Author Archives: Megan

We packed up in heavy fog in our hayfield campspot, convinced Axel to get riding with the last Oaty Chomps oat bar in the bag and ride the 5k into Ourique for coffee. No pastel de nata’s at this Café … Continue reading →

Sep 21 We had camp oatmeal for breakfast, packed up and headed out to start our day with a steep hike up a short hill, way above the lake, then a sporty descent down to the dam which we rode … Continue reading →

We biked 2km into a wee town (São Miguel) for 8:30am coffee and pastel de nata…and a second coffee to allow the mini-mercado to open for lunch fortifications. Then we headed out of town and into a steep and loose … Continue reading →

Sep 19 We woke up in our hostel, packed up and were en route just after 8am. We backtracked slightly into Vale de Talhe to “The Bakery” for breakfast, where Axel carefully ate all the blueberries and spooned the mascarpone … Continue reading →

Sep 18 We went to bed on the edge of the cliffs with strong ambitions to get up’n’at ’em early to beat the heat… But 2-and-a-half year olds have their own agenda and they don’t include “packing up camp quickly … Continue reading →

Sep 17 We woke up late (8am) and by the time we made oatmeal and packed up we started our ride at 9:50am. We stopped shortly after for a coffee and finally ordered two of the tarts we kept seeing … Continue reading →

Sep 16 Ryley slept! Yay!  We made oatmeal before packing up and heading to Lagos – found a coffee shop and loaded our maps into my coros watch so we could try my watch for navigating instead of Ryley’s phone … Continue reading →

Sep 15 We woke up at 7:30, packed up and went in search of coffee and the promised daily croissants. We found Cafe Amar for both and a grocery store across the road, fueled up and headed onwards. The morning … Continue reading →

Sep 14 We landed around 2pm local time, rode the “moving stairs” (big highlight), collected our bike boxes and put together 2 bikes and 1 trailer with a tired toddler and 2 tired adults. It was a lowlight for sure … Continue reading →

It’s time! My cousin Shelley picked us up 6:30am and drove us to Whistler to catch the charter shuttle to YVR – 2 adults, 1 toddler, 2 boxed-up bikes and 1 boxed-up trailer, 1 large duffel, 2 carry-on panniers and … Continue reading →