https://montediaries.com/2017/06/19/the-rv-parks-of-southern-washington/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170529_184412936.jpgIMG_20170529_184412936Yummmhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170529_183155388.jpgIMG_20170529_183155388Harrison RV Park camping right by the train tracks and covered with old dog poop! https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170529_135351028.jpgIMG_20170529_135351028Centralia was founded by a former enslaved person named George Washington. I was not expecting to read about such an interesting town history up here. https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170531_155910088.jpgIMG_20170531_155910088Google maps suggested we bike up this path in Shelton...https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170531_152415812.jpgIMG_20170531_152415812Monte stradling my leg to rest https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/p1040194.jpgP1040194https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/p1040193.jpgP1040193Creepy shoes left on a gate at another private undeveloped roadhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_5101.jpgDSC_5101https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_5100.jpgDSC_5100Lunch stop at tree farm roadhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_5098.jpgDSC_50982017-06-19T16:45:59+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/2017/06/07/astoria-to-portland/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170523_144701541.jpgIMG_20170523_144701541Selfie at Laura & Stephen's Househttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170521_095341278_hdr.jpgIMG_20170521_095341278_HDRJake kayakinghttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170520_184351414.jpgIMG_20170520_184351414Campsite at Bayport2018-10-13T23:20:37+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/2017/05/25/finishing-up-the-oregon-coast-in-the-rain/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170518_162953983.jpgIMG_20170518_162953983https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170518_144900120.jpgIMG_20170518_144900120https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170518_134501498_hdr.jpgIMG_20170518_134501498_HDRhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170518_124428809_hdr.jpgIMG_20170518_124428809_HDRhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170517_104646550.jpgIMG_20170517_104646550Monte running along the Prom on the way out of Seasidehttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170518_1243591.jpgIMG_20170518_124359https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170517_183220.jpgIMG_20170517_183220https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170517_150842730_hdr.jpgIMG_20170517_150842730_HDRLunch stop. There are 8 breweries in Astoria and only 10,000 residents. https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170517_104108.jpgIMG_20170517_104108https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170517_104056.jpgIMG_20170517_104056Neil's House!2017-05-26T06:14:10+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/2017/05/14/rainy-days-from-florence-to-tillamook/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170509_202031888.jpgIMG_20170509_202031888https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_8319.jpgIMG_8319Ready for the rain and the climbhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170506_113805_479.jpgIMG_20170506_113805_479https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170512_131306716.jpgIMG_20170512_131306716Netarts Bayhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170512_184604782_burst000_cover_top.jpgIMG_20170512_184604782_BURST000_COVER_TOPMargaritas after thawing out at the Western Royal Innhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170512_131325822.jpgIMG_20170512_131325822https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170512_111747942.jpgIMG_20170512_111747942Nathan!https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170511_161825366.jpgIMG_20170511_161825366Even more time in the tenthttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170511_160858945_burst000_cover_top.jpgIMG_20170511_160858945_BURST000_COVER_TOPLots of time in the tenthttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_5033.jpgDSC_5033Our setup2017-05-14T00:11:02+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/2017/03/18/our-first-big-climb/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20170308_134058026.jpgIMG_20170308_134058026Jake made it to the top!https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20170308_123015901.jpgIMG_20170308_123015901I haven't seen this before. You bike over a sensor or hit a button and a sign flashes warning drivers that cyclists are in the tunnel. Monte was really scared in there by how loud it was when cars and trucks passed. https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20170308_112224516.jpgIMG_20170308_112224516Eeek! Monte was OK. https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20170308_080945386.jpgIMG_20170308_080945386Bigger than usual breakfast to prepare for the big climb2017-05-14T00:07:14+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/2017/04/03/the-detour/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170323_182501098.jpgIMG_20170323_182501098Kayak crossinghttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170323_161325577.jpgIMG_20170323_161325577REI Marina, CAhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170323_174925729.jpgIMG_20170323_174925729Marina bike pathhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170323_122510432.jpgIMG_20170323_122510432Motel 6 Salinas Airporthttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4772.jpgDSC_4772Monte in the hotelhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4767.jpgDSC_4767Cactus farmhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170322_184723902.jpgIMG_20170322_184723902Moohttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4766.jpgDSC_4766Pedaling