Month: November 2015

  • Hurricane Ridge and the Olympic Peninsula

    Tacoma Narrow bridge 260 miles later, much more windy this time across. Olympic Discovery Trail on my way to Port Angeles and the Hurricane Ridge climb. We are up in Tacoma, Washington visiting family for Thanksgiving, so yesterday I rode from Tacoma up through the Kitsap Peninsula onto the Olympic Peninsula, attempted to climb Hurricane…

  • Everesting Clingman’s Dome

    View this post on Instagram A post shared by Brian Toone (@kartoone76) Panoramic photo from the Clingman’s Dome tower panning from northwest to the southeast with Mt Leconte prominent in the center and the Gatlinburg / Pigeon Forge area to its left. Looking back down the steep path to the Clingman’s Dome parking lot on…

  • Lake Martin, Auburn, Tuskegee century this weekend!

    Don’t pack up your bike yet! The Alabama Backroads Century season maybe over, but there is still at least one more good century ride this year coming up in Alabama. I’m excited to be the guest speaker at a fundraiser for New Water Ministries, which is hosting a century ride (with 30, 60, and 100…