One week down and 8 to go! The first week was spectacular. This may well be the hardest week as it was 7 days instead of the usual 6 and featured 4 centuries and a few passes, totaling 600 miles and 26,210 feet of elevation gain. Note click images to see them enlarged.
This week’s op-ed from Sheila
Today is our day off. That means 2 nights in a motel with a real bed, and private, nearby bathroom. We’re well situated near a vegan-friendly restaurant. We plan to do laundry, catch up on email and news, and of course clean the bike. Spencer writes the daily posts but today he gets a break and hopefully a nap. My role is usually just editing and adding the photos. Today is my turn at the keyboard.
If you haven’t been reading our daily entries you can easily catch up by going to Week 1 in the top navigation bar. It will start with this post and then work it’s way down the days in reverse. Simply scroll to the bottom to read them sequentially. Or you can start with the first post and click on the link to the next post at the bottom right.
Also, in case you haven’t noticed yet, on the homepage there’s a couple of different maps. The top one displays a point by point tracking of our journey. You can click any of the red pushpin markers to view that day’s post. You can pan within the map and zoom in or out as well. The other map is a graphic image of the trip overview map with each week’s destination point marked. Under it is a link to the full itinerary day by day. The image at the top of this post comes from that document.
There are a bunch of folks on the tour doing fundraising. We’ve set up a page listing who they are and what they’re raising funds for in case any of you are inspired to support their efforts. We’re not raising money ourselves.
By the way..we’ve really been enjoying seeing your comments even if we’re not responding directly. Now off to enjoy our rest day together.
Huh? What the heck was that language you just wrote in? I can’t even identify it!
Sorry Marla! LOL…I had pre-set the week summaries with the charts and used placeholder text called Lorem Ipsum. That was not supposed to go out like that! I’ve since added today’s post. I hope you’ll see it! I’ve corrected the next 8 summary posts to not post until I say so. Hopefully that won’t happen again. It’s a learning process.
Looks awesome. Who gives the massages? Do you have massage therapist traveling with you?
Yes, there is one woman massage therapist. She rides on alternate days and gives up to 4 massages per day. For a fee, of course! We’re spending our money on hotels and giving each other massages. We might spring for one at some point though.
Congratulations on completing the first and possibly hardest week of your journey. You 2 look great!
What an awesome week you experienced. Congratulations on a job well done. We have cycled the Couer d’Alenel trail and really enjoyed it, but we didn’t see a moose. Lucky you. Keep on enjoying.
We’re impressed! Congratulations on your progress so far and for your terrific blog! Looking forward to more. We’re still on our trip and haven’t had phone or Internet access. Best wishes!