You’re right, it won’t be long now! We’re on our third leg, on the flight to Rome. We made our 40 minute connection in Frisco and so did our bikes, so we should make Palermo later today.

Happy birthday, Patrick! So old!

Love how folks meet up not in just different countries but different continents. Well done, the three of you.

And Thanks to you and Linda (more on FB), comments are so nice when on the road and hearing from people. Rachel

We have one of each for you!

Neat! Could not find a common name, but it is Cistanche phelypaea. Finally something easy to find on the internet!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cistanche_phelypaea#:~:text=Cistanche%20phelypaea%20is%20a%20chlorophyll,from%20a%20generally%20swollen%20base.

Guaranteed, I would have been picking around looking for fossils!

I especially like the Ammonite!

Thank you Robert. We sometimes overdo the planning a bit, but we prefer to be over-prepared but still stay flexible enough to change plans as needed.

We found some yellow Cistanche flowers in full blom.

Upper right spiral is an Ammonite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonoidea

The desert is so beautiful and mesmerizing.

This is how we found them Bill. They are on the large rocks in the photo above. Our guide sprinkled som water on it to make them pop.

This is the first time I have been able to view posts and read and see about your adventures on my computer. Linda would pass me her phone and show me a photo or two. Now I can see what you do on your long-distance cycling trips and what I have been missing all these years. Your photos and journals are exciting to view, and it is easy to see that you are extremely accomplished at trip planning and preparation.

Orthoceras! I'd like to see some as found...

Chuckle! You quickly learn to go up the windward side...