Community Programs

Streaming link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeZzFqCv8uU

Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.

With over 45 years of bicycle touring experience, Bob and Carolyn have some biking stories to share! They have ridden through cyclones, snowstorms, and mud wallows; with a baby, three teenagers, and with many families; on single bikes, on a tandem and on mountain bikes; as newlyweds, parents, and retirees; in campgrounds, wilderness, youth hostels and guesthouses; with laughter and with tears.

Join us for an evening of storytelling through photos and reflective memories highlighting how their touring has changed over the past four decades. They’ll share a bit about gear, how to take a bike on planes, trains, boats, escalators, and elevators, and bike touring resources to know about. If the snow’s not too deep, they’ll bring their loaded tandem.

About the Presenters:

Bob Bugert (he/him) and Carolyn Griffin-Bugert (she/her) have an extensive bike touring resume. They have cycled internationally in fourteen European countries, Canada, Fiji and New Zealand and nationally in Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Washington and the Southwest. Their trips have ranged from a few days to three months. Almost all of their trips have been self-guided with camping gear. They are well known for being poor photographers, but they make up for it with good storytelling. They just returned from a five-week tour in Estonia and Finland. Carolyn is the past Executive Director of the Wenatchee River Institute.

Photo credit Bugerts