TRAVELOGUE OF OUR JOURNEY’S FLOW

Shadows reveal the light as a journey reveals the emprise...

WELCOME TO OUR JOURNEY

On April 15, 2023 we officially began our bikelife with the plan to live out our final days on foot and bicycle. Within this website you will find adventures past and present so that you, our friends and family, can follow along.

Travelogue:

Journal of our Bike-life

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Porcupine to Yosemite Valley ~ Sep 28
Deborah
Porcupine to Yosemite Valley ~ Sep 28
Deborah

The landscape had dramatically changed from the day before. Granite mounds receded into the distance and the expanse of lodgepole pines rose up around us, some standing tall, and others blackened shards of their former selves.

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Tuolumne to Porcupine ~ Sep 27
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Tuolumne to Porcupine ~ Sep 27
Deborah

Tuolumne matched our travel vibe so well, it was hard to leave, but the gates were closing behind us. Nine days into our trip, our steeds fully loaded, it was time to point our wheels westward.

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Elizabeth Lake ~ Sep 26
Deborah
Elizabeth Lake ~ Sep 26
Deborah

After organizing our gear in preparation for our first actual ride, we still had just enough afternoon left for one more wander into the forest.

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Cathedral Lakes ~ Sep 25
Deborah
Cathedral Lakes ~ Sep 25
Deborah

After years of never “winning” the lottery to hike the Sierras and watching stunning images through the eyes of “you-tubers” - this was our brief but spectacular moment to walk the edges of the back country.

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Lembert Dome Loop ~ Sep 24
Deborah
Lembert Dome Loop ~ Sep 24
Deborah

Lembert Dome towers over Tuolumne Meadow and looked like the perfect opportunity to gain some elevation and soak in our surroundings.

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Devices:

Gear we use or have used

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Fujifilm X-T5
Fujifilm X-T5

The X-T5 is my seventh and eighth X-Series camera and since my X-Pro1 in 2012 has been my favorite model to date.

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2017 Salsa Mukluk X01…
2017 Salsa Mukluk X01…

Wish we brought our fat bikes is something we often said when touring with our Surly ECR’s. Not that we didn’t like riding our 29ers, but that we enjoyed riding our Salsa Mukluks a lot more.

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Hilleberg Saivo 3
Hilleberg Saivo 3

As circumstances played out, the redesigned Saivo became available in 2024 and in June of that year it replaced our Allak 3 as our home.

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Maintenance & Repair Parts
Maintenance & Repair Parts

I can not help myself, I like to fix things. Last week I wrote about our bike tools, this is the story of the bits and pieces that make the tools functional.

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Fundamental Alterations…
Fundamental Alterations…

A breakdown of Alterations: Attaching Revelate Design Feedbags, Modifying Salsa Anything Cages, Ortlieb Handlebar Pack QR

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Our Portable Bike Shop
Our Portable Bike Shop
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Excursions:

Adventures from home

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The Priceless Gift of Childhood
The Priceless Gift of Childhood

I think I haven’t thanked you enough for all our summer trips to the wilds of central Oregon in my childhood.  You awakened in me a love that will never die, for all things simple and elegant in the natural world. 

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Bailey Range Traverse 2010
Bailey Range Traverse 2010

It has been far too long before posting the most pivotal trip Nivaun and I have ever done to date. And the one that lead to building our future plan to finish this life together, exploring nature across our planet.

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W*h*ine Tour - Days 12 and 13
W*h*ine Tour - Days 12 and 13

The final two days of our journey…

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W*h*ine Tour - Days 9 to 11
W*h*ine Tour - Days 9 to 11

We had a couple wonderful story filled zero days with a Warm Showers host. The inspiration to this entire ride was to visit Westport Winery and pick up our wine. We finally arrived on day nine.

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W*h*ine Tour - Days 7 and 8
W*h*ine Tour - Days 7 and 8

The day before we had been musing over whether or not to get a hotel room on the trip.

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PORTFOLIOS

Visual Pieces of Our Journey

Photographs taken that I am fond of placed in neat little categories.

Nature Studies

Nature Library
Laughing Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
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Douglas Squirrel
Douglas Squirrel
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INSTAGRAM - @journeysflow

View fullsize Zero Day On The Motueka River A few of my favorite photos from a beautiful and lazy day on the Motueka River. The couch gets used by the locals when they show up to swim… - - - | #unconventionalretirement #retirement #outdoorlife #staywild
View fullsize I’m feeling ordinary… - - - | #unconventionalretirement #retirement #outdoorlife #staywild #weareoutdoor #keepitwild #discoverearth #raomtheplanet #neverstopexploring #simpleadventure #journeysflow #bikepacking #bikelife #ridingnewzealan
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View fullsize Lost 2024 and Found 2025 - My final photograph of 2024 was decaying leaves and fallen fern on the forest floor. The first photograph of 2025 was the bloom of a Himalayan Honeysuckle as I took my camera for a stroll along the waterfall track in Hav
View fullsize Deborah and I have been riding towards new horizons since April 2023. From Alaska to Australia and now New Zealand. We have met many, both young and old, cycle touring towards the same horizons. One morning I sat with my camera on a misty lake shor
View fullsize When I first was making the switch to Hilleberg my first choice was going to be the Saivo. They were never in stock so we ended up with the Allak 3 as our second choice. You can read about the transition on our website www.journeysflow.ccom under De
View fullsize Woke up at 3am and saw the southern lights. Now I can say that I have seen both the northern and southern aurora, a special moment for me. Deborah and I finished a very cold evening near Swansea Tasmania with a campfire using our Firebox. That was sp
View fullsize Everlasting Flower seen while riding around Queenstown Tasmania… - - - | #outdoorlife #staywild #weareoutdoor #keepitwild #discoverearth #raomtheplanet #goexplore #neverstopexploring #simpleadventure #journeysflow #bikepacking #bikelife #explo
View fullsize March 11, 2024 - A few photos from the Richmond Gaol in Richmond. Their website has the following description, “Richmond Gaol, as we see it today, was built over a period of 15 years, between 1825 and 1840. The oldest part of the complex is th
View fullsize Riding along a bikepath, I rode over a stick that punctured my tire leaving a huge hole when I pulled the piece of wood out. The Park Tool TPT-1 tubeless tire plug tool worked amazingly well! Most plugs wouldn’t work with a hole the size I had
View fullsize Camping at Longley waiting out a blustery day. Worked on a few few tree photographs taken during the past few days… - - - | #outdoorlife #staywild #weareoutdoor #keepitwild #discoverearth #raomtheplanet #goexplore #neverstopexploring #simplead
View fullsize We finally saw one of the famous white wallabies on Bruny Island… - - - | #outdoorlife #staywild #weareoutdoor #keepitwild #discoverearth #raomtheplanet #goexplore #neverstopexploring #simpleadventure #journeysflow #bikepacking #bikelife #expl

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