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 12, 2007

May 12 Los Angeles


This morning Sandra and I had a farewell breakfast, and she was off to Las Vegas with her handy GPS.


Terry invited me out to a second breakfast with his friend, Ken and his wife Judy, a fellow petroleum engineer he had worked with in Alberta. It was interesting listening to stories of how to get rich in the oil business.


Terry and I then did a bike ride out to the beach, where we rode down the bike path to Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach. The weather was beautiful and there were lots of surfers, beach volley ball games, and bikers. We had to be vigilant with so many bikers on the trail.


This afternoon we had a two hour briefing by the Cross Roads owner and tour director, Tracy, who is a high energy young woman from Connecticut. Our group consists of 42 bikers, of which 12 are women, four are foreign (Canada, UK, Germany, and Guatemala) and six veterans from previous rides. Looks like a great, compatible group.


Tomorrow we are up at 5:30 am and off on a 79 mile ride to Riverside, after a Pacific Ocean tire dipping ceremony.
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