Lunch stop at the Summit of the Puerto de la Pedraja

June 24th 2011
Tonight's entry will probably be short. We are sitting in a VERY NOISY bar in Santo Domingo de la Calzada, the only Wi-Fi connection in a medium sized town. Today brought two more "Firsts" for the trip. One, we had our first real headwinds. Though they were not bad, we did feel them as we climbed 65 kms. through the Oca Mountains. Second, we did not get lost at all. In fact, even lea ... read more

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BILL AND GERRI

Bill and Gerri

We first began bicycle touring when we were in our 40s. Now that we are retired, we can really indulge our travel fantasties. In fact, most of our vacations are by bicycle. In the US and Canada, we have biked the TransAm, the Southern Tier, the Northern Tier, the Great Parks, Alaska, and many places in between. We've also toured Europe three times by bicycle. Summer of 2011 we did a loaded tour from Lisbon, Portugal, to Frankfurt, Germany, via Spain (reverse Pilgrim Route to Le puy en Velay), France, Switzerland, Lichtenstien. Austria, and Germany. Our trip is chronicled on this blog.... full info

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