Joe Reitz

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You are not local until you have ink

Or so I’m told. When most people think of Seattle, they think coffee. Then they think tattooed weirdos. We have some of the best tattoo artists in the...

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...