That's a rather arch caption, wouldn't you agree? And really, you might count the rank of arches on the perpendicular front as third array, mightn't you?

Somewhere there's a company that fabricates those big ice cream cones. What a crazy world we live in...

Almost 11... starting to feel hungry?

Actually you could piece together a pretty reasonable route that started and ended in Barcelona and merged these and either the Fenwicks or Branhams current routes to bridge the stretch between Bilbao and around Toulouse. It might be long for the amount of time you two are taking - two months would probably be better - but you’re younger and faster than we are.

Yes, I definitely should have had my lights with me. I looked for them right before I left but didn’t find them quickly and blew it off because I was short on time.

Third base!

I'm trying to figure out how to overlay your route, the Grampies, and the Claussens to make one super route. I don't even feel as if I need to do any routing myself, if I could just make a wish mash of the three! You are all having outstanding fall tours!

We are leaning towards Barcelona, as there is a direct flight from Dallas. Or Frankfurt, which has a direct flight from Denver. Jacinto is trying to talk me into a one way trip between those two, but it almost doubles the cost of airfare. Two, one way tickets $$$.

I was caught last winter in Tucson coming home late - twice! Once it got so dark I couldn't really see where I was going. I bought a Night Rider Lumina 1200 for emergency situations. I used it this morning, leaving slightly before daylight! I did not take it with me on our summer tour, as there's so much daylight in the summer.

I'm loving riding along with you!

It is scary! It was a real relief that it came free so easily. The other time we had this happen was terrible also - we were on a train and couldn’t free it in time to be able to wheel the bike off. We ended up cutting it to shreds.

That 10:30 start is pretty luxurious!

I'm glad it came loose without much trouble. A similar thing happened to me in Montana somewhere, when a bungee strap came loose and wound around the cassette. Scary, but it came out.

It’s got some of the same drama, but not the scale. The Lot really is astonishing.

Yup. Better to be lucky than smart, I always say.

Quite a dramatic landscape, and sky.

Now that's a real rock garden

Hoo boy, that was a squeaker. Glad everything broke your way, except for the extra bit at the end.