Bike Touring with Kids Blogs

Victoria BC to Astoria OR, 501km “Hey let’s go Go-Karting!” said neither of us, ever, on our honeymoon bike tour along the Pacific Coast...

We're psyched to be hosting our first community presentation next month in our home town of Whitehorse, Yukon! We'll be inviting local...

If you’ve followed our family bike tours over the years, you’ll know that we ride with the goal of cycling from one fun thing to the...

“Hey Dad, look back across the bay. I can still see that boulder island we were hiking on two days ago!” “Yeah, Sitka, you’re right. And...

Picture yourself lounging on the world’s best sunning rock: moulded perfectly to the curve of your back, with just the right pressure on...

For two solid hours, we’d been climbing up steep, rocky switchbacks to reach le Col Ferret - a 2500-metre-high alpine saddle separating...

Dearest friends: We are PSYCHED to announce the release of our second book - Bike Touring with Kids: the Europe Epic! It has all the best...

As the snow thawed and the long days of sunlight returned to the Yukon this spring, we busily plotted out our next family adventure –...

Deer Lake to Anse-aux-Meadows, 694km (Tour Total 2,226km) “Welcome to the Big Land” reads the humongous blue highway placard at the...

Pictou to North Sydney, Nova Scotia, 556km (Tour total 1,532km) “I’m finished. I don’t think I can make it!” “Just one more kilometre to...

Three island loop rides, 130km (Tour total 976km) There’s a certain feeling that comes with being wrapped cozily in your sleeping bag,...

Moncton NB to Pictou NS, 350km (tour total 846km) When we imagined cycling across Prince Edward Island, Canada’s tiniest province, we...

Kelowna to Castlegar, 496km It was a challenge we’d never imagined. Standing underneath a rusty train bridge next to a highway overpass,...

Dear friends: we're back! As with all great bike tours, Dad dusts off the old Willie Nelson album (figuratively, on Spotify, of course)...

Copenhagen to Oslo, 510km; final total (read on to find out!) It’s nice to cruise to the finish line. We usually punctuate our annual...

Klitmøller to Copenhagen, 491km; total 9,500km Denmark just keeps getting better. From what we see to what we eat, where we sleep to the...

Sylt (Germany) to Klitmøller (Denmark), 384km; total 9,009km It was pure misery. Or at least as close as one can get while on a six-month...

Amsterdam to Sylt (Germany), 870km; total 8,625km Bike touring, like life in general, sometimes throws you a nasty headwind. The...

Duisburg (Germany) to Amsterdam, 440km; total 7,755km For a while, we thought maybe the marijuana just wafts permanently through the...

Kaiseraugst to Bonn, 640 km; total 7,315 km “I’d be okay with a little church vandalism,” was the only-half-joking suggestion one early...

Andermatt to Kaiseraugst, 425km; total 6,675km A bicycle is a pretty impressive machine - simple compared to modern wonders like iPhones,...

Vlorë (Albania) to Corfu (Greece), 133km; total 6,250km “This is a very important event. Get these bicycles out of here.” Disdain is...

Week 14 - Dubrovnik to Vlorë, 548km; total 6,117km (new family tour record) As parents, one quality you hope most for your kids to...

Zadar to Dubrovnik, 434km; total 5,569km Most dads get goosebumps of pride watching their kids score a goal, rock a recital or (in the...