Wild Rose Pedals

Tag: camping

  • New Treads

    New Treads

    Early to bed early to rise. Well maybe not. I didn’t get up until 730 this morning and even then Matt had coffee ready for me in my hammock. Allstar! We were discussing getting another night at the state park, dropping our gear and riding south into Angola for my bike tire. It was getting…

  • 3 Corners for a Triplet.

    3 Corners for a Triplet.

    Stealth camping in Monclova was quiet until acorns started dropping from the sky…maybe someone’s mouth was full or the sky pantry was too full. Either way it started raining acorns and I woke up hoping it wasn’t Mr. Thumbs 🦝 or his brother the Squirrel coming in from up above lol. We got up super…

  • Rest, stay, go

    Rest, stay, go

    After a good nights rest in the hotel, Matt and I decided we needed a rest day. So we booked the hotel for another night. We rested, walked to the grocery store and back and rested some more. I decided to order a new hammock after contemplating my options with the old one. Amazon had…

  • Midnight trains and Moonlight surprises

    Midnight trains and Moonlight surprises

    As night fell, we were lounging in our hammocks under the pavilion. We were stealth camped just off the trail, closer to the trail than the railroad tracks (8′ vs 20′). Every hour or so a train came by. The noise and vibration of the train and its massive weight would vibrate the pavilion. I…

  • Beautiful Ohio

    Beautiful Ohio

    After a restful night’s sleep at our Warmshowers hosts David and Mary’s home in Vermilion, Ohio, Matt “volunteered” to go get coffee downstairs. 😍 Time passed and I smelled coffee and bacon. I had to go down and join in! I met the other touring cyclist Morgan Wolf from Fresno and Mary! Over coffee and…

  • Our biggest day yet!

    Our biggest day yet!

    After a great night’s sleep in the Marmot Tungsten Tent, the sunrise was breaking through the horizon. Matt and I both needed to get up and get rolling as we had a big mileage day planned. Teamwork, cold coffee and determination. We packed up, said our goodbyes to our Warmshowers host Bill and got on…

  • Wind🌬wind🌬 wind down

    Wind🌬wind🌬 wind down

    Pedaling for the next couple of days has been a variable wind, rain and sun shining down kind of tour along Lake Erie. We left out of Fisherman’s Beach reasonably early. We had a light wind and lots of sunshine. As we rode into Erie, PA, Matt and I realized we needed a coffee, a…

  • Beep Beep Butterfly

    Beep Beep Butterfly

    Morning came quickly after a good night’s rest at Joanna and Mike’s house. Matt and I packed our things and Joanna made us some deliciously strong coffee (just the way we like it) and a fantastic breakfast. Magda and Rosie were writing each other notes during breakfast like classmates. Afterwards, we said our goodbyes and…

  • Right on time

    Right on time

    Our morning in Connellsville consisted of coffee and donuts! Matt worked on adjusting his seat stem while I worked on breakfast. Feeling like it was going to be a late start, we both began packing up before the morning slipped away from us. Before we left we met a couple Don and Jo from Connellsville…

  • The moments we live for

    The moments we live for

    After a good nights sleep, I awoke just before sunrise and quietly started coffee when Matt woke up. We had coffee on the mountain top at sunrise. Soon were back at camp getting a second cup of coffee and making breakfast. Matt made us oatmeal. We needed the carbs for a possible big day of…