About

I’m Maren. I ride loaded bikes along the back roads of the Pacific Northwest and the desert Southwest, and this is where I write about it.

I started bikepacking in 2019 with a borrowed bike and far too much luggage. Since then I have ridden around 20,000 kilometres of gravel, logging roads and forgotten tracks, most of them alone and most of them slowly.

Here you will find route notes I wish I had had before I went, honest gear notes after long use, and field notes from the quiet hours in between.

Say hello at [email protected]. I read everything, and I answer most of it from a tent.