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 31, 2007

May 31 Day 18 Guyman to Liberal, KS







We must be in Kansas...at the moment we are under a tornado watch and experiencing a severe thunderstorm. Exciting! Earlier a troop of tornado chasers motored through town.






The ride today was a piece of cake... 40 miles, flat, and 20 mph tail wind. We slept in , got up late, and cruised into Liberal in two hours. Tomorrow will be more of a challenge...83 miles and a forecast head wind.


We did our fifth border crossing. A high point was the Wizard of Oz Museum, next door to the motel. A group of us got to meet Dorothy and got a guided tour of the movie set by her. The museum was well done, but Dorothy was so cheesy, she was a hoot. This poor sixteen year old was dressed up in period cloths and pigtails, and was mortified when eight of us wanted our pictures with here and had endless questions about the Wizard of Oz. We all had a great laugh.

My brother-in-law and his wife, Bob and Jean, drove down from Garden City and gave Terry, Ian, and myself a tour of Liberal and took us to dinner at the Cattleman's. It was great to visit with them.

Stats: 40 miles, 20 mph avg speed, 300' climbing, 55 - 75 deg, 15 mph tail wind.

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