{"id":964374,"date":"2026-11-09T17:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T17:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/964374\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T17:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T17:02:11","slug":"weekend-snapshot-bikepacking-com-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/964374\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Snapshot \u2013 BIKEPACKING.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For today\u2019s Weekend Snapshot, we spin the globe and land in Germany, Florida, and France, highlighting a fresh mix of reader-submitted rides. Take a peek at a few recent adventures from folks across our global bikepacking community and share something from one of your trips on two wheels here\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This colorful installment of Weekend Snapshot catches up with readers in Western Europe and the Southeastern United States, showcasing a lush mix of vignettes from rides close to home. Start your morning with a quick look back at how a few folks from our worldwide community spent their recent time away, then scroll on to find a selection of related routes and a short form to submit a photo from one of your bikepacking getaways.   <\/p>\n<p>Grand Est, France<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bikepacking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Weekend-Snapshot-256_3.jpg\" class=\"media-img\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Weekend-Snapshot-256_3-960x640.jpg\" alt=\"Weekend Snapshot\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-286767\"  \/><\/a><br \/>\nBy Liam Eifert<\/p>\n<p>A rare sunny afternoon on a very rainy bikepacking trip to the beautiful Alsace region of France.<\/p>\n<p>Germany<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bikepacking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Weekend-Snapshot-256_2.jpg\" class=\"media-img\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Weekend-Snapshot-256_2-960x640.jpg\" alt=\"Weekend Snapshot\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-286766\"  \/><\/a><br \/>\nBy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udokah.de\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Udo Kewitsch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Somewhere in eastern Germany, I followed the \u201cMittelland\u201d Track and found myself in the middle of nowhere. Such a great feeling. Me and my bike, silent moments, having a break, taking a deep breath, and enjoying being on the road again. <\/p>\n<p>Florida, USA<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bikepacking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Weekend-Snapshot-256_1.jpg\" class=\"media-img\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Weekend-Snapshot-256_1-960x640.jpg\" alt=\"Weekend Snapshot\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-286765\"  \/><\/a><br \/>\nBy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bowser_media_lab\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua Bowser<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Riders on the King\u2019s Road route depart from the sleepy town of Steinhatchee, part of Florida\u2019s Forgotten Coast. The early miles of the route reveal pristine saltwater marshlands that lead to large water crossings on an infamous stretch of gravel road known as \u201cBilly Bowlegs.\u201d It is one of the most challenging and beautiful sections of the route; a part of Florida rarely seen by tourists or locals.<\/p>\n<p>Send Us Your Weekend Snapshot<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be selecting three photos per week to feature in Weekend Snapshot. Send yours along for consideration, and if it\u2019s selected, we\u2019ll be in touch! Note: We prefer 3:2 ratio landscape-oriented photos.<\/p>\n<p>Further Reading<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;padding:0;\">Make sure to dig into these related articles for more info&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"comments\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"conversation-policy\">Please keep the conversation civil, constructive, and inclusive, or your comment will be removed.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For today\u2019s Weekend Snapshot, we spin the globe and land in Germany, Florida, and France, highlighting a fresh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":964375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[214454,214451,214452,214455,61956,192611,49,48,61955,635,82,214457,214453,900,214456],"class_list":["post-964374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-adventure-cycling","tag-bicycle-touring","tag-bike-touring","tag-bike-tours","tag-bike-packing","tag-bikepacking","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycle-touring","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-stealth-camping","tag-touring-bikes","tag-travel","tag-world-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=964374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/964375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}