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Cycling the California coast to Santa Barbara
When we reached the border of California, in Crescent City, we unknowingly waved goodbye to our ice-cream, carousel and cute-seaside-fishing-town bike trip in Oregon. Not that the coast of Oregon had been flat, or easy to bike or very populated. But relative to California, biking the Oregon coast was a summer picnic. At least in Oregon, we had plenty of ice-cream to help us up the hills 😊.
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Cycling the US west coast: Along the stunning Oregon Coast
We pedaled into California yesterday, waving goodbye to the beautiful Oregon coast. The weather for the past two weeks has been glorious. (It stopped raining as soon as we crossed the Columbia River from Washington to Oregon, of course.) Every night, we have camped to the sound of the ocean at one of the many stunning Oregon state Continue reading “Cycling the US west coast: Along the stunning Oregon Coast”
Cycling the US west coast route: Seattle to Oregon
It was misty and grey as we pedaled down the road from our front door, heading to the Seattle ferry. Goodbye rainy Seattle winter, I waved to our home one last time! We were cycling south to San Diego—towards the sun and Continue reading “Cycling the US west coast route: Seattle to Oregon”
Five days until the release of Breathtaking!
We’re looking forward to telling you funny, inspiring and exciting stories about our family’s around the world cycling adventures when our book, Breathtaking comes out on June 15. If you live in the Seattle area, we have several fun events coming up—including an easy bike ride with us on our first day as we head down the west coast from Seattle to San Diego on our Bike and Book speaking tour (see below).
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How to vacation by bike Â
Finally! You’re planning a summer vacation this year. But the gas prices are ridiculous. Plane tickets are impossible to find. And it would be nice to take a trip that’s environmentally responsible.
Why not consider vacationing by bike? Bike travel can be very fun and affordable. And it doesn’t have to be complicated. While some people (like us) do carry heavy camping gear and pedal thousands of miles, that’s not the only form of bike tourism. Continue reading “How to vacation by bike  “
Get ready for an exciting summer of “Breathtaking” events!
Hooray!  Our publisher, Falcon, has given us a firm release date for our book Breathtaking. June 15, 2022. And we’re off planning another set of exciting Eber adventures. This time, we’re inviting you to join us! Mark your calendars for the following dates.
June 18Â is our book launch party for sponsors. Continue reading “Get ready for an exciting summer of “Breathtaking” events!”
Cycling the Danube: From Vienna to Budapest
During our family’s cycling journey around the world, eastern Europe was—hands down—one of the most stressful and scary sections of the trip. Since you’ll be reading about our eastern European adventures in our book Breathtaking, let it suffice for me to say that, as Lorenz and I prepared to leave Vienna and pedal to Budapest on the last leg of our Danube cycling adventure, we were, well, a bit– OK more than a bit– apprehensive.
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Hurrah! We are in Vienna, Austria, over 1100 kilometers and almost 700 miles from our starting
point at the Danube Spring in Germany. The sun came out the day after we sent our last newsletter and has been it shining gloriously on the river and the mountainsides rising above the Austrian Danube ever since. It is perhaps a truism of long distance cycling that if you keep pedaling long enough, the weather will always change. Like life, it’s best to just keep pedaling rain or shine and you’ll get there sooner or later.
The past week of cycling in Austria has been a delight. If you only have time to cycle one section of the Danube, cycle Austria (though perhaps we should hold off our final verdict until we get to Budapest).
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For the past two weeks, Lorenz and I have been cycling down the Danube River in Germany (yes the Danube does go through Austria, but it starts in Germany). In fact, it has taken us 700 kilometers of pedaling just to get to Austria from the Danube’s start as a spring in a quaint town not far from France called Donauesching.
Of course, as with all Eber adventures, this one cannot just be ‘normal’. We are pedaling during Covid-19 (now Covid 2021 since the virus is still alive and well and still affecting everyone–vaccinated or not). Continue reading “Cycling the Danube: From Donauesching to Budapest”
“Breathtaking” news: Falcon Guides will be publishing our book May 2022
The waiting is over! We just signed a contract with Falcon Guides/Globe Pequot Press for the publication of Breathtaking: How one family cycled around the world for clean air and asthma (current working title). Continue reading ““Breathtaking” news: Falcon Guides will be publishing our book May 2022″