The journey from Tenerife to the start of the Southern Tier cycle route across the USA is an odyssey in itself, 36 hours from door to door via Madrid and Philadelphia. Still, if you can't put up with the discomfort of air travel how are you going to cope with long haul cycling ! But I must say its a great relief to get here with the bike and luggage intact. The motel is nice but in europe we associate motels with movies like 'no country for old men'.
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