My Travels


a/k/a Silly Stories & Pretty Pictures. Stories here are based on e-mails sent during an adventure, typically sent daily in the evening. After completing a trip, they are published here with minor rewrites. If you would like to receive the daily e-mails, you may subscribe to my adventure mail.

Bike Trips

New Hampshire & Vermont (2024)
Exploring New Hampshire, Vermont and a bit of New York State by bicycle in summer 2023. (55 minutes)
New York Summer (2023)
Exploring New York State (and a few kilometers of Vermont) by bicycle in summer 2023. (89 minutes)
A New York Autumn (2022)
Exploring New York State by bicycle in autumn 2023. (26 minutes)
New York State Meander (2021)
Exploring New York State by bicycle in 2021. (67 minutes)
Pennsylvania Meander (2020)
Exploring Pennsylvania by bicycle in 2020. (68 minutes)
New York State Loop (2019)
Exploring New York State by bicycle in 2019. (59 minutes)
To Camp and Back [part 1]: A Perette Adventure (2018)
Perette's tales and photos of bicycling from Rochester, NY to Darlington, MD and back. (15 minutes)
To Camp and Back [part 2]: A Perette Adventure (2018)
The second half of the adventure: returning from Darlington, MD to Rochester, NY via the Ashokan Reservoir and Adirondacks. (36 minutes)
Bicycling the Delaware River, West Branch (2017)
Bicycling the Delaware River to the headwaters of the west branch. (13 minutes)
The Great Niagara Circle Route (2016)
Traversing the Great Niagara Circle Route with my mom in 2016. (4 minutes)
The Niagara Peninsula: A failed adventure (2016)
Perette's aborted attempt to cycle to Manitoulin Island, but only getting to Kitchener-Waterloo. (11 minutes)
Ottawa-Mont Laurier-Montreal Loop With Mom (2014)
Bicycling around Ontario and Quebec, from Ottawa to Mont Laurier to Montreal and around. (15 minutes)
My First Walkabout: Catskills, Adirondacks and Canada (2013)
My first solo extended bicycle trip in 2013: from home to the Catskills, then home via the Adirondack Mountains and Canada. (19 minutes)

Backpacking Trips

Assorted Dayhikes (2022)
Perette's various dayhikes around New York State in 2022. (25 minutes)
Middle Branch and Middle Settlement Lakes Hike (2019)
Perette and Paul's 3-day, 2-night hike to Middle Branch and Middle Settlement lakes near Thendara/Old Forge, NY. (2 minutes)
Backpacking the Appalachian Trail, New Jersey section (2017)
Backpacking the New Jersey section of the Appalachian Trail. (4 minutes)
Backpacking the Northville-Placid Trail, southern section (2011)
Backpacking the southern section of New York's Northville-Placid Trail. (18 minutes)

Other Trips

Joshua Tree National Park (2024)
Visiting Anza-Borrego desert, Joshua Tree National Park and the "hi desert" region in California. (6 minutes)
Utrecht Vacantie en Ontdekking (2022)
Living for a month in Utrecht, Nederlands in 2022. (36 minutes)

Related stuff

How does one start bicycle touring?
How to get started bicycle touring, in whatever style applies to you. (22 minutes)
Bicycle maintenance suggestions
Perette's advice for bicycle maintenance. (10 minutes)
Why ride Recumbent?
Comfort, experience, maintainability, cost, portability, and mounting gear on recumbent bicycles. (6 minutes)
Horizon to Roadster
Transitioning from the Haluzak Horizon to the Linear Roadster. (13 minutes)
Adventure Slideshow
Slideshow of all my biking and hiking adventures. (0 minutes)