Cycling Sojourner: A Guide to the Best Multi-Day Bicycle Tours in Oregon (People's Guide) (Paperback)
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Cycling Sojourner is the only dynamic bike travel guidebook in the market. It contains superior route information for multi-day Oregon bicycle tours and every travel detail a budding or experienced cycle tourist needs. Beyond facts, maps, cue sheets and lodging and camping information, the book reads like a friend giving you advice over a beer and is a muse to all who might have even the dustiest thought that a bike journey might lead them down a strange and wonderful road. This guide opens the door to a complete experience of Oregon from the saddle. It gives the lowdown on microbreweries, yoga studios, the best coffee shops, outdoor festivals, dinosaur museums, restaurant hot spots, hiking trails, fishing spots, cowboys hangouts, pinot noir tastings, and Crater Lake National Park. The routes explore ranges of snow-capped extinct volcanoes, river valleys laced with vineyards, wild rivers teeming with salmon and cities with some of the best cycling culture and infrastructure in the country.
Ellee Thalheimer is a Portland-based publisher, author, freelance writer and speaker. Her books include Lonely Planet's Cycling Italy, the Cycling Sojourner multi-day bike travel series for Oregon and Washington, and Hop in the Saddle: A Guide to Portland's Craft Brew Scene, by Bike. She has contributed to a number Lonely Planet guidebooks and written for various publications, including Alaska Airlines Magazine, 1859 Magazine, the BBC and Adventure Cyclist Magazine.The mission of her imprint Into Action Publications is to transform the world by making bike travel accessible and inspiring adventure.
“Thalheimer's outright love for cyclo-touring is palpable throughout this superbly researched book. . . . Captures the essence of Oregon's most breath-taking two-wheeled adventures, while providing rock-solid route information that takes the guesswork out of heading to the hills. Finally, Oregon has the cyclo-touring bible that it so deserves.” —Heidi Swift, cycling columnist, the Oregonian
"Bound to motivate even the most seasoned cyclists. Author Ellee Thalheimer, freelance writer and master of everything bike-related, provides readers with a helpful tool for touring Oregon on two wheels."—1859 Magazine