Brendon Holland

A couple years back a friend’s dad was getting rid of a couple of old bikes, and I’m bad at saying no to things. The two old 70’s Peugeots were in pretty rough shape, but free and both somehow my size. The red one became a fixie conversion (more on that here), but I wanted… Read more

Everything in life lately has seemed a bit challenging – no one thing incredibly difficult, but when taken as a whole it’s been a tough stretch. Living with an aging dog definitely doesn’t make things easier (before you continue, don’t worry, this isn’t THAT post). A few months back Cooper very suddenly lost his sight… Read more

Backpacking with Colin and Forest last year in the Whites was so much fun that we decided to make it an annual event. When it came time to plan the Second Annual Adventure Weekend, we decided to get off foot and onto bikes this year. Forrest had just recently moved to Rochester, so logistically it… Read more

The post here is a bit misleading; Morgan hosted a Galentine’s Day party with her friend so Cooper and I were kindly asked to find plans outside our home for the day. Fortunately, in spite of (or perhaps because of) over half a foot of snow arriving overnight, Jamison was down to go for a… Read more

When Brian managed to score in the lottery for a cabin up at Baxter State Park, I was wicked excited to be invited along. I’ve spent countless days and nights on the Appalachian Trail throughout my life, but have never been to the northern terminus up at Mt. Katahdin. Even though January weather meant Mt.… Read more

The 7 Sisters – a group of seven sequential summits along a ridge in South Hadley – has been familiar ground since I was a kid, with many days hiking various sections over the past 20 years. In particular, I’ve been up the trails leading to Bare Mountain and Mount Skinner on either side of… Read more

Somehow, through a lifetime of living in and adventuring through the Northeast, neither Morgan nor I had been to Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire. I think it was somehow too near to be “worth” making large plans to travel for specifically while too far to be an easy spontaneous day trip. On a Saturday night… Read more

Where I’m from I don’t have much in the way of a cycling community, which made it quite special to be surrounded by a crowd of likeminded individuals at the 8th (and my first) Nutmeg Nor’Easter. I managed to convince my friend Atom to drive down from Burlington to join me for a weekend that… Read more

A while back I donated to the East Haddam Land Trust as an entry fee of sorts to a casual ride put on by Ronnie Romance, and I never unsubscribed from their mailing list because all the stuff they do is very cool. After a few months of checking out their monthly newsletter from afar,… Read more

After a very busy summer filled with far more work than I would’ve liked, Morgan and I snuck away for a long weekend of bikepacking up in Vermont. Late September is my favorite time of year, the perfect intersection of chilly but not too cold with plenty of fall foliage. The route we elected to… Read more