Wander & Wonder
Climate-friendly and slow travel, equitable access to outdoor recreation, and nature’s awesomeness
daily practice
When you go slow enough, you create things
Spokes Fighting Strokes - Kristin Weiss and recumbent triking
Kristin Weiss is a bilateral stroke survivor. She and her partner, Brad, co-lead the Wisconsin Chapter of Spokes Fighting Strokes, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting stroke survivors and other people who have difficulty with balance and coordination. Adaptive cycling, in the form of a recumbent trike and community, gives Kristin and others a way to enjoy the outdoors and support each other in their recovery.
You’re more capable than you know - Whitney Washington in South Korea
Whitney Washington is an adventure filmmaker who enjoys long-distance bike touring on paved trails. After completing a solo bike ride across America on the Great American Rail Trail in 2021, Whitney pedaled solo across South Korea along the 4 Rivers Trail in 2024.
She believes everyone has unique capabilities to be adventurers and hopes other people will set aside limiting narratives and explore what their bodies can do.
Embracing the magic of life - Whitney Washington
Whitney Washington is an adventure film maker, bike tourer, kind-hearted soul, and expert at conceiving big adventures. Her creative work is about seizing the moment of being alive, of discovering her capabilities, and inspiring others to lean into their fear and find their own story in the world.
A bike tour from Portland - slow travel
After Preserving the Historic Road International Conference, I pedaled from Portland toward Corvallis on the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway. The journey was an experiment in climate-friendly and slow travel.
Talking to bicyclists - road project planning
Whether you’re leading a road project engagement process or wondering why people are often in your way out on the road, there are a few things to keep in mind to ease tensions. And comics!
Pedaling Olympic Discovery Trail
The Olympic Discovery Trail has about 30 miles of paved path through the forest around Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park. The path was a perfect destination to ease two people who enjoy riding bicycles back into pedaling shape.
Points in Time - car-free from Portland to Dufur
With new transit service from Portland to Hood River, it’s possible, and even enjoyable to travel car-free to the little out-of-the-way town of Dufur, Oregon. Dufur is home to a three-story brick hotel, the Balch Hotel, a great place to spend some time. Geologic, cultural, immigrant, and transportation history abounds in the landscape between Hood River and Dufur along the Columbia River.