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Day 1 is more like day 0 and 1 all run together.  We left Indianapolis Sunday evening and arrived in Paris Monday morning.  Getting our 4 bags checked was a…Continue readingDay 1 – Arriving in Paris

This morning started out well.  We stayed in a guest house, which doesn’t serve breakfast, so we crossed into town for a diner breakfast.  After pancakes the size of our…Continue readingBoulders and Trees and Snakes! Oh My!

Today was much easier technically …. and not nearly as exciting.  However, it’s the 3rd day on the trail after barely riding this summer, so our legs were glad it…Continue readingInto the Laurel Highlands

So our families may not want to read more than the next 2 sentences.   We’re safely in our lovely B&B in Connellsville!  Also, we saw a cute little fawn watching…Continue readingWhen a bunch of trees fall across a forest trail…..

So, today was a 36 mile slog through constant rain, thanks to the remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon.  The biggest concern was the threat of mudslides.  We had a huge…Continue readingWho Invited Gordon?

I wasn’t sure I’d do a blog this year; after all, we’ve done this trail before (see blogs at right).  And we’re only doing half our normal trip, covering just…Continue readingA Rainy Prelude to a Rainy Ride

We got to Paris by train Monday. We started by getting to the post office in Orléans right before it opened at 9 to ship stuff back. So, an hour…Continue readingUrban Cycling Adventures in Paris

Château de Menars Saturday started out mostly dry, but by lunch we were into the rain again, not a bad thing since we had our full rain gear on. There…Continue readingOne Last Day on the Trail

The back of our hotel in Amboise  Getting out of Amboise and back onto the trail was logistically easy this morning. The switchback up into  the higher countryside was… challenging.…Continue readingRain, Steep Grades, and Google Maps Going Insane

Today was another good day. It was a short, but beautiful ride from Tours to Amboise. Normally, we would have gone further than just 18 miles in a day, but…Continue readingBrilliance on a Cloudy Day