And probably more annoying with smaller wheels I bet!

Fantastic and beautiful ride!

They are awful!

Or, more casually, Inflator in Chief.

You guys are hard core! We tried to figure out a more direct way to Setubal instead of the circuitous route around the peninsula and were not successful so after the ferry we hopped the train to Setubal. So impressed with you that you persevered and succeeded! Way to go! We are going to enjoy following your blog to see the route you chose. Happy sailing.

That is encouraging. We have loved Portugal so far, even yesterday. We felt fortunate yesterday that we had some cloud cover in the early part of the day, so while the surfaces slowed us down, at least the sun wasn’t too hot. Temperatures so far have been perfect. Checking out your link now.

We really laughed when it was all over.

At was a most unusual day for us thank goodness!

We both find that a less than stellar day on the bikes is still more fun than just about anything. Sebutal is gorgeous and we will do some exploring around here today.

Sand is so tricky. You can’t see (or at least I can’t) where it is deeper and going to grab your rear wheel.

It does! The scooters are so popular and well used in Lisbon.

We hate those wheel bender racks and also refuse to use them, loaded or unloaded. The Coho has them as well and that ride gets really wild more frequently as you are much more exposed. We won’t use those racks even on dry land.

25 years ago when we ended a tour in Lisbon, we had a horrible time. Sorry you had such bad road surfaces and issues with navigation! You are such good sports! Scott Fenwick is right about the coast being very beautiful!

Well, this looks like it’s going to be a very interesting tour! Some folks get all the fun.

Looks like street art.