A 60-mile, mixed pavement and gravel route complete with wineries, orchards, replicas of Stonehenge, historic Oregon Trail sites, campgrounds, solitude, and Columbia and Deschutes River vistas galore. When: early spring 2018 Bicycle Adventurers: solo bike tour to break in my new touring bike (I call her Kung Fu Panda.) Accommodations: Columbia Hills Historical State Park Distance: 60 miles over two days Bonus tip for this adventure? Check out the infamous and twisting Maryhill Loops Road, but ride it downhill, preferably. The beautiful thing is that it is usually closed to cars. Be ..read more

I rode my recumbent bicycle and connected two great trails in Indiana, the Nickel Plate Trail and the Panhandle Pathway. Bicycle Adventurers: Just me, Mark Wollenberg, on this solo ride When: June 2017 Accommodations: a motel near Peru, Indiana Distance: 120 miles over the two days Adventure bonus: If you love to stay away from busy roads, this route is half on relaxing paved trails and half on back roads. Day One The Nickel Plate Trail and the Panhandle Pathway are two nice trails in Indiana that parallel one another, and I decided to connec ..read more

This trip makes excellent use of the beautiful trails along Lake Michigan with an overnight stay at Hoffmaster State Park. Bicycle Adventurers: Sarah Hubbard When: Summer Accommodations: Hoffmaster State Park Distance: I rode 52 miles on the first day and 35 miles on day two. Bonus tip for this adventure: The scenery is spectacular, so stop often and take plenty of pictures. You'll pass by Michigan Adventure, getting a nice glimpse of the wooden roller coaster, and also the USS LST 393 a tank landing ship built for the U.S. Navy during World War ll. Day One I've been wanting to do a bik ..read more

My first bike camping trip! Rode Georgia’s Silver Comet Trail and Alabama’s Chief Ladiga Trail, camping at the beautiful Chief Ladiga Campground near Piedmont, Alabama. Bicycle Adventurers: This was my first bike camping trip, and I’m hooked! It was a lot of fun to plan and figure out what was essential and what should be left at home. Once underway it was a great feeling knowing I was “self-contained” with everything I needed to camp out and get by on my own. Of course I learned a lot to make the next trip better, but for my first adventure, it turned out great. Can’t wai ..read more

The ride around Lac Saint-Jean provides scenic views, long bike-only paths, and rolling hills. When: June 2-4, 2017, Bike Travel Weekend Bicycle Adventurers: Todd “Spokes” Young and Elizabeth “Wanda” Young. Our nicknames are from our TransAmerica ride. “Spokes” because I kept breaking spokes, and “Wanda” is the name we gave Liz, short for “Wandering with Maps” because she always had the maps, yet sometimes was wandering a bit off route.  Accommodations: We had planned and packed for camping, but ended up staying at a B&B the first night and a nice motel the second ..read more

We rode this loop through southern Utah desert country on a mix of paved and dirt roads with a visit to a pioneer ghost town and stay in a scenic yurt. Bicycle Adventurers: My son Niels and I. When: January 2018 Accommodations: A motel and a yurt on Gooseberry Mesa Distance: 95 miles over three days Bonuses for this adventure: The pioneer ghost town of Grafton The Smithsonian Butte Scenic Byway A stay in the Gooseberry Mesa Yurts Beautiful desert scenery. Day One With temperatures in the 50s — not bad for January — we rode backroads out of St. George, Utah, through the small town ..read more

One of the most biodiverse areas in the country, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore endured an incredible century-long fight between industrialists and naturalists. Now, towering dunes and a steel industry make a dynamic weekend ride. Bicycle Adventurers: We rolled deep! 14 of us with myself, Anna Henschel, and Cody Tracy as the leaders. When: Summer is ideal, barefooted and swimming! Accommodations: We camped at the Dunewood Campground at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, which does not take reservations and is about a couple miles from the nearest ..read more

This was a pre-Christmas overnight trip just because. We enjoy traveling by bike and Picacho Peak is an easy trip for a weekend getaway. Bicycle Adventurers: My wife and I ... we recently completed a 470-mile, self-contained bike tour from Crescent City, California to Half Moon Bay, California and loved every minute. Short overnight trips are just the thing to keep that love for bicycle travel alive and well. When: We planned this trip a couple months ago when the weather in Tucson was unseasonably warm. However, our trip started the second day of winter on December 22 with lows in the 3 ..read more

For 2017’s Bike Travel Weekend, I rode greenways through Cary, North Carolina and then some country roads to reach this lakeside campground at the Jordan Lake State Recreation Area. Bicycle Adventurers: Solo trip  When: June 2017, Bike Travel Weekend Accommodations: New Hope Overlook Campground at North Carolina’s Jordan Lake State Recreation Area Distance: 58 miles over two days. Bonus tip for this adventure? Campsite A1 is next to a small gravel beach on the lakeshore! It’s worth noting the train station at Cary, North Carolina can be a convenient point to sta ..read more

We rode down a beautiful road in prime moose habitat. Bicycle Adventurer: Carolyn, Dan, Gerold, and Ron When: June 3-4, 2017, Bike Travel Weekend! Accommodations: Elmore State Park, Vermont. Here's everything you need to know about camping in Vermont's state parks. Distance: 46 miles round trip over the two days. Bonus tip for this adventure: Climb Mount Elmore. Swim in Lake Elmore. Eat pizza at The Elmore Store. Day One This was a fair weather trip. We never expected rain the entire ride, but it was still fun and a great ride with incredible pizza while enjoying spectacular v ..read more