Follow The Horizon

465km today was 75km We slept last night to thunder and lightening. After going through high winds, hail, thunder and lightning during the day I was a little freaked out. I thought about putting my helmet on while in the tent it was getting so pelted. When Rob told me they where the size of Continue reading

Km 390- 56 km today. The weather today has been psychotic! We woke today before our alarm at 6:00, looking forward to an early start to the day. The view out our hotel window looked beautiful,  the sun was just coming up, and we set about getting ready to move on. As we prepared,  the Continue reading

Km 334- 48km today A other hot and humid day today, at times it feels like we are riding in a sauna.  Tuesday the weather is supposed to cool a bit, which will be very nice. Tomorrow we are going to try for an early start to beat the heat. We treated ourselves to a Continue reading

Km 286- 50km today We were up with the rosters this morning. It was a nice early start to what has been a hot day. To hot to be cycling in the afternoon. We had a 35 minute delay in ride time because of missing and poor signage in Blois. Without the GPS we would Continue reading

June 5, 2014 Km 196- 60 km today… and getting easier. Beautiful warm sunshine,  easy flat riding, what more could you ask for? Well, you could be in rural France. This has been amazing! I knew I would enjoy this, but I had no idea how much. It’s unlikely I can explain just how good Continue reading

June 4, 2014 Km 136- 53 km today We slept to rain and woke to rain. It is a real pain in the rain 😉 The best thing about rain is that the sun is so welcomed. The warmth is energizing. The beauty surrounding us was changing every ten minutes. We used a large tree Continue reading

June 3, 2014 Km 83- 53km today French bakeries are fantastic! For breakfast on the road today I had 2 Pain au Chocolat. I think I’ll have them every day. Health conscious Chris who swore she wouldn’t eat anything bad on this trip had a pastry with strawberries and whipped cream. She didn’t stop making Continue reading

June 2, 2014 30 kmWow! The trains here are fast! Even faster than our Frankfurt taxi driver. Frankfurt to Paris in 3 hours and 50 minutes,  with stops. On the down side Frankfurt Main and Paris East train stations didn’t have luggage carts… we were exhausted.Bike assembly went flawlessly in Angers, with no damage to Continue reading

Rob and I rented a car from Hertz on Friday to get us to the airport for Saterday, it only cost us $28.00 dollars.  It was really convenient too! Our flight to Frankfurt was great. No lost luggadge. Yahoo!There was an abandoned bag at the aiirpot as we arrived . All traffic out side was Continue reading