{"id":7734,"date":"2014-06-03T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=7734"},"modified":"2014-06-03T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T16:44:00","slug":"great-guide-bike-touring-washington-state-reviews-keep-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2014\/06\/03\/great-guide-bike-touring-washington-state-reviews-keep-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Guide to Bike Touring in Washington State: The Reviews Keep Coming!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We rounded up the first wave of rave reviews for\u00a0<\/a>Cycling Sojourner<\/a>: A Guide to the Best Multi-Day Tours in Washington.<\/em>\u00a0The kudos keep coming and we’re sharing some more.<\/p>\n

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Yoga makes a good chance of pace from bicycling, although not all of us would venture tree pose where Ellee is doing it.<\/p><\/div>\n

“Ellee Thalheimer has created Cycling Sojourner, the perfect guide book for me, and for anyone who wants to explore Washington from a whole new vantage point…. It\u2019s a given among the cycling community at-large that Washington has some of the best cycling culture and infrastructure in the country. So if you\u2019ve considered parking the car, locking up the house, and taking on a new adventure, a bicycle tour in Washington is a world-class way to do it. I recommend Cycling Sojourner for the valuable guidance it offers any cyclist planning a tour in Washington.” —\u00a0Cycling Nirvana<\/a><\/p>\n

“For the aspiring bicycle adventurer whose career or family responsibilities render an epic tour across the country or around the world at least temporarily unfeasible,\u00a0Cycling Sojourner Washington\u00a0<\/i>provides an attractive and achievable palette of mini bike tours that fit into an extended weekend.\u00a0 This guide hand picks some jewels of the Pacific Northwest:\u00a0 the Olympic Peninsula, the San Juan Islands, the North Cascade Highway, the wine country and rolling wheat fields of Eastern Washington, and takes care of the advance planning so all you have to do is pack & pedal.\u201d — Twin Rivers Cyclists<\/a><\/p>\n

“Cyclists of all levels and means will find vacation adventure in \u201cCycling Sojourner: A Guide to the Best Multi-Day Tours in Washington.\u00a0<\/span>Author Ellee Thalheimer\u2019s small but information-packed, 240-page book does the grunt work of planning short tours around the state.\u00a0<\/span>It offers maps, historical information, lodging, restaurant tips, extra curricular activities and packing lists; along with specific information about terrain and weather for each tour.”\u00a0<\/span>— <\/span>Inland.com<\/a><\/p>\n

“Making bicycle touring accessible to anyone, she begins with\u00a0\u201cWhich Tour is Right for You?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0to get you started. She also highlights all of the unique, fun little \u201cmust-do\u2019s\u201d as if she\u2019s telling you a secret.\u00a0This is a must-have guide if you are interested in cycling in Washington, including the San Juans.” — San Juan Island Update<\/a><\/p>\n

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Also listed on\u00a0Book Dilettante<\/a>\u00a0with a brief description, no review. Comments from readers of that blog: “Wish I were a cyclist. Seems there are so many scenic tours one can take!” (Harvee) and “I love my bike and this would be a great book to have if I ever visit Washington!!!\u00a0Might have to check this series out!!” (Vicki)<\/p>\n

Royalties from the book support our work in bike advocacy to make bicycling even better.<\/p>\n

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