About this episode

The episode discusses summer adventure planning in the Pacific Northwest as Seattle becomes a long-term base.

Seattle is starting to feel less like a move and more like home base. With the long stretch of travel beginning to slow down, this week's episode looks ahead to what summer adventure might look like from the Pacific Northwest. That includes rediscovering hiking and backpacking, exploring Seattle neighborhoods, and starting to sketch out bike camping possibilities in Oregon and Washington. The Pedalshift Project 440: Summer Adventure Planning Settling into Seattle as a long-term basecamp Shifting from constant travel into local exploration Planning summer adventures in the Pacific Northwest Returning to hiking and backpacking Relearning where all the backpacking gear ended up Exploring Seattle neighborhoods by bike and on foot Early thoughts on Oregon and Washington bike camping routes A future trip with friends of the show What changes when bicycle touring starts from a new corner of the country Merch survey Let me know what you think about Pedalshift merch! pedalshift.net/merch

People in this episode

Host: Tim Mooney

Topics covered

• bicycle travel
• summer adventures
• hiking
• backpacking
• Seattle neighborhoods
• bike camping

Keywords

• bicycle travel
• Seattle
• summer adventures
• hiking
• backpacking
• bike camping
• Pacific Northwest

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Seattle, Pacific Northwest, Oregon, Washington

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