The Journal of the Wandering Engineer

Bikepacking May 2026

From April 27 - May 13, 2026, b7 and I rode from Quail Haven to Bend, Or.

We rode aqueduct, DPW, and highway up along the 395 to Bishop, then did a small section of the Caldera 500 to loop up to Whitmore Hot Springs and back down to town. We took a zero there and then a bus from Bishop to Reno. We rode the NorCal Outback route from Reno to Klamath Falls, where b7 got on a train home. I continued on up the 97 to Bend, Or.

(roughly)

The rig

The Aqueduct

Indian Wells Valley

Alabama Hills

The Sierra from Alabama Hills

I think this is Dog Valley, between Reno and Loyalton shortly after the climb up from Verdi

Red Clover Valley

Roam

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