Senior citizen adventures

Adventure travels by senior citizens. These are extra inspirational.

Rachel and Patrick's first day on the bikes

Another one for the bikes

After hunkering down for a year during the pandemic, at 71-years-old, Rachel begins her fourth bicycle tour with partner Patrick.
Rachel Hugens and Patrick standing on Uhuru Peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. The highest point in Africa. 5895 meters.

A new way of seeing

Rachel Hugens, world traveler by bicycle, shares the biggest lesson she learned after 25 years on and off the road. Avid traveler or armchair traveler, this will change your life, too!
Tom Lais Bicycle Tour Logan Pass

Tom’s bicycle tour of africa

Tom, 61, wants to do something before he runs out of of time, so he decides to cycle through Africa.
David Clark onboard the Mollie Milar

The oldest person to sail solo around the world

Our reporter, Andy, meets David Clark, 75, in the Panama Canal, as he attempts to sail solo around the world.
Space pioneer Dennis Tito

A true space pioneer: Dennis Tito

Our columnist Brook Mantia welcomes a a true space pioneer, Dennis Tito, back to Earth.
Richard Adams testing Bike Friday and bicycle trailer.

Eluding the psychological barrier

Richard discusses how his wife Ingrid has an insatiable appetite for adventure.
Alaska bicycle tour pictorial Richard Adams 02

A retired couple cycles across Alaska and the USA

Dick and Ingrid share lessons learned and beautiful memories about their bicycle trip and share their photos with us.
Dick and Ingrid struggle to push their bikes up a steep incline. The angle of the telephone pole and the road illustrates just how steep.

Our Pacific Coast bicycle trip

Retired couple Dick and Ingrid return with an Update of their Pacific Coast Bicycle Trip.
Manfred and the new foal Timujin

Around the world by horse

A Real-Life Globetrotter with a Mission. Update: Manfred was one of the first adventures we followed in real-time. We're happy to see he finished his journey. Here we combined a few of our favorite posts.
Pacific Coast bicycle tour Dick and Ingrid in full gear on a windy day

Sometimes adventure just gets in your bones

Dick and Ingrid have started a new journey and cycle down the Pacific Coast.