We’ve been cycling through Washington state (USA) and crossed into Canada by a beautiful ferry trip through the San Juan Islands to Vancouver Island.

We waited out the coldest of the December winter weather in Victoria, at our dear friend Danielle’s place!
We cycled ‘up island’ (north on Vancouver Island) for a few days.
Beautiful!!
Frozen waterfalls, sea lions and more..!!
Pictures will come..!!

We arrived at beautiful Blue Jay Lake farm on Cortes Island on December 19th..
Here we had a lovely christmas and newyears with the local ‘farmily’ 🙂

Unfortunately we’ve been involved in an accident.
No worries, we’re better every day, and there were no bicycles involved..
Wanna get in touch?
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We are now in Seattle, getting ready to cycle north.. we’ll cross via the San Juan Islands into Canada..!

We have enjoyed our time in Portland, visiting and contributing  different projects.
For an update of our moves the past months, see BLOG#10

Rebuilding Center Portland

Nico and the cyclist meter on the Hawthorn bridge in Portland!

We have traveled from the coast to Williamette Vallley in Oregon, and now we are almost in Portland!
We’re excited about exploring Portland, as it has been voted the no.1 bicycle friendly city in the USA!!

The past week we’ve been repairing our bikes and enjoying the hospitality of friendly folks along the way via www.warmshowers.org

Ken showing Mykals hub-less wheel

Working on Mykals bike in Ken’s workshop

Cycling out of Eugene along quiet country roads..

Wild turkey flock

Fog coming in late afternoon

Cycling out of Eugene with Ken

Blueberry bushes

Yes, we are cycling north in November.
Call us crazy -maybe we are.
It has been foggy and rainy, but we’ve come across some beautiful vistas!

Fog coming in at night

Fog in the morning

And we’ve met some lovely people who offered us a warm and dry place to shelter when the rain & cold get too much!
Thank you, Grandma Kate, Katie, and Dick & Kathy!

We have spend a lot of time in the midst of redwood forest, enjoying nature and meeting lovely people.

Redwoods!

In the midst of the impressive redwood forests

Presently we are fixing some bicycle problems and we’re crossing into Oregon in the next few days!!

Mykal and Dick trying to find the problem with Mykals bike

Nico posing on Jeff’s Harley

We cycling north in California, slowly but surely, and nature and people are amazing!

Cycling inland

Beautiful coast!

Steep along the road!

Ups and downs

Last week we arrived in San Francisco, and we started to cycle north!

Nico&Mykal on Mt Tamalpais overlooking San Francisco

We’ll be in California coming month, and then we’ll cycle further north, to Canada, hopefully before the winter cold sets in!

The past months we’ve facilitated a number of workshops on fermentation, which have been full of fun, learning and delicious foods and drinks.

Below some images of the workshops at ‘Funky Manza Pizza’ restaurant and wellness centre ‘Tierra de Suenos’ in Costa Rica.

Nico demonstrating how-to-make sauerkraut

Answering questions

Mykal explaining about making gingerbeer

Nico talking about sauerkraut with a small group during the workshop

And we also organized a fermented pot luck lunch, where all the ‘students’ of the workshops could share about their ferments.

Potluck lunch

Foodlovers at fermented potluck lunch at Botanica Organica

We love sharing what we know about fermentation, if you want us to facilitate a workshop, please contact us through chaingethecycle@gmail.com

The e-flyer we made for the workshops in Manzanillo, Costa Rica:
fermentation workshops july manzanillo