I'll see what I can do. Do you want of me in my underwear?

All those carbs broke that seat!!

Surely a well thought out selfie would help here.

Looks OK, but I’d have tried the waffle.

Thanks, Bill - I just spotted these as I cycled along the riverside path.

Red eared sliders... North American invaders. Nice shot capturing the definitive red stripe.

https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.61560

Wow, what a beut!

I'm sure you would love that ride up the 7. I wanted to do a bit this summer, but teh weathe r didn't play ball. The cruise down from where the road connects after Lishan is great and nowadays accommodation is more easily researched, whereas back when I took Ruby, we just hoped we'd find somewhere along the way.

I doubt I ever told you that your journal of your ride with Ruby up to Lishan inspired us to come to Taiwan and to visit the gorge. My first drafts for the itinerary for our tour took the same route up highway 7, but I backed off because it seemed too high risk. Likely we’d have gone that way if I’d been sure we could get meals and lodging.

Just re-read that part - you haven't aged a bit!

There are some nice hikes to do up the gorge. Debbie and I did a couple of them last year.

I thought that's what you did. That's the most dramatic section.

It's a long climb and there are only a couple of places to sleep after that village.

We biked up into the gorge once, but only the lowest 20 miles before turning back and staying the night at Taroko village: https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/taiwan2014/taroko-gorge/

Many thanks, Suzanne - it was a nice day and it's always good to have a beer with friends, as you well know.

The typo makes it almost sound like beer-day. :)

Happy Birhday!