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)