Spokes 2024 Applications are out!
Hello everyone! We wanted to share that the Spokes 2024 Application is now out! For those of you who are new to the blog, here is a...
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Spokes 2024
Aug 20, 20231 min read
Day 70: spokes superlatives!
Sunday, August 13, 2023 Placerville, CA -> Sacramento, CA 51 miles. 1,460 ft elevation gain. hello! for my (delayed) last post, i wanted...
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Spokes 2024
Aug 19, 20233 min read
Day 72:…and the journey ends
Tuesday, August 15, 2023 Benicia, CA->San Francisco, CA 53.23 miles, 3267ft gain I thought about the end of this journey as soon as we...
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Spokes 2024
Aug 14, 20234 min read
Day 69: a ride that went downhill
Saturday, August 12, 2023 South Lake Tahoe, CA → Placerville, CA 100.77 km && 941 m elevation [62.62 mi && 3087 ft elevation] 🇧🇷 Song...
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Spokes 2024
Aug 13, 20232 min read
Spokes 68: Reflecting by the lake
Friday, Aug 11 2023 Southlake Tahoe 0 mi, 0 ft climbing Today was our last rest day of the trip! The morning started late. I personally...
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Spokes 2024
Aug 12, 20232 min read
Day 67: The teacher becomes the student (AKA building boats)
Thursday August 10, 2023 South Lake Tahoe, CA -> South Lake Tahoe, CA 0 mi, 0 ft elev gain Thursday was a bittersweet day. We woke up to...
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Spokes 2024
Aug 11, 20234 min read
Day 66: we tried biking on what???
Wednesday August 9, 2023 Carson City, NV->South Lake Tahoe, CA 43 mi, 3500 ft elev gain I spend a lot of time these days just laying down...
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Spokes 2024
Aug 10, 20232 min read
Day 65: state superlatives (minus California)
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 Fallon, NV->Carson City, NV 62.12 miles, 2059 ft gain Hello! Since we're getting close to the end, I thought it...
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Spokes 2024
Aug 7, 20231 min read
Day 63: our longest ride & road signs
Sunday, August 6, 2023 Austin, NV -> Fallon, NV 112 miles. 2,377 ft ft elevation gain. this is our longest (!!!!!) ride of the entire...
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Spokes 2024
Aug 7, 20232 min read
Day 62: an All-Cricket road
Saturday, August 05, 2023 Eureka, NV → Austin, NV 129.61 km && 917 m elevation [80.54 mi && 3009 ft elevation] 🇧🇷 Song for today:...
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Spokes 2024
Aug 5, 20233 min read
Day 61: The Most Mountainous State
Friday, Aug 04 Ely -> Eureka, NV 95.03 mi, 4517 ft climbing I think many of us (or at least myself) expected a relatively flat and easy...
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Spokes 2024
Aug 4, 20231 min read
Day 60: Ms. Frizzle and Ely Learning Festival
Thursday August 3, 2023 Baker, NV -> Ely, NV 0 mi, 0 ft We had our next learning festival after almost a month! Safe to say it was a nice...
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Spokes 2024
Aug 3, 20232 min read
Day 59: Guess who we met!!! (spoken word piece but it's written cuz it's a blog)
so maybe it's a poem then i don't know what this is Wednesday August 2, 2023 Baker, NV -> Ely, NV 61.44 mi, 4,359 ft actually, it was 20...
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Spokes 2024
Aug 2, 20231 min read
Day 58: limerick time
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 Milford UT->Baker NV 82.96 miles, 4367 ft gain In Baker, Nevada we arrived with cheer, A small town near Great...
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Spokes 2024
Jul 31, 20233 min read
Day 56: Zion is BeaUTAHful!
Sunday, July 30, 2023 Cedar City & Zion National Park, UT 0 miles. today marks our last "rest" day* in Utah, so our last National Park...
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Spokes 2024
Jul 31, 20233 min read
Day 54: Bryce Bryce Baby
Friday, Jul 28 Bryce canyon national park 0 mi, 0ft Today we took a rest day in Bryce canyon national park! For parks like arches where...
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Spokes 2024
Jul 31, 20233 min read
Day 55: an All-American road
Saturday, July 29, 2023 Bryce Canyon City, UT → Cedar City, UT 131.21 km && 1334 m elevation [81.53 mi && 4377 ft elevation] 🇧🇷 Song...
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Spokes 2024
Jul 29, 20232 min read
Day 53: Have a Bryce Day
Thursday July 27, 2023 Escalante, UT -> Bryce Canyon National Park 46.9 mi and 3,882 ft The Petrified Forest State Park in Escalante is...
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Spokes 2024
Jul 27, 20234 min read
Day 52: plopped in a forest of bears
Wednesday July 26, 2023 Capitol Reef National Park -> Escalante, UT 77.40 mi and 7,778 ft (routed) Cover photo courtesy of Vin Armelin As...
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Spokes 2024
Jul 26, 20231 min read
Day 51 - haiku time
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 Capitol Reef National Park/Torrey, UT/Moab, UT Rest day Hiked up some red rocks. Saw a rock bridge and handprints....
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