It has been a little over seven years since I last visited Carvins Cove. The last time around I was working on Mountain Biking Virginia and my buddy Mark H. and I rode some of the tougher trails along this classic Blue Ridge destination.

A small gallery of images from the Out of This World Locust Shade Rides and Jump Fest on September 15, 2024

Exploring Barranco, Lima’s hip, artistic and bohemian center.

Introducing the new Where to Ride section of BestRidesDC.com and a new curated route library on Ride With GPS.

The Mid-Atlantic Ride Journal, to motivate and inspire others to bike and discover the same joy and love of cycling we have in common.

Personally, 2023 was a good year. Like any other, it had its ups and downs, but overall, most of the habits and patterns I developed are worth repeating. 

I was recently cleaning up my office and came across a box of old Polaroids I shot back in April of 2010 during a walk from Lima’s center to Miraflores.

Several friends and I spent this past Saturday tackling the Southern Traverse, an IMBA Epic ride along the southern spine of the Shenandoah Mountain Trail.

This past September we had the opportunity to head back home to Lima, Peru and I brought along my father’s refurbished Kodak Retina IIIc camera so that I could take a few snapshots of the adventure.

Great weather, amazing trails, and awesome riding buddies. The 2023 MoCo Epic did not disappoint.

Rather than just eating at home, or at the myriad of amazing restaurants every day, we booked a half day excursion with Haku tours to visit the market, purchase ingredients and then cook two of Peru’s classic dishes, Cebiche and Lomo Saltado.

I spent a few days down in Lima visiting family and managed to escape for a day of riding south of the city along a new destination, Pelicanos

Advice on which trails to hit, and in what order, if you are a new mountain biker in the Washington DC region.

Day two ride during my annual outing to Raystown Lake with theqMTB Crew.

Day one of our riding adventure at the Allegrippis Trail System at Raystown Lake.

Last chance to ride the gravel roads of OCS before my Raystown trip and before the next incoming class of candidates take over.

Made it back to Seoul after 12 years, this time things were much different…

Hundreds of riders took on the challenge to cycle 40, 60 or 80 miles along the historic gravel roads of Loudoun County, VA, in support of America’s Routes, an organization working to preserve this unique and precious resource.

Earlier this year my good friend Paul asked me if I would be willing to join him and another friend, Becky, on a three day trip to ride the full length of the C&O towpath, 184.5 miles, from Cumberland, MD to Washington, D.C.

A journal entry from my recent visit to Miraflores in Lima, Perú