Joe Reitz

Blog

Update: I am trash at blogging

Surprising exactly no one, I’ve been quite remiss in updating this blog. I always intend to make at least ONE weekly post, but it’s been a few months....

Have Bike, Will Gravel

I got a new bike this week! After much research, I decided on the Lauf Seigla. Go figure the weeks leading up to the purchase have been perfect, unsea...

Norway Day 6: Arctic Plunge and Aurora Watch

Today we had just two items on the agenda: enjoying a traditional Norwegian sauna and staking out the Northern Lights. As you can tell from the featur...

Norway Day 5: Learning about the Sámi

Our last 2 days in Norway have a tapering schedule of activities. Today’s main event was two-fold: 1/ getting to Malengen Resort, and 2/ learning abou...

Norway Day 4: Touch Down in Tromsø

We spent the first half of today in transit to Tromsø. We left the Bergen Bør at ~5:20 am and had one of the smoothest airport experiences either of u...

Norway Day 3: The føgbanen (Fløibanen)

Today we had a very relaxed schedule: eat breakfast, and take the Fløibanen (inclined rail) up a mountain to take in some views whenever we wanted. Af...

Norway Day 2: The Osterfjords

Our itinerary today was simple: eat breakfast, get on a boat, and see some fjords. Hotel Bergen Børs offers a pretty good breakfast spread. Haleigh’s ...

Norway Day 1: The Leave Taking

I’m typing this from our hotel in Bergen, completely exhausted. As an experienced traveler, I’m also entirely sure we need to stay up a couple more ho...

The Past year has been a blur

Title. I shot a somewhat artsy (for me) pic of our Japanese Maple tree last fall using a slow shutter and a 50mm lens I raked across the multicolored ...

Joining Vercel

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve joined Vercel as the Senior Marketing Operations Manager, Systems. This new role is an exciting step for me, and I ...