through the rainhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030732.jpgP1030732What? I'm not supposed to be up here?https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030725.jpgP1030725Mission Soledad2017-05-14T00:06:30+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/2017/04/25/road-closures-the-good-the-bad-and-the-are-you-serious/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170423_182427720.jpgIMG_20170423_182427720Monte strikes a posehttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030949.jpgP1030949Jake you made it! This was about halfway up. We had a lane closure to bike in.https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030940.jpgP1030940https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030938.jpgP1030938https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030933.jpgP1030933https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170423_123545729.jpgIMG_20170423_123545729https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170423_122933124.jpgIMG_20170423_122933124This is why the road was closedhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170423_122316666.jpgIMG_20170423_122316666https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170423_122256680.jpgIMG_20170423_122256680https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170423_092844512.jpgIMG_20170423_092844512It was terrifying2017-07-28T21:57:21+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/2017/05/06/losing-monte-jakes-wipeout-spoiler-we-are-all-ok/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_4997.jpgDSC_4997The fog parts just enough to see the view.https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_4991.jpgDSC_4991Monte naps where he can, at a viewpoint pull offhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_4988.jpgDSC_4988https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1040001.jpgP1040001We are waiting in line at the Mexican drive thru.https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170504_145801745_hdr.jpgIMG_20170504_145801745_HDRLunch stop in Reedsporthttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170504_104224533_hdr.jpgIMG_20170504_104224533_HDRMonte napping by the caboosehttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_4985.jpgDSC_4985We camped under a caboose at the KOAhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170503_145202949.jpgIMG_20170503_145202949Stop for afternoon beerhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170503_135130866_hdr.jpgIMG_20170503_135130866_HDRThanks Carol! aka Moehttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170503_134155209.jpgIMG_20170503_134155209The bridge2017-05-06T18:26:58+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/2017/05/01/last-days-of-california/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_4943.jpgDSC_4943Sunset walk at the beachhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_4940.jpgDSC_4940https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_4935.jpgDSC_4935There was a weed shop just over the borderhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_4930.jpgDSC_4930Taking a sun nap while we eat lunchhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1030974.jpgP1030974https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1030972.jpgP1030972https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1030968.jpgP1030968WE MADE IT TO OREGON!!!https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_4933.jpgDSC_4933Lunchhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p1030963.jpgP1030963Jedediah Campsitehttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170426_193137572.jpgIMG_20170426_193137572Monte is warm and dry2017-05-01T06:03:01+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/2017/04/16/lagunitas-to-fort-bragg-and-the-great-mole-incident/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030882.jpgP1030882MacKerricher campsite setup to protect us from the heavy overnight rainhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4873.jpgDSC_4873https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4872.jpgDSC_4872Fort Bragg bike pathhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030879.jpgP1030879Fort Bragg bike pathhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030876.jpgP1030876There were a bunch of banana slugs in our food box in Van Dammehttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4869.jpgDSC_4869Van Damme campsitehttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4867.jpgDSC_4867Jake's bikehttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4866.jpgDSC_4866Rest stophttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4865.jpgDSC_4865The store in Elk had hot paninishttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4864.jpgDSC_4864There she goes!2017-04-25T17:46:30+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/2017/04/16/hanging-in-the-bay-area/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4830.jpgDSC_4830https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170405_082915926.jpgIMG_20170405_082915926So glad to be able to stop by! (*pun courtesy of Adriana)https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170404_233838959.jpgIMG_20170404_233838959https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030811.jpgP1030811Final cocktails of our visit with George, the cat. https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170404_160848045.jpgIMG_20170404_160848045Hi, Steph!https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170404_150111847.jpgIMG_20170404_150111847https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170404_141407421.jpgIMG_20170404_141407421I've seen this sticke in Chicago too. Any ideas of what this means?https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170404_131020014_hdr.jpgIMG_20170404_131020014_HDRhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030805.jpgP1030805https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030800.jpgP1030800My