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About TouringTunes

Petunia is a 13 year old Jackapoo (Jack Russell-poodle mix) who has traveled across the United States on the back of her human's bicycle.... twice. She's also cross-country cycled from Busan to Seoul, South Korea. Petunia and her human currently reside in Montana.

Ghost Town

An intense heat baked the endless road ahead as we headed toward the uranium mining ghost town of Jeffrey City, with a population of 50 people living within the ~600 square miles of the city limits. After riding 40 miles without seeing … Continue reading

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Against the Wind

The road was mostly flat and long, bordered by old-western-movie-set rock formations, but not much else. As the sun was sinking low, we arrived in the small town of Saratoga just as the stores were beginning to shut down. I … Continue reading

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The Wild, Wild West

Climbing through the dry heat but loaded up with water and a snacks, we reached the border of Colorado and Wyoming and saw both state’s welcome signs, so we stopped to take some silly pictures! Wyoming is the only state … Continue reading

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You Wild Colorado

With a big breakfast to start us off, we continued on from Hot Sulphur Springs toward Walden, CO, crossing the Continental Divide, miles of dry sage brush and stretches of glorious mountain views. We were glad we had enough water … Continue reading

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In and around the lake mountains come out of the sky and they stand there

The air was cold and damp at 9,000 feet as we woke up in a national park surrounded by trees, a river and sweeping mountains crested with the illumination of the rising morning sun. Before I left the tent, Greg … Continue reading

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