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Wow! Time to get your wheels rolling and some new torten under your belts! Hope you don't have to wait too long.
3 years agoI think the secret to slowing things down is to speed it up. That is, to plan and do more and more trips. We are hoping to leave in about six weeks for another 6000 km in Germany, Austria, and Italy.
4 years agoStephen just turned 72! How do we slow things down? There's still so many cycle trips! We are heading West tomorrow on the Northern Tier-our fourth leg of the trip. The East Coast Greenway was Fantastic! There are just a few areas they need to work on but I would ride it again in a second!
4 years agoHappy Birthday, Steve. I enjoy your journals. As for your birthday torte, it looks like the Italian tiramisu, which is delicious in its own way. Now it is time for me to have some mango key lime pie for my dessert with slivered almonds. Maybe having some nuts qualifies it as a torte. I guess not. All is well still down here in warm FL. We are plodding alone, 77 and 81, both fortunate to manage and not be in much pain. We are so fortunate to have hosted you even though your journey through FL was quite unfortunate with its outcome. Be well, both of you. Say hello to Dodie from Ed and me.
Marilyn Dennison
If there is no rain these tracks are not usually a problem. This is a common sort of routing in much of Europe. Even if there is wet weather you would probably not find it insurmountable. And yes, you can often find a road that goes more or less in the direction you want to travel. We found very few of the roads in Czech to be very high traffic, however the drivers are all racing wannabees and tend to cut too close for our comfort. Apparently this is well known and the drivers are even worse the further into Eastern Europe you go. Dodie
4 years agoI can navigate around potholes, but how long did these mud or grassy sections go? We will have 1.75" Marathons to float somewhat, but if it rains, might these sections be impassable? Our idea would be to get to the closest paved road and hope for minimal traffic.
4 years agoHappy birthday Steve, where is the other half of the cake ?
4 years agoHappy belated birthday! Glad to see by the three forks that you shared. That piece is huge!
4 years agoLooks rather yummy!
4 years agoHoly mackerel, that thing is huge. Oh well, it's your birthday.
Enjoy. (And put two of those forks away and try to eat it all yourself.)
The 2 years we lived in Germany, we enjoyed. Not the weather, but the culture and the area. One of the delights for us was our German friends who loved to sing the American version of "Happy Birthday to You" with great gusto, and in English!
So, in honor of Herr Weber and the rest of the gang at Weilerback, I am singing with them... "Happy buuurssdaay tooo youuu!" A couple more years and you will catch up to me... but I'll still be ahead... maybe!
Looks rather "pie-ish?" :-)
4 years agoHappy Birthday Steve!!! Looks like you are celebrating in style. Hope you used that knife and shared with everyone. All the best!
4 years agoJust a kid! Bon anniversaire!
4 years ago
"Under your belt" is a very apt way to put it!
3 years ago