attempt at an artsy photo of City Hall2017-04-16T20:47:15+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/contact/2017-04-07T16:44:12+00:00weekly0.6https://montediaries.com/2017/04/05/from-santa-cruz-to-the-bay-area/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030777.jpgP1030777https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4829.jpgDSC_4829https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4822.jpgDSC_4822https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4818.jpgDSC_4818https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030776.jpgP1030776Our motel roomhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4816.jpgDSC_4816https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4812.jpgDSC_4812https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4809.jpgDSC_4809https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_48081.jpgDSC_4808https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030772.jpgP1030772Switchbacks approaching our motel2017-04-05T04:10:23+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/2017/04/05/three-nights-in-monterey/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030742.jpgP1030742A path for Monte to run alonghttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4774.jpgDSC_4774https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4775.jpgDSC_4775COOL!https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4776.jpgDSC_4776Changing to the next map panelhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_4780.jpgDSC_4780Surprise flowershttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170325_191604791_burst000_cover_top.jpgIMG_20170325_191604791_BURST000_COVER_TOPRoute planning over winehttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1030740.jpgP1030740Drying out our stuffhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170324_153157593.jpgIMG_20170324_153157593https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170324_150119906.jpgIMG_20170324_150119906https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170324_142255632_burst000_cover_top.jpgIMG_20170324_142255632_BURST000_COVER_TOP2017-04-05T02:05:24+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/2017/03/26/days-13-17/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_4753.jpgDSC_4753Jake doing dishes under a wild skyhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_4747.jpgDSC_4747https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030704.jpgP1030704https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030697.jpgP1030697https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030690.jpgP1030690https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030687.jpgP1030687Leaving the restaurant in stylehttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_4748.jpgDSC_4748They put the hiker biker right by the garbagehttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030685.jpgP1030685Jake's bikehttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030683.jpgP1030683Morgan's bikehttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030682.jpgP10306822017-04-04T01:14:21+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/2017/03/18/pismo-beach-with-friends/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030587.jpgP1030587https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20170311_181317995_hdr.jpgIMG_20170311_181317995_HDRMorro Rockhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030584.jpgP1030584The ride to Morro Bay was idyllichttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20170311_153244207.jpgIMG_20170311_153244207https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030579.jpgP1030579Selfie!https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030578.jpgP1030578Us outside Emi + David's house before we lefthttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20170310_154507446.jpgIMG_20170310_154507446https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030574.jpgP1030574https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20170310_192620627_burst000_cover_top.jpgIMG_20170310_192620627_BURST000_COVER_TOPhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030570.jpgP10305702017-03-22T17:11:48+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/2017/03/13/days-2-8/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20170307_172759110_hdr.jpgIMG_20170307_172759110_HDRhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030550.jpgP1030550Refugio Camp Sitehttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_4700.jpgDSC_4700El Capitan Camp Sitehttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20170306_114046053.jpgIMG_20170306_114046053Long run for Monte on the Obern Bike Trailhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_4696.jpgDSC_4696https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_4675.jpgDSC_4675https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030546.jpgP1030546UCSB is biking heavenhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20170306_144236323_hdr.jpgIMG_20170306_144236323_HDRhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20170305_114525716.jpgIMG_20170305_114525716https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030540.jpgP1030540Harbor Seals2017-03-13T05:16:33+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/2017/03/13/jake-and-morgan-escape-from-l-a/https://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20170228_150415277_hdr.jpgIMG_20170228_150415277_HDROur bikes and Monte outside the REI in Santa Monicahttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20170228_2019265812.jpgIMG_20170228_201926581Our first dinner on the roadhttps://montediaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p1030439.jpgP1030439Outside our apartment, almost ready to leave.2017-03-13T03:45:43+00:00monthlyhttps://montediaries.com/about/2017-02-01T05:41:39+00:00weekly0.6https://montediaries.comdaily1.02018-10-13T23:20:37+00:00