http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Two-idiots-on-bikes/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Two idiots on bikes en-us Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:53:16 +0000 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:53:16 +0000 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 rid http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Edirne/blog-170821.html Week 1Forest Baker and Annie KallusIstanbul ConcertClimbing Gallipoli BluffsFarmers near TroyPrayer call Blue MosqueRiding through goats Well we made it to Turkey. Our review of Turkish Airlines Good legroom poor service nice goodies Forest as witnessed in the photos below was rather enarmored with his matching turqouise socks eyecover and shoehorn. Everything you need to become a gay pira http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Ayvalik/blog-163620.html 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 adven http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Durham/blog-162383.html 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 plannedhellipSuddenly 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 qu http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Virginia/Merry-Point/blog-12497.html 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 bugg http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Bardstown/blog-11319.html Writing to you from the hometown of John Ashcroft and Brad Pitt... Springfield MissouriWhen 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 wit http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Missouri/blog-9875.html After battling heat and desolate highways we find ourselves in Taos New Mexico more than 1000 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 to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Taos/blog-9475.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Lake-Havasu-City/blog-8804.html Wersquove quit our jobs packed our bags and wersquore 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 Virginiahellip or Canada if we donrsquot feel that 3200 miles is enough. Barring accidents failed joints or breakupshellip wersquoll get to d http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/blog-8176.html