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Cooler today
7:45 am. Got to sleep in today. Very cloudy, dark outside. The bank across the street says its 60 degrees. It’s only supposed to be in the low 70s. What a blessing. I’m just afraid of getting caught in a … Continue reading
Hotel Millersburg
It’s bout 6:30 pm and we just checked into the fabulous Hotel Millersburg. They really set us up! We have a huge room with 12 foot ceilings and a brick wall and antiques everywhere. Very cool. Our rOom overlooks Main … Continue reading
5-20 Massilon
What a day! 9pm and we are in our room in Massilon, a loong 46.5 mile ride from Stow. Had a white knuckle ride down Steels Corners hill. The last time I looked at the speedo it was reading 38 … Continue reading
Stow Ohio
We made it to Stow! 34 miles and we feel great! We had a late start to the day, we didn’t leave until 1:30. Problem was Carol forgot a key piece of personal gear. My sister Christina came to the … Continue reading
We’ve never been so organized!
Getting our gear staged… Quik edit: OMG- I just set up our “new” tent in the living room. It’s very nice, but it’s way too big for bike camping! Guess we’re back to using our $14 Walmart childrens’ tent that … Continue reading
One more day!
We just made our master list of things needed to do, to get, to find, to get out the door and on the trail. Everything Is looking good. Bikes feel great, bags and racks are all installed and tested ok. … Continue reading
5-14-12
Our Jandd front racks came UPS today, While installing mine on my 520 , I discovered that my front forks were not quite aligned 8-0 Mike was already closed and is off tomorrow, so we ran up to Century. Turns … Continue reading
5-3-12 Gearing Update
Last night we ordered a bunch of gear: -Carol found some really cool headlights from a company called Cree. They appear to be extremely bright and were only about $20. We’ll see (i hope!) -Bell and mirror for Carol -Saddle … Continue reading
4-28-12 Gearing Up
Here’s the low-down: We bought new bikes for this tour. Carol got an NOS Jamis Aurora and I bought a 2005 Trek 520. Today we are going out to start to procure some gear, like a new tent (to replace … Continue reading