TRAVELOGUE OF OUR JOURNEY’S FLOW

Shadows reveal the light as a journey reveals the emprise...

WELCOME TO OUR JOURNEY

On April 15, 2023 we officially began our bikelife with the plan to live out our final days on foot and bicycle. Within this website you will find adventures past and present so that you, our friends and family, can follow along.

Travelogue:

Journal of our Bikelife.

Devices:

About the gear we use or have used.

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Fujifilm X-T5
Fujifilm X-T5
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2017 Salsa Mukluk X01…
2017 Salsa Mukluk X01…
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Hilleberg Saivo 3
Hilleberg Saivo 3
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Maintenance & Repair Parts
Maintenance & Repair Parts
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Fundamental Alterations…
Fundamental Alterations…
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Our Portable Bike Shop
Our Portable Bike Shop
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Excursions:

Adventures from home

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The Priceless Gift of Childhood
The Priceless Gift of Childhood
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Bailey Range Traverse 2010 ~ Foreword
Bailey Range Traverse 2010 ~ Foreword

It has been far too long before posting the most pivotal trip Nivaun and I have ever done to date. And the one that lead to building our future plan to finish this life together, exploring nature across our planet.

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W*h*ine Tour - Days 12 and 13
W*h*ine Tour - Days 12 and 13

The final two days of our journey…

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W*h*ine Tour - Days 9 to 11
W*h*ine Tour - Days 9 to 11

We had a couple wonderful story filled zero days with a Warm Showers host. The inspiration to this entire ride was to visit Westport Winery and pick up our wine. We finally arrived on day nine.

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W*h*ine Tour - Days 7 and 8
W*h*ine Tour - Days 7 and 8

The day before we had been musing over whether or not to get a hotel room on the trip.

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PORTFOLIOS

Visual Pieces of Our Journey

Photographs taken that I am fond of placed in neat little categories.

INSTAGRAM - @journeysflow

View fullsize Zero Day On The Motueka River A few of my favorite photos from a beautiful and lazy day on the Motueka River. The couch gets used by the locals when they show up to swim… - - - | #unconventionalretirement #retirement #outdoorlife #staywild
View fullsize I’m feeling ordinary… - - - | #unconventionalretirement #retirement #outdoorlife #staywild #weareoutdoor #keepitwild #discoverearth #raomtheplanet #neverstopexploring #simpleadventure #journeysflow #bikepacking #bikelife #ridingnewzealan
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View fullsize Lost 2024 and Found 2025 - My final photograph of 2024 was decaying leaves and fallen fern on the forest floor. The first photograph of 2025 was the bloom of a Himalayan Honeysuckle as I took my camera for a stroll along the waterfall track in Hav
View fullsize Deborah and I have been riding towards new horizons since April 2023. From Alaska to Australia and now New Zealand. We have met many, both young and old, cycle touring towards the same horizons. One morning I sat with my camera on a misty lake shor
View fullsize When I first was making the switch to Hilleberg my first choice was going to be the Saivo. They were never in stock so we ended up with the Allak 3 as our second choice. You can read about the transition on our website www.journeysflow.ccom under De
View fullsize Woke up at 3am and saw the southern lights. Now I can say that I have seen both the northern and southern aurora, a special moment for me. Deborah and I finished a very cold evening near Swansea Tasmania with a campfire using our Firebox. That was sp
View fullsize Everlasting Flower seen while riding around Queenstown Tasmania… - - - | #outdoorlife #staywild #weareoutdoor #keepitwild #discoverearth #raomtheplanet #goexplore #neverstopexploring #simpleadventure #journeysflow #bikepacking #bikelife #explo
View fullsize March 11, 2024 - A few photos from the Richmond Gaol in Richmond. Their website has the following description, “Richmond Gaol, as we see it today, was built over a period of 15 years, between 1825 and 1840. The oldest part of the complex is th
View fullsize Riding along a bikepath, I rode over a stick that punctured my tire leaving a huge hole when I pulled the piece of wood out. The Park Tool TPT-1 tubeless tire plug tool worked amazingly well! Most plugs wouldn’t work with a hole the size I had
View fullsize Camping at Longley waiting out a blustery day. Worked on a few few tree photographs taken during the past few days… - - - | #outdoorlife #staywild #weareoutdoor #keepitwild #discoverearth #raomtheplanet #goexplore #neverstopexploring #simplead
View fullsize We finally saw one of the famous white wallabies on Bruny Island… - - - | #outdoorlife #staywild #weareoutdoor #keepitwild #discoverearth #raomtheplanet #goexplore #neverstopexploring #simpleadventure #journeysflow #bikepacking #bikelife #expl

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