Next morning we woke to rain drops and within minutes it was pouring steady. Denis arose in search of a washroom. He returned and we headed to the bike shop. Wolfgang arrived at 10:00 am much to our HUGE relief. He looked at the Dual Drive and immediately fixed it. The bent steering from our fall off the path in Speyer was also straightened. We thought these were the big problems, but they were not. Our tires were worn wrong due to the bent steering and we needed to replace them. Again normally not an issue but the rims were off a bit and it took Wolfgang a very long time to replace tires and tubes and he is truly an expert with trikes as we could not have done this ourselves. He and his friend, ... read more

Day 3: Worms to Altrip - 60km. Weather: Work to light drizzle. Had shelter to pack up. Light drizzle for a bit but mainly overcast by mid-morning and dry. Warm in later afternoon. We had a later start from the Yaght Club due to drizzle this morning. We had breakast in the Yatch Club and had absolutely no idea what we actually ordered. It turned out to be 2 eggs and a basket of bread. We thought we ordered eggs, sausage & toast! Denis did manage to get a glass of orange juice & me a coffee which kept me going full steam ahead the day through (basically expresso -large). Anyhow the rain settled we managed to pack up dry again threw the rain jackets on and headed out. We planned to do a slight shorter ... read more

Well the adventure has begun! We arrived at Calgary Airport still nervous about whether they were 'really' going to take our Trike whole. We were just thrilled when the Air Transat fellow walked up to us and said, "so there is the infamous trike"! Air Transat was just fantastic, they welcomed us, chatted with us, reassured us that they were prepped for the trike and readily checked us in via the First Class line up! (It was a straight roll in for the Trike). It was quick and painless in the end. Our bags weighed in at 26 & 33 pounds & then about 6 pounds carry on. It all fits great on the trike and we don't expect any issues around this part of the trip. We are now happily sitting in the Chinook Lounge ... read more