Author Archive
October 29, 2014 by jessica
Biker Chicks in Big Sur
My week with the PV Biker Chicks was extraordinary! I led 9 ladies and one (very awesome) husband on the same route of my very 1st self supported bicycle tour back in 2010—Big Sur. With my bike-hero/bestie/copilot Spencer Harding by my side, we were an unstoppable force. Big Sur was his entry into self supported bicycle touring as […]
October 7, 2014 by jessica
Paintings and Portraits
For the first time, I’m at a place where work feels more like play. I lead bicycle tours with Bicycle Adventures. Not the peanut butt’r jelly kind I normally take with stuffed panniers and washed clothes haphazardly strapped on my bicycle rack to sun dry. This is a different kind of touring. This kind of touring […]
July 8, 2014 by jessica
4 ½ ft and The Artistic Adventure
For myself, art and outdoor adventure are married. Spanning the landscape is an active and dynamic space for creation, unbarred by the confines of walls. My craft inspired, influenced, and molded by the terrain, the medium chosen by the mode of travel. In April, Bicycle Adventures approached me with joining a custom tour stretching from Seattle to […]
March 26, 2014 by jessica
A Second Morning
Sometimes there’s a groggy feeling when the light is not yet out. Before the birds are chirping and the streets feel unfamiliar because the storefronts are closed, the streets are quiet, and the trash has been picked up. There’s something to a rising sun, that will change all this. I’m in Hong Kong, waiting for […]
March 9, 2014 by jessica
London, Love, and Taking a Leap to Myanmar
By the beginning of February, I left my job and hopped on a plane to begin the next adventure. To start life anew, open to possibilities. Back in Fall of last year I received two very big requests to visit two separate friends. One in London, the other in Myanmar. I was excited for London […]
March 8, 2014 by jessica
Amsterdam
I hope one day Seattle will reach the pinnacle and become the new Amsterdam. Because, when I woke in the morning, dressed, got to the market right when they pulled out the fresh croissant and found myself cruising down the street… I was in bliss. Crumbs to wind! In Seattle, most bike commuters wear a […]
February 19, 2014 by jessica
London
There’s not enough time in the day to see all the art that is in this great city. There also isn’t enough time for me to sit back and draft a loquacious response to my travels. So for now, all I can say is I’m productive, more than I’ve been in a long time. I […]
February 16, 2014 by jessica
Paris
I made the happy mistake of planning Paris off tourist season. From February 3rd to the 9th, the Paris sidewalks were open, kitschy souvenir stands were shut, and the Parisians a bit tolerant that you don’t know French. Without the crowds, lines, and tour buses Paris was not the Disneyland I initially imagined it to […]
February 4, 2014 by jessica
Paris Arrival
5:45AM and I haven’t left the Charles de Gaulles airport in Paris. Shops are barely opening and people linger waiting for rides, a train, or a next day flight. By dawn I’m on the train watching a beautiful sunrise into the city. I take comfort in the morning glow and the feel of a new […]
January 20, 2013 by jessica