Jim

Jim
Let the Adventure Begin

About Me

Las Vegas, NV, United States
This is my 2008 grand adventure...riding a bicycle with 35 international bikers across Europe, following the Danube River along the Orent Express route through eleven countries. The ride is 4000km over 50 days of which 39 are ride days with camping and 11 are rest days in hotels. Our tour group, TourdAfrique, provides a tour leader that provides directions and transposts our luggage, a mechanic, and a chef who promises gourmet local cuisines. We start out in Paris on June 1 and travel through France to Germany, where we pick up the Danube river. We then follow the Danube through Austria, Slovakia and Hungary. Then we ride cross country through Romania, Bulgaria, and finally Turkey, where we finish in Istanbul on July 20.

May 21, 2007

May 21 Day 9 Flagstaff to Holbrook AZ


The wind gods were with us today with 25 mph quartering tail/cross winds. We started out at 7:15 with temps about 40 deg, so today we had to wear jackets. After getting lost in Flagstaff for a half hour because of construction, we got out on I-40 and cruised most of 100 miles. There were times dust and tumbleweed blew across the interstate, but we flew. Today, when I checked the speedometer it seemed like we spending a lot of time going 25 mph on the flat. I finished my 19th century, and fastest, averaging 19mph and peddling 5 1/4 hours. It is good to have that behind us. Sandra will be joining me tonight in Holbrook, and I can pass off my desert gear. Then she will be making her way to Kansas. Tomorrow is a 95 mile day to Gallup, NM. Then we will start asking "are we in Kansas yet."


Stats: 100 miles (cruised several miles around town to reach it), 19 mph avg speed, 20-30 mph quartering/cross winds, temps 40 -84 deg.

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