can't find them this instant.


Then, we traveled by ferry to Kodiak Island with touring bikes and rode out to the end of the road around the island. We stayed overnight in a cabin on the water and rode back the next day.

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Lastly, we are planning a self supported trip for next June from Seattle, Wa to Whitehorse, Yukon via the Cassier Highway. Roughly 1900 miles, can't wait.

If all goes well, plan is to drive one-way to Brownsville, TX and spend my Christmas break cycling back to Austin, TX. The most direct route is ~350 miles, but if weather cooperates I'll go a longer route. Fortunately, some ability to adjust day be day with different route combinations.

This year I didn't quite get the shorter tours I planned (e.g. Austin to Little Rock to Chicago); but did get a week and half touring in India (Leh to Srinagar; and some of the Manali to Leh route) which was good. Vacation is unfortunately scarce this year, hence the short Christmas ride. This year I also did half a dozen weekend overnight trips, mostly to different TX state parks.

We were able to get out for 2tours last summer 5days each on Vancouver Island and Denman/Hornby islands
While on Denman we met the builder of the Nimbus kayaks and velomobiles

Rode this trip this past week: Brownsville to Austin Seven days cycling and two days in San Antonio. Some cooler riding but also temperatures approaching 80F on the second day.