I'm so sorry. I was thinking about you two all day hoping it wasn't going too badly for you. It looks like we've got a great streak ahead though.

Bon voyage for your trip. We will be following along as we do some of your previous climbs.

Thanks, Rich. I hope the packaging holds together! The cases have rigid bottoms so should be okay and we did a better job than the person in line behind us.

So glad you found a solution for shipping your cases. You’re off to a great start!

Yeah, well probably not jealous of the climbs, which we never could do even 50 years ago, but wish we were still in Europe.

Day after tomorrow! Moots + Dean + Naked! Where will they go?

You might not be so jealous when we hit the big climbs! The idea is to do them while we can—or think we can!

Great that you've arrived and that everything seems to be going swell. Looking forward to the meet-up, only days away!

Good start to your trip. We will be jealously following along. We only get back in to the Schengen zone in mid August.

Mine too. But I learned from the AC agent when I called from home after discovering the itinerary change that there are often no-shows and to ask the check-in agent at the airport or the agent at the gate. It worked for both flights! Lucky us.

Ugh. 10 hour flight? Middle seats? My worst nightmare! Glad you guys made it. Now onto the fun part!

That is a lot of gate changes. I hope you are resting now in Lyon!!

There’s also shape to consider and that’s the tricky one for my very oval head.

Thanks for the info. We are both needing new helmets and both have large heads (too many brains, haha) which makes a good fit sometimes difficult.

It’s a Giro Aries. A splurge on my part but I seem to have a hard-to-fit head and a strong desire for a light, cool helmet. We shall see how much I overheat in the Alps!

I got it a Bici in Vancouver but it’s carried by many high-end shops.