You guys are going to enjoy your first trip without the camping equipment. Your panniers will be so light.

I checked your blog to see if you might be passing through but you are farther north.

Great spot for an overnight. And the first kms on the D10 out of town this morning we’re awesome.

Busy is an understatement! So impressed with how you figured out your plans to keep the trip rolling! Way to go!

Glad you made it!

You make the flight and getting ready to tour look so easy. Great job!

I’ve been so busy with other things that I didn’t see you had a new journal until today. It sounds like a wonderful tour! I’m really curious about the Sweden and Norway part of the tour since I’m half Swedish and we’ve never been there before.

I’m glad to see this and have my curiosity satisfied. I’ve penciled Minerve into plans a couple of different times but we’ve never made it there for one reason or another. It definitely looks worth the detour.

It sounds like a great change of plan.

Ha ha...It always takes a few days to get your systems down when touring with camping gear. It's a whole other beast!

You could take a chance, we have noticed that some campgrounds sell gaz bleu canisters. Happy riding today!

They are lovely! Bike to car ratio almost always greater than 1

Good on you for camping right out of the gate! You are also far more organized than us. Reading your post and seeing that you needed to buy a gas canister suddenly lit a light bulb in our heads!! It was on our ‘mental’ list but we haven’t done it yet. Camping was our plan for tonight, but it’s May 1 so our chances of finding an open store is probably low!
Your cycle legs will come back to quickly, great to see you are off to a good start.

We have tried the Canal du Midi several times over the years, and find that every time justifies the saying about hope vs experience.

Glad to see you've arrived, and are now on the road! Love the checkered table cloth. A refined and elegant touch. Sue and I also do this when we camp!