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A Bicycle Built for Two: Valentine’s Tours

February 3, 2012

Tandems are the bicycle of choice for sweethearts – what could be more romantic? “I’m half crazy all for the love of you…on a bicycle built for two.” And, a bike tour is the ultimate Valentine’s Day gift for your sweetheart. Sojourn will begin offering tandems on select vacations this season. Which bike tour getaway [...]

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California Bike Tour: Alexander Valley

January 31, 2012

A trip through the Alexander Valley is essential to any bike tours in Sonoma Wine Country. Likewise homage paid to Cyrus Alexander and the Robert Young Estate Winery (pictured here during the harvest in 1912) is essential to tours of the history of the Alexander Valley, the most fully planted wine region in famed Sonoma [...]

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CA Bike Tour: Chapter 2 Dry Creek Valley

January 18, 2012

No wine county bike tour is complete without spinning through California’s Dry Creek Valley. Bicycling Magazine ranks this part of Sonoma County among its top ‘must ride’ biking vacation spots in the world. The terrain is diverse and beautiful and “…there’s a wine tasting, it seems, on every mile.“ Viticulture and wine making in this [...]

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CA Bike Tour: Russian River Valley

January 10, 2012

Take one of Sojourn’s California Sonoma Wine Coast Bike Tours, and you’ll get time to reflect on the aroma and finish of your favorite wines as you pedal through California’s sumptuous wine valleys. Imagine a seductive Pinot Noir. What comes to mind? If you are a wine connoisseur in the U.S., you’ll probably think of [...]

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Texas Wildflowers: Bike Tour Through Paradise

January 3, 2012

On Sojourn’s Texas Hill Country bike tours, you may find that the Yellow Rose of Texas is actually a Bluebonnet or a Square-Bud Primrose. While the song ‘Yellow Rose of Texas’ has historic significance (the song is based on a Texas legend about a seduction that facilitated the 1836 Texan victory in the Battle of [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions Made Easy in Arizona

December 29, 2011

The first trips of the year are our Arizona bicycle tours. Our leaders love these trips and vie to guide them – guests love them, too for escaping the cold and more. A look at the all-time top New Year’s resolutions will give you even more reasons why an Arizona bike tour should be on [...]

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Sojourn Bike Tour’s Favorite Hill: Kurt Hill

December 21, 2011

Tour guide, Kurt Hill, is easily Sojourn’s favorite hill. He took some time today for a short interview about guiding bike tours in Arizona. Kurt guides bike tours for Sojourn in Oregon, California, and Texas, and Arizona. When asked what he likes most about Arizona he said “I just love the desert – it’s so [...]

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The Arts by Bicycle: Tubac, AZ

December 14, 2011

You might imagine that you’d have to limit your memento purchases on a bicycling vacation, but what vacation is complete without souvenirs? Sojourn’s Arizona bike tours wind through some amazing wilderness areas like the Saguaro National Park and Sabino Canyon, where bicyclists adhere to the Leave No Trace practice of “Take only photographs, leave only [...]

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The Perfect Holiday Gift: a Bike Tour

December 7, 2011

A bike tour could be the answer to your holiday gift-giving conundrums. There is no better way to celebrate special occasions or strengthen relationships than sharing the excitement of new travel experiences. The gift of a bicycling vacation says: “Let’s have an adventure together.” “I want to spend time with you.” “Let’s exercise and have [...]

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California Bike Tours: Too Good to be True?

December 1, 2011

Cyclists who have traveled with Sojourn on their California Wine Country & Coast bike tour say it’s too good to be true. But despite the endless out-of-this-world accolades, Sojourn’s bike tours in the Sonoma Wine Country are absolutely real. They tour along real beautiful back road bike routes, visit real special California vineyards, lodge in real [...]

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