Thanks for sharing, Scott. We will be booking our flights soon and I expect there will be the usual small changes. I will be sure to make sure that the inevitable changes are indeed small.

I make a point of never having socks the same colour and style as Al’s after the time when we were first living together and I found my missing sock with his—worn many times by him at that point and utterly ruined for me. How he never noticed that the turned heel was at his instep, I’ll never know.

It was great riding with you two! Who knows, it might happen again someday.

That was our reaction, though not in precisely those words.

I’ve always had good luck contacting my local bike store for boxes. They usually have a bunch out by the dumpster waiting for the recycling truck and will let me haul one off. Airports will sometimes sell bike boxes. They ask a premium for them, but I know at least Frankfurt has them. It’s also possible a nearby LBS in Europe will hav edlem they are throwing out too. Good luck, and bummer about the flight alteration. Makes a real mess of things.

EGAD and GADZOOKS!

Enjoy your ride in Death Valley! It’s a great place.

That’s a great story!

Would that it were so.

It won’t work. Its my story, and I’m sticking to it for a bit longer.

Wow, is that a great story!

Thanks for the tip, lurker! I’ll try to hold that thought until I’m out that way again.

In a roundabout way. We're driving to Burbank to visit my daughter and grandchildren before we continue on to Tucson Sunday. We've never been to Death Valley so this will be our first look at it. I went back and looked at your entry for the day, looks gorgeous.

You’re in Furnace Creek! Well, that’s right on he way to Tucson, isn’t it?

What a beautiful collection of bird pics. I love the video, and all the other creatures.