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Happy Trails - looks like a fun plan!
3 years agoNow there’s a Vancouver inside comment!
3 years agoYou definitely earned the great looking dessert and coffee!
3 years agoGlad you got good weather!
3 years agoHi Pat and Scott
I have been following you two on your escapades for a while. We have retired and are now cycling the west coast of France. I had to comment with your panniers on the hills story! Brilliant! Why didn’t I think of that. Steve has both front and back racks but the front ones are for the food and are often empty. I could swap him my heavy ones for his front light ones on the hills. We are headed for hills in Spain, I wonder what Steve will think of your idea!
I was tired just reading about the climb…lol. Well Done!
3 years agoLove these beautiful, scenic towns with their flower boxes.
3 years agoLoving your photos: some spectacular sights.
3 years agoLooking good, Pat. I have read only a few entries and I am ready to go back to Europe. Enjoy.
3 years agoBeautiful!
3 years agoSorry you had to wait so long for coffee. I always need to have mine first thing.
3 years agoWe’re looking at the weather forecast and considering our options also. Don’t you love traveling in a land with such an extensive rail network? Game changer.
3 years agoSteve thanks for your comments.
My systems are likely very similar to yours. I look at an area on a macro basis and pick places that look interesting to go to. I then use garmin base camp (maybe old school now but I am used to it) with open source maps to build my routings keeping an eye on elevation changes and distance.
In Austria this has been very easy as there are many cycleways clearly marked on the open source maps. I build the routes in basecamp and transfer them to my GPS as I confirm that is where we are actually going. If we change routes, I build a new track on my laptop (windows based) and loaded it to the GPS.
If there are no cyclepaths I look for lesser travel roads and often use google car to verify that they are suitable. We do not carry any paper maps but also use mapsme for moving around towns to find our booked accommodation.
As for hotel bookings I try to get a rough idea of my time lines and book any "hot spots" or weekends in big towns in advance if possible. Right now day to day routing changes are easily accommodated because it is a slow period. With potential weather issues I am only booking a couple days out now. An issue can be if hotels are even open, but things are ok in this area right now.
I think that covers it. Hope it helps.
I want to cycle this!
3 years ago
I love a tale of virtue rewarded. Good job beating the rain!
3 years ago