Joe Reitz

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Backpacking Wing Lake

I’m hiking the Enchantments next month with my friends Ben and Melissa, so this past weekend Ben and I set out on a training hike to dial in our gear ...

STP Double Century in the Books!

This past weekend, I completed the annual Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic with my dear friend Ben and his wife Melissa (also down the path towards...

Independence Day 2025

I started today with a paddle around Jetty Island in Everett. I had planned to go to Lake Washington because I wanted to see if I could get a pic of s...

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 ...