Jesse DeGraff
604030tour
Jesse DeGraff
Hi there! We are Margaret, Jesse, and Erin. Mother, Son, & Daughter. We’ve set out on a bicycle tour through France, Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg, celebrating our 60th, 40th, & 30th birthdays respectively.
While this tour certainly wouldn’t go down in the annals of biking lore as any kind of achievement (like Mike & Cindi Travis of downtheroad.org), it has some special significance to us. When Margaret was a teenager, she did a bicycle tour through many countries in Europe as part of a youth hostel group. In 1986 at the ages of 40 and 20, Margaret and Jesse rode from just south of Modesto, California, to Vancouver British Columbia for the World’s Fair. And now, as Margaret turns 60, Jesse 40, and Erin 30, we’re off to do Europe again (at least in part).
Since we couldn’t take all of our friends and family with us physically, we’ve created this blog on travelblog.org so that others can at least follow along and enjoy a portion of this very special trip. We hope you enjoy the tour as much as we’re hoping to!
Jesse DeGraff
Saturday, June 4th, 2006
San Diego, CA
The eve of our trip.....