[url='/Videos/3974.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3974.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Turkish Babushkas heading home from work Last roads in Turkey There are 4 easy steps for paving a road in Turkey: 1. Knock down trees, villages, etc 2) Spread Tar 3) Find the biggest rocks in your regions and drop them on said tar 4) Open road to traffic As cyclists, we like to be as helpful as the next person, but we're not really into spreading out the loose rocks out for the big rigs that ride next to our heads. First, I don't think that they appreciate our work. [View Full Entry]

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Week 1 Forest Baker and Annie Kallus[url='/Videos/3585.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3585.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Istanbul Concert[url='/Videos/3586.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3586.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Climbing Gallipoli Bluffs[url='/Videos/3599.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3599.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Farmers near Troy[url='/Videos/3602.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3602.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return [View Full Entry]

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We graduated. We sold our house. We said goodbye to our friends. We felt a little sad, so... before we head back to California to work, we decided to go on a little trip through Eastern Europe on bikes. AND we're dragging you with us... from Turkey to Austria via this blog (your escape route is the unsubscribe link). For those who don't really want to work at work....keep posted for our adventures. Stay tuned for... -number of miles ridden in a day -number of times we're asked to buy a carpet, toga, Sound of Music memorabilia, etc -numb [View Full Entry]

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When we last wrote, we were ahead of schedule and had only 600 miles to ride to the Virginia coastline. After the Appalachians were going to be home free. We had only one more state ahead of us and a reasonable riding schedule planned…Suddenly the Atlantic felt just too close for comfort- the reality of finishing the trip and acting like adults loomed. So, we balked. Instead, we blazed a quick trail south following the tracks of Daniel Boone through the Cumberland Gap and crossing Tennessee in one day. The Great Smoky Mountains After a 100-mile day of riding, we arri [View Full Entry]

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We're sending out love from Bardstown, KY! That's right- we've made it to our final time zone. Surrounded by history of several wars and accents thick as gravy, we think we are about 10 days from the Virginia Coastline and we've been making the most of it. Missouri was bittersweet. The Ozarks were beautiful, but hilly! The scenery was fragrantly lush and mysteriously foggy, but that meant for buggy riding and sleeping. The drivers were either very cautious or willing to KILL, KILL, KILL. Yes, Missourians seem have a distaste for bicyclists. We even had a woman, who was drivi [View Full Entry]

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Writing to you from the hometown of John Ashcroft and Brad Pitt... Springfield, Missouri! When we last wrote, we were in Taos, NM for two days. On our second day off we battled through some amazing rapids on a rafting trip down the Rio Grande. Water was running at some of the highest levels they'd seen in 15 years- Our guides actually seemed a little scared, but we all lived and had a good time with everyone. (A guy on our trip named Andy owns affordableadobe.com. He, his son and nephews build houses out of mud and straw using backhoes for [View Full Entry]

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After battling heat and desolate highways, we find ourselves in Taos, New Mexico, more than 1,000 miles from our starting point. Getting through Arizona was a learning experience. For instance, did you know that Chinese buffets in Arizona include Cheetos as an entree? Or that AZ desperately needs to update their tourist motto from "Get your Kicks on Route 66"? Despite this, we got some kicks, too much sun, and a lot of flats. We spent as much of our AZ time as possible on 66- after being warned NOT to bike 4 days through "Indian Country"- or did they [View Full Entry]

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Ahhh! Taking a break in Lake Havasu City. After 6 days and 350 miles of biking, we're kicking back and trying to blend in with either the MTV Spring Break Crowd or the masses of retirees that we've found out here in the desert. At the moment, we're sporting biker's tans that don't exactly make us the envy of either crowd, but we're excited to be off our feet and out of the heat. Yep, there's been plenty of sun in the first week of our trip. The extreme heat started in Palm Springs- land of golf courses, restaurants, shopping malls [View Full Entry]

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We’ve quit our jobs, packed our bags, and we’re going for a little bike ride ...across the US We're just getting our gear together, but we'll be hitting the road on Tuesday (May 10th). The plan is to pedal from Southern California to Virginia… or Canada if we don’t feel that 3,200 miles is enough. Barring accidents, failed joints, or break-ups… we’ll get to dip our tires in more than one ocean. We hope to succeed or fail before August, when at least one of us is due for grad school in North Carolina. Our friends are already lending us a [View Full Entry]

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