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Once Bob and I set our sights on our Northwest Adventure, we needed to develop a plan and a schedule and we needed to outfit ourselves for the ride.  Outfitting for both Bob and me included acquiring a touring bike suitable for loaded touring, along with the racks and bags that we’d need to carry…

My best laid plans did not come to fruition.  I had intended to write in quasi-realtime about my bicycle adventure, which, when I initially set up this blog in December 2015, was intended as a west coast tour from Canada to Mexico. Now that the trip is well into the rear-view mirror, my new intention…

This is my first post about my planned West Coast bike trip.  Intention is to cycle the west coast from Canada to Mexico in September 2016.  I plan to document my planning activities as I set up my tour kit (bike plus touring gear), and do my training rides.