Day 16: Stein am Rhein Switzerland: 65km weather - great, sunny with wind in the right direction. Up early again and grabbed chocolate milk in the local grocery. Today was our most challenging of riding yet in terms of hills. Pretty tough with the loaded trike but we are definitely getting much stronger. We saw incredible sights today and rode in and out of Switzerland to Germany three times. We ended up in Switzerland. We found the campground and setup and walked back to town (15 minutes) to have supper at a lovely little place on the Rhein. We happily sat below the Castle and enjoyed an incredible meal. We then walked back to the campsite and realized as walking up to our tent that Denis had not picked up the knapsack! Total panic set in ... read more

Day 14: Mohlin - bike repairs. We got up packed all but the tent & headed to the bike shop with the trike. The owner was in Frankfurt for a meeting & the other shop was closed. We decided to drop the trike at our campsite & take the bus to Rheinfelden (6km). We noticed a family from Holland had a swag vehicle and thought we'd ask for a drive instead. This was no problem as "Martin" was going to Rheinfelden anyway. He drove us, we dropped the wheel off, the fellow fixed it and we enjoyed the town. Had a great lunch and grabbed the bus back which dropped us right at the campsite. We hit the swimming pool as it was really hot and then rode into town to grab wine and a light ... read more

Day 11: Mulhouse to Huningue (near Basal Switzerland). We pedaled a long day in the wind getting lost several times again with sprinkling rain on and off all day. Before leaving Mulhouse we headed to the historical section. It was Sunday morning and there was barely anyone around. It was absolutely beautiful with the buildings all painted up and the town kept pristine. Each place we visit is more lovely than the last. I am pinching myself for all we are seeing! We stopped at the train station prior to leaving where poor Denis has to return to collect 50 cents to use the facilities. It is so odd to have to pay to use the washroom. We had some pretty good paths, especially along the canal and enjoyed the day. Also along the route we ... read more

Day 9: Neuf-Brisach all day. Had a great day in this little town. The campground owners were exceptional and let us charge all the electronics & even gave us an umbrella to walk to town for the evenings festivities. We walked to town & then took the trike in for the afternoon and to ride the parameter of the Fort. It is quite incredible with beautifully kept homes, and we even spotted a residence for seniors/elderly which was nice. A note is that in France & Germany we've notice few people use canes or crutches or and many with no walkers, but rather they use what I would call a pair of canes with arm braces (like Forest Gump) or hiking poles- just interesting. We wandered into a local establishment for lunch and clarified that sharing ... read more

Day 8: Strasbourg to Neuf-Brisach Weather- sprinkled a little on and off today as we rode but nothing so much that we got really wet. It was nice not to have the heat considering the distance we rode. We left about 8:00 and headed to the Chocolate Museum which was 'okay' but not really worth the delay in travel. We did however, have a lovely escort to the museum by two Route Security girls. We left there and started riding steady throughout the day. We stopped in a really nice little village at a bakery for pizza lunch, STRONG coffee, and a brownie for dessert. We rode abourt 60km along a paved canal with many locks and wonderful boats and people passing by us. We planned to ride longer today but even impressed ourselves as by ... read more