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Yellowstone Highlights

by bgarth on Sep 30, 2015 • 1 Comment

Well it’s been ages since I bothered to post on the blog… mostly because I haven’t felt like much was “happening” in our lives that was blog worthy. Now, that is in direct contradiction with this post I did when we first came home from the Tour, when I talked...

Baby G / Post-Tour Life / Travel / Triathlons

Summer Fun

by bgarth on Jun 30, 2015 • No Comments

I realized I never gave an update on the triathlon, and so I thought while I was doing that, I would give a general update on life, Kirby and how our summer is going. So, let’s start with my FIRST Olympic distance triathlon! On May 30, Dave and I both...

Baby G / Parenthood / Post-Tour Life

Whole 30, Triathlon Training and Contentment

by bgarth on May 20, 2015 • 1 Comment

Well, this update is a bit overdue… it’s now been 50 days since I posted on the blog! As much as I would love to post more, I am accepting the reality of the life I live, with being a full-time mom and also working part-time from home. There’s just...

Baby G / Post-Tour Life

Whole 30 Challenge

by bgarth on Apr 1, 2015 • No Comments

Well, it’s April 1. Day one of my first Whole30 challenge. (And no, this is not an April Fools’ joke.) Some or even most of you may have heard of the Whole30 before… it’s a relatively restrictive diet where, for the next 30 days, I will be eating REAL food....

Baby G / Parenthood / Post-Tour Life

The Ultimate Pi Day

by bgarth on Mar 21, 2015 • No Comments

Every year, Dave and I celebrate our anniversary with a pie. We got married on Pi Day (March 14 = 3.14 = pi). And this year, the tradition continued with a delicious apple pie: Also, it’s worth noting that 2015 gave us the most accurate Pi Day we will have...

Baby G / Parenthood / Post-Tour Life

A Brave New World (of Motherhood)

by bgarth on Feb 19, 2015 • No Comments

Perhaps you’re thinking that I haven’t posted on the blog because I’ve been so busy in my new role as a mom. (Perhaps I flatter myself to think anyone has noticed the month or more of silence…) You’d be wrong to think that I’m crazy swamped with our sweet little...

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Bike Commuting / Post-Tour Life

It’s Bike to Work Month!

by bgarth on May 2, 2014 • 1 Comment

That’s right! May is National Bike Month (or Bike to Work month, as many call it). So here’s my challenge to myself for the month: My goal is to ride my bike 90 percent of the times I go to work this month. I would say 100 percent, but I want to give myself a grace...

Cycle Touring / Life Lessons / Post-Tour Life

Seeing the World Differently

by bgarth on Apr 14, 2014 • 4 Comments

Last week, a friend and I made a two-hour road trip to visit another of our friends from college . It was a particularly windy day, as storms were brewing off to our west. Even from the comfort of her minivan, we could feel some of the impact from the heavy headwind into which we...

Adventure Travel / Post-Tour Life

Our Relationship with REI

by bgarth on Mar 31, 2014 • 3 Comments

REI. It’s a place that has become more and more a part of our lives over the years, and this week, we want to devote a blog post to its awesomeness. Our relationship with REI goes back almost as long as our relationship with each other. The first time we visited Dave’s parents for a...

Celebrations / Post-Tour Life

The Five-Year Mark

by bgarth on Mar 20, 2014 • No Comments

Five years! That’s right, this week Dave and I celebrated five years of marriage. What a gift! If you’ve read our blog for very long, you’ve heard us say this before, but seriously… one of the best parts of the two-year bike tour was all the quality time we had together. How many couples have...

Post-Tour Life

A Concert and Thoughts on Life

by bgarth on Mar 13, 2014 • 1 Comment

My blogging has, unfortunately, slipped to bi-weekly at best. I am going to work to improve that! But I have been wanting to share for a couple of weeks now about the Steven Curtis Chapman concert we attended here in Nashville at the end of February. We got the tickets to the concert as a...

Cycle Touring Resources / Gear Reviews

Gear Review, Part 3

by bgarth on Feb 25, 2014 • No Comments

Time for the third round of reviewing our gear and equipment! This week I’m discussing some of our clothing items and relevant accessories. In the previous weeks I reviewed the bikes and their accessories, as well as the bulk of our camping gear. Please note: there is almost no way for me to review every...

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Welcome to our site! We're Dave and Bethany Garth, and in 2013 we finished a 2-year cycling journey, pedaling some 22,900 miles through 41 countries. Sure, we connected some of the dots with planes, trains, buses and boats... but our primary transport was our trusty two-wheelers.

If you're interested in some of the details of our trip, check out the information we've given about our gear, route and more. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us any time at garthsontour@gmail.com. Or just stay connected to our post-tour life and bike touring resources by checking in for our bi-weekly blog posts.

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